China’s business boom may put a crimp in your ability to buy a high-definition television in a few years. Demand for desktop computers with flat-screen monitors in regions such as Latin America and China is likely to surge as businesses…
If you can’t beat ’em… Cable companies looking to win back customers who have moved over to satellite providers and other multichannel service operators may be rethinking their strategy of focusing on high-definition video-on-demand offerings. Instead, they’re hoping an increased…
The player: Scott Young, chief marketing officer at LodgeNet Interactive The play: Mr. Young is helping to boost sales at what the company says is the largest U.S. interactive-media systems provider for hotels. Its products, which allow guests to use…
Comcast to Boost 2009 Spending for HD Channels Comcast, the U.S. cable television leader, will significantly boost its capital expenditures next year in an effort to widen its inventory of high-definition channels, Multichannel News reports, citing Collins Stewart analyst Thomas…
HD programming picks for July 10-16: “Billy Elliot,” “Miss Universe Pageant,” “Major League Baseball All-Star Game”
Worldwide revenue from YouTube, which is likely to total about $200 million in 2008, has fallen short of Google’s expectations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt admitted some big advertisers are uncomfortable with the idea…
Private-label video search service Pixsy struck a distribution deal with Web site InfoSpace for Pixsy’s video and image search tools. InfoSpace will integrate Pixsy’s search services into its network of European-owned and -operated properties and affiliates. InfoSpace users will be…
While some prominent Twitter users are testing out new services, the still-dominant micro-blogging site has grown six-fold over last year despite technical problems, according to online audience measurement service Hitwise. Despite regular outages, Twitter’s market share of visits among micro-blogging…
Seth MacFarlane’s exclusive Google series “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy” will debut in September, Reuters reports. The 50 two-minute animated vignettes will be presented online by AdSense’s network with advertising embedded in multiple formats, including preroll and “sponsored by”…
Online video destination site and network Mevio landed $15 million in venture funding from Crosslink Capital, with investment also from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and DAG Ventures. Mevio said it will use the cash infusion…