I don’t dispute that “Leave Britney Alone” and “I’m Fukin Matt Damon” are now part of the cultural consciousness. I don’t disagree that millions of Americans—ordinary, average Americans who don’t have a vested business interest in new media—watched those videos…
Hulu is finding favor among the 55-plus crowd, according to data from online audience measurement firm Hitwise. The research company reported that 47 percent of visitors to Hulu are 55 and older, compared to only 17 percent who are 18…
Nielsen Online has changed the way it ranks and measures online video destinations, a shift that essentially demotes all the popular viral video sites other than YouTube and favors big media destinations. Nielsen now measures online video by the top…
Online video producers have a ways to go before they can support themselves on ad sales alone. While advertisers are expected to pour $1.4 billion into online video this year—up from $775 million last year—that money isn’t yet trickling down…
Video search and targeting firm Digitalsmiths has signed a deal to provide video search for a new Web site that Warner Bros. Television plans to launch in early April. The partnership with Warner Bros. is the first deal Digitalsmiths has…
Hulu, the News Corp.-NBC Universal joint Web-video venture, is winning over viewers but who are these early adopters? Daisy Whitney dug down and found surprising answers about the age profile of Hulu’s audience. Then she dug deeper and found different…
Online video studio For Your Imagination has landed $1 million in seed capital from ConsensusOne Ventures, the companies announced today. The money will help fund FYI’s day-to-day operations as it continues to seek a series A round of funding, FYI…
Online television network Revision3 signed a deal to syndicate its shows to Internet video service blip.tv, the companies announced this week. Under the deal, Revision3 will distribute its entire catalog of Web TV shows to Blip.tv, including “The Digg Reel,”…
The player: Clint Stinchcomb, executive VP and general manager for Discovery Communications’ HD Theater and Turbo Media The play: Mr. Stinchcomb has helped HD Theater grow from its 2002 launch to its current status (alongside ESPN HD) as the most…
Beijing may have a reputation for being one of the world’s smoggiest cities, but that won’t stop the Chinese television audience from getting a clearer view of the Summer Olympics. Sales of liquid-crystal display televisions in China, which account for…