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Hulu Becoming a Top Video Site

Hulu, the not-yet three month old video site, comes as close as possible to turning a computer into a television, the Los Angeles Times says. A joint venture of New Corp. and NBC Universal, Hulu has about 700 titles and…

Sony Series Heads for Web, DVD

Sony is launching a new show online and hoping that will drive sales of DVD, the Wall Street Journal reports. The show, “Angel of Death,” will cost $1 million to produce and episodes will be released on Sony-affiliated Web Sites…

Visible Measures, Dynamic Logic Ink Online Ad Research Deal

Online video measurement firm Visible Measures struck a partnership with online ad research firm Dynamic Logic to measure the branding and behavioral impact of online video advertising, the companies announced today. Dynamic Logic measures marketing effectiveness and Visible Measures provides…

Mining Comedy From the Internet

FunnyorDie.com CEO Is Building a Factory for Comedic Talent

Upfront Sales Soar for Digital Outlets

Broadcast Nets Predict Business Up 25%-30% Over ‘07

CEO Scannell Shifts to Chairman at Next New Networks

Herb Scannell, founder and CEO of online video studio Next New Networks, will move out of his CEO post and full-time into the chairman role, the company announced today in a blog post. Mr. Scannell will stay on as CEO…

Southern Comfort to Create Branded Series on MyDamnChannel

MyDamnChannel inked an agreement with Southern Comfort to create a branded entertainment Web series, one of the first deals of its kind for the original comedy series Web site. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal reportedly is in…

NBC May Take Back Station Sites

NBC is planning to bring management of eight company-owned station Web sites back under its wings, Sillicon Alley Insider reports. NBC SVP of Local Integrated Media Brian Buchwald will helm the Web site operations with help from a stream of…

Google Ad Deal Advances Yahoo’s Open Strategy

Amid a potential shareholder uprising and plunging stock values, Yahoo made official a rumored ad-sharing agreement with Google. Earlier today, Yahoo announced that discussions with Microsoft had officially ended following its unsolicited bid to acquire all or part of Yahoo…

TV Sales Fueled by Digital Switch

U.S. consumers will buy 31 million digital televisions this year, boosting cumulative sales to about 116 million, as more households prepare for the switchover to all-digital broadcasts next February. Almost 70% of U.S. households will own a digital television set…