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Strong Demand for DTV Converter Coupons

More than 1 million consumers have requested $40-off coupons for DTV converters in the first week the government offered the coupons. The Department of Commerce said today that consumers have requested 1.9 million coupons. Each household without satellite or cable…

‘Access Hollywood’ to Reveal Revamped Web Site at CES

NBC Universal is planning to unveil a new Web site for syndicated entertainment newsmagazine “Access Hollywood” Jan. 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show. The redo is the latest indication of the weight Hollywood studios now place on the electronics extravaganza…

‘Grammy Moment’ Contest Returns to YouTube

The Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences is partnering with the Foo Fighters, CBS Interactive and YouTube on this year’s “My Grammy Moment” contest. After doing a similar contest that put an unknown singer on stage with Justin Timberlake during…

Perez Back on YouTube

Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton’s war against YouTube didn’t last long. After posting a YouTube kiss-off video Dec. 20 urging other video creators to defect from the site as well, Mr. Hilton returned to the site Dec. 27 with a…

Truveo Indexing More Than 100 Million Web Videos

Video search service Truveo said it now indexes more than 100 million online videos. That’s 20 times the number of videos it tracked on the Web at the start of last year. A year ago, Truveo’s servers were adding 20,000…

Revision3 Sees Video Delivery Soar

Online video network Revision3 said it served up 11 million shows and 44 million clips in the fourth quarter of 2007, a more than five-fold increase from the first quarter of 2007, the company said. For the full year, Revision3…

YouTube Gets Pre-Christmas Rush

YouTube’s audience grew slightly the week before Christmas, according to the latest weekly figures for video-sharing sites from Nielsen Online. YouTube, far and away the leader in video sites, drew 32.8 million unique visitors for the week ending Dec. 23,…

Perez Hilton Shops the Video Services

After a public split with popular video-sharing site YouTube last week, celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton said he’s rebuffing offers from other video sites and instead is testing out a private-label service from a little-known company called Twistage. With the…

Fuse TV Offers Song Downloads

Music network Fuse TV is kicking off the new year by offering free downloads of 50 songs on its Web site, Fuse.tv, Jan. 2-14. The music network is running its Web promotion “Dozen Days of Downloads” in partnership with major…

Radiohead Performs ‘Rainbows’ on Current

Cable network Current TV will carry a special performance on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day by one of the year’s most talked-about bands, Radiohead, the network announced today. Radiohead will perform all the songs from its new album…