Total revenue for the 10 largest stand-alone media, entertainment and communications companies rose to $59.9 billion during the first quarter of 2008, with profit before some costs at $16.7 billion, according to an analysis conducted by independent financial research provider…
PBS will use Comcast’s thePlatform to publish online video on PBS.org and local PBS station Web sites, Multichannel News reports. The broadband video company also will allow local PBS stations to publish locally produced content to their Web sites and…
HBO became the first programmer to secure flexible pricing on Apple’s iTunes store, in a deal that was officially announced today. The Apple-HBO deal, which had been speculated about for months, calls for HBO to provide its top-rated series to…
U.S. Web viewing in March jumped 64% from a year earlier, led by Google unit YouTube, ComScore Networks reported yesterday. Internet users watched 11.5 billion online videos during March, up 13% from February, ComScore said. About 37% of the clips…
Consumption of Internet video shot up again in March to 11.5 billion videos viewed online, measurement firm comScore reported today. That’s a jump of 13% from February and 64% from a year ago. YouTube continues to rule the roost, with…
NBC Universal is getting into the digital health information business, the media giant announced today. NBC Universal Digital Media said it has formed the Digital Health Network, a new business that is focused on offering premium health videos online. The…
HBO is close to finalizing a deal to offer its television programs on Apple’s iTunes service for the first time, reported Conde Nast’s Portfolio today. The deal, the story says, calls for flexible pricing, something Apple has been reluctant to…
I’m the first to admit I’m drinking the digital Kool-Aid. In fact, I enjoyed a wicked little thrill earlier this month when I stood in front of a besuited audience of media agency and network executives at the TVWeek Upfront…
TV Guide Broadband inked a deal with For Your Imagination for the exclusive rights to carry the new-media studio’s Web miniseries “A Day With the Hiltons.” The show stars Kathy Hilton and her two daughters, Paris and Nicky, as they…