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YouTube Sketchies Prize Goes to WaverlyFilms
YouTube partner WaverlyFilms (known on YouTube by user name WaverlyFlams) is taking home $40,000 in prizes and cash as the big winner of the video site’s second annual “Sketchies” contest, YouTube announced today in its blog. WaverlyFilms was one of…
CBS Unit Opens Silicon Valley Office
CBS is opening a Silicon Valley office for its interactive division, Daily Variety reports. CBS Interactive Chief Operating Officer Steve Snyder and former Yahoo executive Michael Marquez will be based out of the new office in Menlo Park, Calif., the…
Google Reports Robust First-Quarter Growth
Defying Wall Street concerns that it might be vulnerable to a slowdown in Internet ad sales, Google today reported a 30% increase in profits for the first quarter. The online search giant reported first-quarter net income of $1.31 billion, compared…
Online Video Site Veoh Touts Growth
Web video network Veoh reported increases in unique visitors, content consumption and content length for the first quarter of this year. The company noted the average length of content for clips on Veoh.com during the first quarter of 2008 was…
NBCU Launches Digital Content Production Unit
NBC Universal became the latest big media company to create a digital studio with the announcement today that it has formed a unit to develop and produce digital content for NBCU’s broadcast and cable networks. The group will create original…
‘LonelyGirl15’ Creators Get $5 Mil Backing for New Company
The creators of breakout Web video series “LonelyGirl15” and “KateModern” landed $5 million in venture funding to create a social entertainment company dubbed EQAL. Spark Capital led the financing for the new company, which will produce interactive shows, EQAL said…
Fresh Content Could Command Higher Prices in Blu-ray, Study Finds
A few billion dollars is a lot to leave on the table. That’s what studios and retailers may be doing by not boosting prices of day-and-date Blu-ray DVDs and video-on-demand titles, according to a study released this week. The sellers…
Well Connected: AT&T’s Dan York
The player: Dan York, executive VP of content and programming for AT&T The play: Mr. York led AT&T’s U-verse fiber-optic television service from its late 2004 inception to its June 2006 launch, during which time he helped negotiate about 150…