MySpace, Yahoo top video rankings
Comscore ranks MySpace number one as the site with the most overall video views in July. Meanwhile, Yahoo Video was tops in unique users. YouTube is next, followed by AOL and Microsoft. (The story makes no mention of Google Video, hmmm.) If the numbers are correct, MySpace should be celebrating, as the social networking site [...]
MLB pulls podcasts from iTunes
Major League Baseball has removed its podcasts from iTunes so they’re available exclusively from MLB.com — a move to gain complete control over promotion and distribution. By all means, limit your distribution in the name of control.
Guide to citizen journalism
Mark Glaser has done a great job putting together an overview of citizen journalism, from its history, terminology, examples and the debates over its role in journalism.
Yahoo buys Jumpcut
The video feeding frenzy is warming up with today’s news that Yahoo has purchased Jumpcut, a cool video sharing site that allows you to edit right in your browser. “As part of Yahoo! we’ll be working on bringing video editing and remixing to everyone with an Internet connection,” reads a message on Jumpcut’s blog. Terms [...]
Microsoft, Peter Jackson to form game studio
Halo fans, rejoice! Mr. Lord of the Rings himself, Peter Jackson has teamed with Microsoft with plans to create a game studio that will produce a new Halo video game title for the Xbox 360. As I’ve mentioned before, video games are essentially interactive movies, especially now that technology renders them in incredibly realistic high-definition [...]
What happens during commercial breaks
Ball State’s Center for Media Design conducted a study to find out what really happens when viewers are confronted with a commecial break. About 45 percent of the breaks were interrupted by either channel changes, program guide surfing or leaving the room. Call it old fashioned commercial skipping. Study follows…
Ailes calls Clinton’s angry response ‘assault’
Fox News chief Roger Ailes says President Bill Clinton’s angry response to Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday was “an assault on all journalists.” Ailes said Clinton’s “hatred for journalists is showing.” No Roger, just Fox News journalists.
Knight Foundation to invest $5 million in community news
The Knight Foundation has created the “Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge”, to invest in innovative community news projects. They plan on doling out $5 million over the next year. “News and information are the glue that binds communities,” said Knight Foundation president Alberto Ibargüen. “We want to help today’s high-tech news do in the [...]
ABC.com strikes $3.6M worth of video ad deals
Through deals with 36 advertisers, ABC.com it will gross $3.6 million ($100,000 each) in sponsorship messages embedded in streaming the network’s primetime shows over the next three months. ABC.com will run three 30-second spots in each hour show, and two 30-second spots in a half-hour show. And local ABC affiliates can sell clients into the [...]
NYTVF 2006 Wrap-Up
I had the opportunity to attend the second annual New York Television Festival early this month, screening hours on end of innovating programming and listening to industry experts discuss how to overcome the challenges of producing television in today’s media landscape. For a complete digest of all the NYTVF 2006 action, check out TV Squad’s extensive coverage. I recently spoke to NYTVF Chairman Terence Gray to get his thoughts about this year’s festival and what we can look forward to in the upcoming year.
Gannett to distribute customized video
Gannett Broadcasting is launching a new business unit to produce and syndicate customized video for on-air, online and mobile distribution. Gannett Video Enterprises will aggregate content from its 23 TV stations and repurpose it to clients who want to pay for programming. “There’s a host of new opportunities here that are in their infancy and [...]
LR Interview: The Daily Show’s John Hodgman
A special treat today for the LR Faithful. John Hodgman, contributor to the Daily Show, “PC” in the “I’m a Mac and I’m a PC” ads and author of “The Areas of My Expertise” sits down with me for a Q&A. Shortly after the interview began, John noticed my painfully slow and typo-laden typing and offered to type himself. I gladly offered and he pushed me aside. What you now witness is Hodgman’s considerably better transcription of my interview. This is probably a journalistic no-no, but keep in mind that “The Daily Show” is something of an oddity as well. One other note: I wrote this in ENPS, and John observed that they use the same program at “The Daily Show” as well. Read on, after the jump…
We gots influence
So listen to this. At the DEMO conference in San Diego, the makers of BuzzLogic showed off their software that’s supposed to help marketers identify which blogs and sites are influential in specific conversations. They typed in “ipod zune” for the recent buzz on the new Microsoft Zune vs the iPod. Lo and behold, there’s [...]
CBS wins 1st week of season, but ABC wins 18-49s
It’s that time of year! No – not the start of the fall season, although it is that, too. It’s the start of the “No, WE won the ratings when you look at a given demographic” season. And while Lost Remote knows the whole concept of TV ratings and its limited demo measurement is d-e-a-d, [...]
