After Lonelygirl15 you kind of figured the online video hijacking stratagem had played out, to everyone’s amusement. Did viewers really mind all that much that the bedroom vlogger was an actress, playing out her little dramas in front of the writer and producer? With Lonelygirl15, it was like going to the carnival and finding out the snakeman … [Read more...]
NBC’s latest YouTube defection a power play
NBC's decision to pull its content from YouTube -- in order to promote its upcoming Hulu video hut -- is another blow to the sunshine paradigm in which visual entertainment is collected at one massively popular freebie destination. Old media may seem dumb, but in the long run they're not going to allow an indie to frolick with profits from their … [Read more...]
‘Daily Show’ online — all 8 years’ worth
Want more than just your "Daily" dose? Fans of Jon Stewart's gooney-news show will be swimming in video later today when Comedy Central unleashes a web site featuring a searchable database of shows past.The site -- thedailyshow.com -- will serve up about 13,000 video segments, representing everything ever on the show since its 1999 debut, the Los … [Read more...]
NBC Universal going Direct to consumers
Fresh from feuding with Apple's iTunes Store, NBC Universal announced Wednesday that it would allow many of its hit shows to be downloaded via personal computer. The new "NBC Direct" makes shows available for download the day they're broadcast. Computer users can watch the programming over a seven-day period. After that, the files self-destruct, … [Read more...]
NBC packs its fall shows in Unbox
NBC couldn't get what it wanted working out of Apple's iTunes Store, so the network's fall shows are headed for Amazon's Unbox download service. NBC Universal and Amazon Inc. confirmed Tuesday that free pilots of the peacock network's new shows are going up on Unbox starting Monday. NBC's revenue-generating downloads such as those for "The … [Read more...]
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