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AOL Video has cut deals with major studios to start offering downloadable movies. The downloads will cost between $9.99 and $19.99, and can be burned to DVD. Interesting to see AOL beat Apple to the punch on movie downloads but, since the site won’t work on a Mac, expect iTunes to clean AOL’s clock once it starts offering flicks.
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For those who don’t know who I’m talking about (geeesh), LonelyGirl15 is a YouTube phenomenon. In essense, it’s a young girl’s video blog of her life, from her strict parents (she’s home schooled) to troubles with her boyfriend. The clips are incredibly popular — pulling in more viewers than some cable TV shows — but, well, it’s almost too good. The lighting is great, the editing is sharp and her comments seem scripted. So now some folks are wondering if it’s all an elaborate viral hoax, and I’m waiting for Rex to reveal his hypothesis on who’s behind it all. Click below to watch her latest…
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MySpace is in talks with the magazine Nylon to create its own mag, although nothing has been decided, reports Ad Age. “We’re in the process of modeling it,” said an executive privy to the discussions. “Our main concern is the MySpace brand. We don’t want to do anything that would hurt the brand.” (Via Fimoculous)
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A good debate is brewing now that PBS has decided to move ahead with plans to sell advertising online. “PBS officials think they have a loophole because they aren’t prohibited from running ads online (as opposed to TV),” writes Center For Digital Democracy Executive Director Jeff Chester. “Congress must step in to bar PBS from running any ads—in any medium.” But PBS spokesman Kevin Dando responds, “Noncommercial does not mean non-revenue generating. PBS currently does have underwriting spots on-air, and we have explored this move into the online space very carefully and deliberately, and we plan to follow strict guidelines for the web.” Stay tuned…
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A big shot in the arm for the DVR company, TiVo will provide software for Cox Cable set-top boxes. TiVo already has a similar deal with Comcast. “This is definitely the way they’d like to transition the business. I almost see their stand-alone business as a bridge strategy until they can deploy this strategy further,” said an analyst. TiVo’s stock rose 6 percent this morning. Meanwhile, TiVo’s dual-tuner, high-def DVR has appeared on TiVo.com, but without a launch date. As they say, better late than never, but TiVo is taking f-o-r-e-v-e-r.
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Since 2003, E! has shot the Emmy red carpet show in high-definition, which then aired on INHD. But TVPredictions reports that E! is reverting back to standard-def this year, perhaps after pressure from the celebs themselves. Booo. (Thanks, Evan!)
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The New York Television Festival has narrowed the field in their first-ever Pitch Contest to 50 semifinalists. Users can now visit MSN Video to vote on their favorite pitches to help select 10 finalists who will present their pitches before a celebrity panel at NYTVF 2006. Voting ends tomorrow. As NYTVF seeks to democratize the TV marketplace, the networks are also reognizing the important of this new development process. Last week NBC announced it would premiere its new series Kidnapped on the opening night of the festival. Fox is also going to show a new episode of Standoff for the first time.
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I just learned about Paltalk form a colleague of mine yesterday. It’s a cool video chatting service that basically turns chat into a video conference call of sorts. Opie & Anthony use Paltalk so their audience can watch them and each other. The best part, the audience gets to see what’s going on during the commercials! Seems like every talk radio program should do this and there’s almost no costs involved for the radio broadcaster. You can download Paltalk for free, but it costs $14.95/month to watch Opie & Anthony.
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Sony’s acquisition of Grouper for $65 million has analysts scrambling to their abacuses (abaci?) to figure the market value of YouTube - a far-larger player in online video. Not that it’s for sale, but Aram Sinnreich, a managing partner at RadarResearch says “I wouldn’t be surprised to see (online video market leader) YouTube receive a bid of $1 billion. Whether the company is worth it is another question.”
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Walk up to any of five Bluetooth-powered terminals in Grand Central terminal in New York, and you’ll be able to download 30-second video clips on your mobile phone of five CBS shows, Shark, Smith, Jericho, The Class and CSI. Innovative. But I have to wonder, other than the novelty, why would anyone wanna download and watch 30-second network TV promos on their cell phones? (WSJ paid subscription, via PaidContent)
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ReleaseGuide.com tracks the latest release dates for TV shows, movies, DVDs, video games, music and books. Clean, simple and very handy. (Thanks, Jordan!)
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