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Struggling To Find A Sustainable Business Model, ZillionTV Lays Off Staff

ZillionTV, the streaming video set-top box-maker that’s backed by media giants like Disney, Fox, Sony and Warner Bros., has laid off an undisclosed number of staff. A former employee, now blogging at XYHD.tv, reports that the company let go roughly a third of its 100-member workforce; ZillionTV would only...

Tags: Advertisement, Internet Service Provider, ZillionTV, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Jobs & Layoffs, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Tameka Kee

External links 2009-10-12

ZillionTV to launch ad-supported VoD

Personalised TV startup ZillionTV has secured deals with Walt Disney, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brothers and Sony to offer on-demand internet TV. All participating studios are stakeholders in ZillionTV. Skipping or fast forwarding ads on ZillionTV is not...

Tags: Advertisement, VoD, ZillionTV, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBC Universal, Visa International Service Association, Thomas Warren, The Walt Disney Co.

Articles 2009-03-05

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ZillionTV Replaces CEO

Studio-backed Internet-to-TV startup ZillionTV has named former Dotcast chief financial officer Jack Lawrence its CEO, replacing Mitch Berman, who will remain with the company as executive chairman. News of the appointment of Lawrence -- most recently chief operating officer of Corgi International, a manufacturer of toys and movie prop replicas --...

Tags: company, service, CEO, ESPN, CFO, Parks Associates

News items 2009-10-20

Sorrell's Interest in Branded Content Is Explained by WPP's Finances

WPP chief Martin Sorrell showed up at the MIPTV Festival in Cannes and touted a sudden interest in product placement, branded entertainment, and the type of advertiser-producer partnerships that were trendy four years ago. Why? Here's one theory: The answer lies within WPP's inefficient use of its own operating expenses....

Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Content Company, Agency, Finance, Sorrell, WPP, Fitch Cuts WPP, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jim Edwards

Blog posts 2009-04-01

Boxee Adds $6 Million Second Round; Aims To Take On Microsoft, Apple In Living Room

Browser-based streaming media service Boxee has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. General Catalyst Partners led the round—managing director Neil Sequeira is joining the board—with previous backers Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital also participating. Boxee has raised $10 million in funding since its soft launch...

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Streaming Media, Boxee, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Movies, Media & Publishing, TV, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Tameka Kee

External links 2009-08-12

Personal Web Systems Raises $1.2 Million For Web-to-TV Browser

Ready for WebTV 2.0? Personal Web Systems, a tech firm that’s developing a web-to-TV browser add-on, has raised $1.2 million worth of a proposed $1.8 million round of funding, per an SEC filing. Founder and CEO Gordon Campbell, a former Intel CMO, confirmed that the round was a mix...

Tags: Web, TV, Web Browser, MSN TV, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Web Site Development, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Media & Publishing, IPTV, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Tameka Kee

External links 2009-10-07