Archive for January 18th, 2007
Despite the fact the product isn’t even out yet, Apple says its upcoming PC-to-TV device is the fastest-selling item on its website, even beating out iPods. Apple TV is poised to become a surprise hit, says analyst Shaw Wu of American Technology Research. “If Apple were to convert 1 percent of those iPod owners to Apple TV owners, it would be a success. That would be a million units,” he said. I’m also bullish on Apple TV — I’ve already bought one, too. It’s due out in February.
Adds Thomas in comments below, “I already do the same thing, pretty much with my Xbox 360 & Tversity, so I’ll save the $300.”
January 18th, 2007
Sen. Barack Obama used Brightcove to announce his intentions to form an exploratory committee, the first step in considering a run for president. Obama has done a deal with B’Cove for a broadband channel all his own. VERY smart. He gets a message out directly, and gets people to share and blog it easily. I’m so impressed that I’m posting it here, regardless of my politics.
As we reported yesterday, Brightcove just landed a whopping $59.5 million in funding. (Thanks, Buzzmachine.)
January 18th, 2007
According to Nielsen-Netratings data for the months of October and November, ABC.com’s video of its primetime shows attracted 3.1 million (Oct) and 3 million (Nov) unique users, compared to CBS.com’s 1.2 million and 1.9 million, and Fox.com’s 640,000 and 676,000. NBC.com’s video wasn’t apparently enough to register on the Nielsen-Netratings data despite the fact NBC.com’s overall traffic is tied with ABC.com for the most-visited network site at 9.5 million monthly uniques. A little perplexing, but NBC just recently began to stream its primetime shows, and arguably the most popular online show, The Office, is not available on NBC.com.
January 18th, 2007
Beginning today, AOL is streaming the home shopping channel QVC live 24/7. “(Now) consumers are just a mouse click away from the most current products featured on QVC, even when they’re away from their home TV,” said Fred McIntyre, Senior Vice President of AOL Video. Next week, AOL will launch a QVC on demand channel. Grab of the player followed by a link to the release…
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The ratings for the second show of Idol’s new season, which aired last night from 8 to 10, beat all the other networks combined.
January 18th, 2007
The all-new Film.com features film previews, movie trailers, DVD releases, and coverage of TV programming and celebrity news. The site was originally launched by Lucy Mohl back in 1994, who joined RealNetworks and then left in 2002 to become senior producer at SeattleTimes.com. Press release link after the screen grab…
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You knew this was going to happen sooner or later. Four families of girls who say they were solicited and sexually assaulted via MySpace are suing the site and its owner, News Corp. The suits allege negligence, recklessness, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation. And in each case, criminal charges have been filed against the accused MySpace users and/or their accomplices for sexual assault, CNET reports. “In our view, MySpace waited entirely too long to attempt to institute meaningful security measures that effectively increase the safety of their underage users,” said Jason A. Itkin, a lawyer for the families. As we reported yesterday, MySpace is launching a new application for parents to monitor some of their teen’s activity on the site.
January 18th, 2007
