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Viacom, Microsoft and NBC launch online coalition
A number of leading media and technology firms, including Viacom, Microsoft and NBC Universal, have launched a coalition to encourage the legal distribution of online content. Advocacy group Arts+Labs has been set up to ensure artists and content owners can safely share work through new channels, earning "fair compensation",...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Viacom Inc., NBC Universal, Cisco Systems Inc., AT&T Corp., VIA Technologies Inc.
News items 2008-09-25
Server-based game startup, Trion, raises USD70m
Online games startup, Trion World Network, has raised USD70m in a third round of funding. Act II Capital, a first time investor in the company, led the round. DCM, Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon,  Time Warner, Bertelsmann and Peacock Equity, which is a joint venture between General Electric GE...
Tags: Trion World Network, Bertelsmann AG, NBC Universal, Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, Peacock Equity Fund, DCM Venture Capital, Electronic Arts Inc., Time Warner Inc.
News items 2008-09-24
Will GE's Buffett Cash Quell NBC Sale Talks?
In case you haven't been following it, shares of GE have been taking it bad lately. On one side, you have the industrial division, highly exposed to a slowing economy and any difficulty among customers in financing big purchases. The other side is finance, and everyone fears it's sitting...
Tags: NBC, General Electric Co., Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Joseph Weisenthal, Companies, NBC Universal, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions
News items 2008-10-02
Ad Industry Roundup: Microsoft; MSNBC; Local Ads
-- Microsoft's Seinfeld ads are a viral hit: While two ads featuring the odd couple of Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates were widely panned, online video tracker Visible Measures says the spots are soundly beating the software giant's new "I'm A PC" ads by a margin of 4.3 million...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Advertising, Companies, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Information, Research, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Apple Inc.
News items 2008-10-03
Ad Industry Roundup: Microsoft; MSNBC; Local Ads; Chevrolet
-- Microsoft's Seinfeld ads are a viral hit: While two ads featuring the odd couple of Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates were widely panned, online video tracker Visible Measures says the spots are soundly beating the software giant's new "I'm A PC" ads by a margin of 4.3 million...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Advertising, Broadband, Companies, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Information, Research, Media, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Video Sharing, Apple Inc.
News items 2008-10-03
In A Switch, Hulu Will Stream Remaining Presidential Debates Live; Premiere A Film
*News Corp*-*NBCU* JV Hulu is going live for the first time since its launch last year. The site will stream the remaining presidential debates, which air respectively on NBC Tuesday night and on Fox News Oct. 15. (Sense a pattern here?) The debates also will be available in Hulu's...
Tags: Debate, *News Corp*-*NBCU* JV Hulu, Cloud Computing, Staci D. Kramer, Broadband, Companies, NBC Universal, News Corp.
News items 2008-10-07
Broadband Content Bits: ESPN360; PG Porn; TWC-ActiveVideo; Govt Online; NBCU-60Frames; Brides.com
-- ESPN360.com snags Portuguese Lifa Sagres soccer rights: ESPN's (NYSE: DIS) broadband network has inked an exclusive deal with IEC to deliver live coverage of Portuguese soccer competition Liga Sagres. ESPN360.com will show multiple matches each week, up to 135 matches each season, over the next two seasons. The...
Tags: Broadband, Video, Site, New York Stock Exchange, Liga Sagres Right, Smallville, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Camera Phones, Video On Demand (VoD), Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Marketing, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Home Entertainment, Networking, Amanda Natividad, Companies, Google, YouTube, NBC Universal, Time Warner, Entertainment, Sports, Social Media, Video Sharing, Technologies/Formats, The Walt Disney Co., Time Warner Inc.
News items 2008-10-09
Earnings: GE Q3 Earnings Meet Lowered Expectations; NBCU Profit Up 10 Percemt
Late last month, General Electric (NYSE: GE) chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt lowered the company's Q3 guidance dramatically and today it met those expectations. We'll see if the inoculation—and the subsequent infusion from Warren Buffett—helped when the market opens. In the meantime, a quick look at the results. Earnings...
Tags: NBC Universal Inc., General Electric Co., Earnings, Financial Accounting, Finance, Staci D. Kramer, Companies, NBC Universal, Money
News items 2008-10-10
NBCU Local Sites Look Beyond TV
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is widening the purview of its local TV stations' sites, even as it tries to downplay the sites' identities as broadcast extensions. The sites, which are being relaunched around station sites in nine cites, are being encouraged to develop their individuality and not have a...
Tags: Site, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Telecommunications, David Kaplan, Advertising, Companies, NBC Universal, Entertainment, Media, TV, General Electric Co.
News items 2008-10-13
Ford launches TV ad from Filmaka short film contest
Ford is launching a TV ad featuring content from the winning contribution to video site Filmaka's Mustang Stories short movie contest. The 60-second ad will air on NBC in conjunction with the season premier of Ford Mustang-starring show, Knight Rider. ...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., JWT, NBC Universal, FX Networks, SAB Miller, Cisco Systems Inc.
News items 2008-09-24
BT partners with NBC in HD film deal
BT is set to broadcast a range of high-definition HD movies on its UK on-demand IPTV service after inking a deal with NBC Universal. NBC movies slated for release on BT Vision include new releases The Incredible Hulk, Wanted and...
