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EMI Music became the first major music company to agree to distribute its music videos and concert footage on Hulu, the popular online video site. Starting with today's announcement, EMI will make content available from its various music labels, including...
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Don't look for CBS to join Disney, News Corp. and NBC in Hulu anytime soon. CBS Interactive Chief Executive Officer Quincy Smith criticized Hulu in an e-mail he sent to staffers that naturally somehow found its way to the blog...
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Hulu last week rolled out a batch of new initiatives to make the Web-video site appealing to more users. One group of users that was left out: Spanish speakers. That oversight may not be surprising, given the television advertising industry’s ambivalent attitude toward the demographic. As networks get...
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Television executives are preparing to wage the same war music executives have been fighting for more than a decade—the battle against pirates. That’s because piracy of TV shows is growing faster on the Web than is the illegal sharing of movies and music, according to Big Champagne, a media measurement...
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YouTube remains the No. 1 online video site, even as Hulu continues to grow exponentially, Nielsen Online reports. Hulu is the fastest-growing site among Nielsen Online’s top 10 video brand sites, which include YouTube, Yahoo!, Fox Interactive Media, Nickelodeon Kids & Family Network, MSN/Windows...
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YouTube continues to dominate the world of online video, delivering more than 5 billion streams in March. Hulu, the No.2 site, generated a fraction of YouTube’s activity, according to Nielsen figures for the month. A list of the top streaming sites follows. March 2009 Brand Total Streams (000) Unique...
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Web-video consumption among U.S. online audiences rose 2% in unique viewers (130 million) and almost 9% in total streams (9.7 billion) for March over the month before, Nielsen Online VideoCensus said. Streams per viewer (74.4) increased almost 7% and the total minutes of online video watched per viewer...
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As the route to finding television shows online grows more cluttered and confusing every day, several Web sites have seized the increased opportunities to guide Internet users through that intricate maze. TVGuide.com, for one, has capitalized on viewers’ need to sift through the mass of shows on video...
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It’s officially become a two-horse race to win the premium programming crown on the Web. You probably know who the equines are, but I’ll name names anyway: YouTube and Hulu. OK, those sites are already pretty much the dominant homes of online video. But they’ve come at it from vastly different positions...
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NBC is making the pilot for "ER" replacement "Southland" available on numerous on-demand and digital platforms a week before the show's April 9 premiere. Hulu and NBC.com have already started streaming the Warner Bros. TV-produced show, and iTunes is expected to make the show...
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Filed under: Broadcast, Digital, NBC, Hulu, VOD, NBC.com, Warner Bros. Television, Southland, Ben McKenzie, Chris Chulack, Ann Biderman, John Wells, Tom Everett Scott
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Harsh economic times, coupled with the surge of content distribution across multiple platforms, may have you wondering if network branding still matters. Network executives cutting budgets may find themselves asking what is truly necessary. In tough economic times people want to escape, and what your...
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ABC is getting serious about offering its television programming on Hulu in exchange for an equity stake, reports PaidContent.org. The online news outlet said talks between Disney, which owns ABC, and Hulu, an NBC Universal-News Corp. joint venture, have intensified recently and center on the crown jewel...
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Even the notorious fun-loving conference South by Southwest couldn’t escape the specter of the economy. Rather than sleep late and skip panels in favor of parties, South by Southwest Interactive attendees hit the show floor in search of advertising partners, distribution deals and new sources of revenue...
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Building on its Super Bowl advertising momentum, online video destination Hulu plans to launch another network prime-time ad for its site later this week on NBC and Fox. At the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Eric Feng, senior VP and chief technical officer at Hulu, said the spot will premiere...
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Times are tough everywhere right now, but they've been tough in the indie distribution world long before the current economic downturn. Too many films, too high advertising costs, not enough arthouse screens, not enough time for titles to build up buzz before they're bumped to make room for next...
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Sat, Mar 14 2009
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Filed under: Biz, Hulu, SXSW 2009, distribution, Super High Me, VOD, B-Side, Cinetic, SnagFilms, critics, RiP A Remix Manifesto