By 2013, U.S. consumers will spend as much time consuming video as they do sleeping, driven by more PC viewing over the next five years. That’s the finding of a new study from Solutions Research Group. Today, the average American…
Leichtman Research Group found that 34% of all U.S. households have at least one television set that will not work after the digital TV transition, Multichannel News reports. The company’s research also revealed that 84% of adults had heard of…
House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., said he believes Jacksonville, Fla., would be willing to follow in the footsteps of Wilmington, N.C., and pull the analog plug early, Broadcasting & Cable reports. FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin…
Break Media has teamed with Twisted Pictures, producers of the “Saw” movie franchise, for a full-length online feature horror film, “Vlog,” starring Web blogger Brooke Marks. Building up to Wednesday’s release of the film on Break.com, Ms. Marks led an…
Full-length episodes of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” will be offered on Web video site Hulu, the Hollywood Reporter says. The move marks the first time Viacom programs will be available on the…
“Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels received a Lifetime Achievement award at the Webby Film & Video Awards last night for his contributions to online video, the Hollywood Reporter says. Judah Friedlander from “30 Rock” hosted the event, the newspaper…
Internet TV technology companies JumpTV and NeuLion have signed a binding letter of intent to merge, creating an end-to-end video company powering live sports, international and religious programming. JumpTV will trade common and contingent shares in exchange for NeuLion securities,…
Kids and teens are the biggest users of online video, according to Nielsen Online’s VideoCensus, Mediaweek reports. Kids 2-11 accounted for an average 51 streams and 118 minutes of online video during the month of April, while teens 12-17 averaged…
In one of the biggest content distribution deals to date among independent Web-video entrepreneurs, online television network Revision3 is bringing the popular Internet show “Wine Library TV” into its fold, distributing the program and selling advertising on it. Beginning in…
Sony Pictures is upping its investment in Web video content and plans to premiere at least 10 shows on its online video site