When a Hulu user posted a message on Twitter earlier this month about “terrible performance problems” on the Fox-NBC online video site, a Hulu executive replied with an e-mail address and an offer to fix the problem. That’s because Hulu’s employees conduct daily Internet searches to learn what’s being...
Online video sites want to get to know you better. The Sony-owned Webvideo destination Crackle is developing tools to offer personalized video recommendations to site visitors based on their past viewing history. NBC-Fox venture Hulu introduced a similar feature earlier this month. They join video sites...
Sony-owned online video destination Crackle.com said it will launch its new season next week with shows featuring such familiar faces as Neil Patrick Harris, John Stamos and Christina Applegate. The lineup for the winter season includes new series “Anytime With Bob Kushell,” an online talk show hosted...
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The older it gets, the more online video looks like its parent—television. As the advertising model solidifies for Web video and as Internet users become accustomed to watching programming online, the medium itself is increasingly leaning on some of the best practices of television. Crackle has embraced...
Sony Pictures Television acquired the rights to carry the granddaddy of all Web shows, “Rocketboom,” in what is reportedly a seven-figure deal. Under the agreement, Sony Pictures Television will manage the distribution of the Web news show and also carry it on Sony’s Web video site Crackle.com. “Rocketboom...