YouTube’s traffic dipped for the second week in a row, with the world’s biggest video-sharing site reporting 29.7 million unique users for the week of Jan. 13, according to Nielsen Online. That’s down from 30.7 million for the week ending…
Video Creators Seek Bigger Share of Revenue
There once was a time when we used to share our deepest secrets with our hairdresser. Now, we share those secrets with Google or Yahoo or MSN.com. We tell Google what we want, who we’re interested in, how we are…
In his inaugural year on the job at Google, Michael Steib launched the first major auction-based system for buying television spots and then guided a partnership between the world’s biggest search engine and the world’s most powerful TV ratings company….
The television industry should consider March 2 at 9 p.m. as appointment viewing for all. That’s when the biggest test so far in Web-to-TV convergence will occur, as NBC premieres “Quarterlife,” a six-week midseason replacement that started on the Internet….
As he takes the helm as CEO of Time Warner, Jeffrey Bewkes is playing things close to the vest. The conglomerate’s stock was stagnant under his predecessor, Richard Parsons, who had to clean up after the disastrous merger with America…
“The acquisition of a game-changing technology company like Slingbox, the announcement of a coupon-eligible digital over-the-air box, and the ubiquitous rumors of upcoming mergers have [CEO] Charlie [Ergen] and EchoStar poised to rattle the industry once again.” – Patrick Baldwin,…
Apple founder Steve Jobs last week unveiled a new incarnation of his Apple TV product, which was introduced last year as a bridge between the computer and the television set. Last year’s device was a limited step in that direction;…
The greatest opportunity in the revamped Apple TV may not be in the device itself, but in its potential to nudge cable and satellite operators to introduce Web-to-TV convergence services quickly, as TiVo did for the digital video recorder business….
TV Guide Network is expanding its broadband video slate this year and plans to acquire and develop original scripted series for the Web for the first time. The new initiative follows the cable channel’s successful Web video efforts last year,…