Tags: BT, MTV Networks, BBC, Tiscali, DreamWorks L.L.C, NBC Universal, Microsoft Corp.
News items 2008-09-18
Reliance Injects $1.2 Billion Into New Hollywood Film Powerhouse, Ending Paramount-Dreamworks Clash
Well, at least big Hollywood names can still get a line of credit in these trying times. The heads at DreamWorks SKG have firmed up a $1.2 billion deal to leave Viacom's Paramount Pictures and form a new venture funded by Indian telecom and media conglomerate Reliance ADA Group,...
Tags: Companies, NBC Universal, Viacom, Countries, Asia, India, Entertainment, Movies, Media, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.
News items 2008-09-19
Viacom, NBCU and Others Form 'Advocacy Group' Arts+Labs With Songwriters Guild
To add to the confusion about industry consortiums, another new advocacy group called Arts+Labs has been formed by heavyweights in the entertainment, technology and telecom spaces to lobby for enhanced content on secure and reliable networks, fair compensation for content creators and to steer consumers away from spyware and...
Tags: Consortium, Songwriter, Entertainment, Viacom Inc., Internet, Cyberthreats, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Marketing, Matt Kapko, Companies, AT&T, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Viacom
News items 2008-09-25
Google signs TV ad deal with Bloomberg
Google has signed up Bloomberg to its recently launched Google TV Ads network. The move follows a similar high-profile deal with NBCU earlier this month. Under the agreement Google will sell TV ad space on Bloomberg TV through its TV...
Tags: Google Inc., Bloomberg, NBC Universal
News items 2008-09-26
Ad Industry Roundup: Glamour; NBCU; AP; AOL
-- Conde Nast brings Glamour.tv to advertisers: Glamour.com is ramping up its branded content moves with a new video channel. The Conde Nast site, Glamour.tv, will collaborate with marketers on short-form clips with products at the center. One video, sponsored by Dockers, is called Moms Working It. It features...
Tags: Mobile, Advertising, Broadband, Companies, Conde Nast, NBC Universal, Time Warner, AOL, Entertainment, Gaming, Media, Newspapers, Time Warner Inc.
News items 2008-09-15
Industry Moves: CBS; Bravo; Guardian; X1 Technologies
-- *CBS*: CBS (NYSE: CBS) Television Distribution has named Scott Koondel president of distribution. Leading sales of off-network programming to cable and digital media platforms, Koondel will be responsible for programming assets from CBS Paramount Network Television, CBS News and Showtime as well as original programming. Most recently, he...
Tags: CBS Corp., Companies, CBS, NBC Universal, Industry Moves, Media, Newspapers, TV
News items 2008-09-30
NBC Sports: 12 Million Hours Of Olympics Video Served Across All Digital Platforms
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) claims it streamed at least 12 million hours of Olympics content across its digital platforms—HD, broadband, mobile VOD and interactive television. Some of the highlights:-- Broadband: NBCOlympics.com attracted 7 million visitors who watched more than 30 million streams of live and VOD coverage, equaling 7.5...
Tags: Mobile, Companies, NBC Universal, Entertainment, Sports, Digital Olympics, Media, Satellite, TV, Cable & Telecom, IPTV, VOD, General Electric Co., AT&T Corp.
News items 2008-09-29
NBCU's Digital Health Net Strikes Video Deal With Six Distributors; Google TV Ads Signs Up Bloomberg
Two fledgling digital projects have struck agreements designed to give them legs:-- *NBCU*'s Digital Health adds six sites: *NBC Universal's* Digital Health Network, a video-heavy ad net that was launched last spring, has added six new sites to its distribution stream. The addition of more partners come as the...
Tags: Advertising, Marketing, Broadband, Companies, Google, NBC Universal, Media, Health Content, Satellite, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, EchoStar Communications Corp., Google Inc.
News items 2008-09-25
Broadband Content Bits: FoxSports Shows; 'Heroes'-G4;' Easy To Assemble'-CBS; Nippon-Amuse
-- FoxSports.com streaming Vuguru show; launching poker series: Michael Eisner's digital studio has found a home for its latest offering, a—you guessed it—comedy series called Back On Topps, Mediaweek reports. Fox.Sports.com will broadcast each new episode for an exclusive, 12-hour distribution window each Tuesday and Thursday begininning Sept. 30,...
Tags: Broadband, CBS Corp., Companies, CBS, Google, YouTube, NBC Universal, Countries, Asia, Japan, Entertainment, Media, TV, VOD, Social Media, Video Sharing
News items 2008-10-01
Media Moguls: Now's Not Looking Good For Big Deals?And That Includes NBC
Not that this will shock anyone, but with Wall St. falling off the high wire, this is unlikely to be a a period of big time dealmaking. Speaking at a breakfast sponsored by Portfolio, media bigs Mel Karmazin, Jeff Zucker and Steve Rattner Quadrangle, agreed that a slow period...
Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, NBC Universal, VC+M&A, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., XM Satellite Radio Inc.
News items 2008-09-16
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