NBC: DVR block was a mistake

“We made an inadvertent mistake,” said an NBC spokesperson about the episode earlier this week when Vista Media Center users were unable to record American Gladiators and Medium.

8 comments May 20th, 2008

Hulu adds new sites, beats ABC.com

Hulu has added new content partners TV.com (soon to be owned by CBS), TVGuide.com, BuddyTV.com, Flixster.com, MyYearbook.com, Break.com and Zap2it.com. According to Nielsen stats, Hulu now surpasses ABC.com in total videos watched (63.2 million to 60.8 million) and average minutes watched a month (129.3 minutes to 57.3 minutes.)

7 comments May 20th, 2008

Amanda Congdon returns to the blogosphere

Former Rocketboom host Amanda Congdon is back on the Internets, after a quick foray into the MSM realm at ABC News. Congdon is now on “Sometimes Daily.”

Congdon told the New York Times’ Brian Stelter the ABC News gig started great - but didn’t quite fit:

ABC News felt right at first, she said; looking back, she calls it “the most innovative network news site at the time.” But she found producers at ABC to be unresponsive to her ideas, calling it a “slow and messy process.” It didn’t help that online reporters discovered her freelance commercial work for the chemical company DuPont, raising conflict-of-interest questions that ABC skirted by calling her an independent contractor. (Last fall, when Ms. Congdon left, ABC characterized her tenure as “a great experiment for both of us.”)

(Thanks, Rob)

13 comments May 20th, 2008

What to call abandoned blogs?

In today’s B&C Station to Station blog, Mike Malone challenges Lost Remote to come up with a term for an abandoned blog. We’re not ones to shy away from a challenge, so loyal readers what would be a catchy term for an abandoned blog? (And no, “Local TV Site Blogs” might indeed be mostly abandoned blogs, but that’s not catchy enough.)

By the way, congrats to Mike on his newborn daughter.

46 comments May 20th, 2008

CNBC.com to share content with AOL

The NBC-Universal owned business website will now supply content to AOL’s business and finance section in a deal announced today. CNBC will provide video to AOL - and help sell integrated packages across CNBC-TV, CNBC.com and AOL. Full release after the jump.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Steffanie M Marchese
201-735-4722
Steffanie.Marchese@nbcuni.com

AOL Announces CNBC As A Primary Content Provider For New AOL Money & Finance Video Site

NEW YORK, N.Y. and ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., May 20, 2008 – AOL and CNBC announced today that CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, will provide multi-media content to the newly launched AOL Money & Finance video site, http://money.aol.com/videos, and across the AOL Money & Finance site, http://money.aol.com. CNBC will offer business analysis and actionable investor information throughout the day for AOL users.

The AOL Money & Finance video site is a uniquely comprehensive Web-wide aggregated financial video experience, powered by Truveo’s video search, and also includes videos from a growing list of content partners. Users can also access CNBC content through AOL Video, http://video.aol.com, as well as AOL’s video search destination, Truveo.com, http://www.truveo.com, and browse among relevant financial topics to watch what they want on demand.

As a result of the relationship, advertisers will now have the ability to reach a unique audience of business decision makers across CNBC TV, CNBC.com and AOL as part of a single campaign.

“CNBC video on AOL Money & Finance offers a meaningful addition to our efforts to provide consumers the most current and comprehensive financial news and information,” said Marty Moe, Senior Vice President, AOL Money & Finance, News, Sports, Weblogs, and KOL. “This collaboration benefits our fast-growing base of consumers who can now search, browse, and watch what they want on demand, as well as advertisers who want to reach consumers who are focused on money and investing.”

“We are excited to add AOL as a leading platform to distribute fast, accurate, actionable and unbiased business and investing information,” said Mark Hoffman, President, CNBC. “This partnership will also further our ability to provide customized advertising solutions to our global client base.”

AOL Money & Finance has more than 15.2 million unique visitors per month is the No. 1 business site in terms of page views.*

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