Networks sue Redlasso for stealing video
Because Redlasso is stealing video. No law degree required here. Update from Don:RedLasso shut down its video search service
DISH telemarketer calls our hospital room
I apologize in advance for my snarky blogging today, as I’m running on very little sleep with a new baby. And just a few minutes ago, a DISH Network telemarketer called my wife’s hospital room where she was asleep for one of the first times since undergoing a C-section. It started with a canned announcement, [...]
Newspaper blogger rips DTV test
I thought it was interesting that a blogger for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer here in Seattle made fun of KING-TV’s “pull the plug” digital TV test. You know, the test that dozens of stations around the country are doing — switching to digital for a few seconds to alert analog viewers that they need to upgrade [...]
IB sites add TheStreet.com content
Internet Broadcasting has inked a deal with TheStreet.com for financial articles and video on IB’s affiliate sites.
WorldNow allows embeddable video… sorta
Several WorldNow sites I frequent have a neat new Flash-based video player. Kudos! But I doubt the player is getting embedded a whole lot… the video plays on load. Not when you click play – but as soon as it loads. There’s actually been two occasions in the past month where I’ve wanted to embed [...]
KXLY launches innovative video site
KXLY.com, the ABC affiliate in Spokane launched a cool new video archive site. LR regular (and KXLY.com site manager) Rob Kauder tells us the site has more than 10,000 video clips dating back several years. “(We) had all this video from our in-house archival system built for our old website and I didn’t want it [...]
Qik now in public beta
Qik, a video streaming service moved into public beta today. You’ve read about Qik on LostRemote before. I thought it was pretty cool when we started streaming via a SlingBox but imagine a newsroom full of reporters who can in an instant turn their cell phones into a live shot. Oh and by the way [...]
Google unveils Knol, a Wikipedia/media competitor
Today Google announced that they are opening Knol (short for Knowledge). The Wikipedia like site allows users to create articles about anything. The twist is, they allow the author of the article to manage the updates. That means various articles on the same topic but a different perspective. Some bloggers are saying that Knol is [...]
CBS Radio launches WorldNow video
Today radio took a big step in the direction of local TV sites, with 140 CBS stations signing up for WorldNow’s video system. You can see the player now on the homepage of WCBS-AM. The press release contained a very telling quote: “Rethinking and evolving our business had led us to this transformation and in [...]
‘Rip and read’ R.I.P. as print fades
Brian Lowry has a column in Variety stating that TV and radio news is going to suffer greatly from the print decline. As print fades, then, the fallout promises to hasten broadcast news’ descent as well — from “Rip and read” to simply “Read it and weep.” In what reads like a reaction to the [...]
ONA 2008 conference schedule is out
The Online News Association is heading to Washington DC again this year for their annual confab. The schedule so far looks pretty decent. I’ve always gotten a lot out of ONA because it casts a wide net over broadcast, print and online pure plays so everyone gets a chance to get out of their respective [...]
Any thoughts on WordPress 2.6?
WordPress 2.6 (code-named “Tyner” after jazz great McCoy Tyner) hit the pipes about 10 days ago. I was disappointed with 2.5 when I found a number of my favorite WP features, like posting photos via e-mail and press it, were AWOL, so I have been looking forward to this release. I’ve been steeling myself for [...]
Managing for margins: The end of broadcast TV?
Shelly Palmer has this blast on HuffPost to counter remarks made by Ben Silverman, co-head of programming for the NBC Television Network. Sliverman said: “We’re managing for margin and not for ratings.” Palmer writes: “There is nothing technology can do to help or hurt this strategy. It is truly the end of broadcast television.” And [...]
Briefs: WRAL, Digg, NYT, TiVo, The Platform
– WRAL kicks off mobile digital television trial – Is Digg selling to Google? Speculating about the rumors – NYT Company revenue continues slide, but online numbers up – Could peace be near for YouTube and Hollywood? – Buy Amazon.com stuff straight from your TiVo [...]
LinkedIn partners with New York Times
If users don’t find business news relevant because it’s local, they typically find it relevant because it’s about their industry. LinkedIn will begin showing headlines from the NYT’s business and technology pages. Editor and Publisher reports, the headlines will be selected based on their profession. Just one more example of hyper-personal news.
Introducing LR’s youngest new blogger
In my years in the news business, I’ve jumped out of bed many times in the night to rush to cover a story. But when my wife announced at 1:30 a.m. on Monday that her water broke — a full month early — the adrenaline was flowing like never before. At 2:14 a.m. today, Kate [...]
Newsroom cuts hurting quality?
According to an AP story about a study done by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, newspaper cutbacks are affecting the quality of their product. When you actually read the story or the results (as opposed to just the CNN headline) it tells a different story. They say that “nearly two thirds of papers surveyed [...]
Limelight gears up for Olympic streams
Limelight is gearing up to stream 5,200 hours of content online for the Beijing Olympics for NBC/MSNBC.com – about 2,200 hours live and 3,000 of clips. The massive undertaking is thought to be the largest video streaming effort in history. “It won’t surprise us if (the Beijing Olympics) breaks all the records,” said Gordon, Limelight’s [...]
Gossip Girl streaming ban fails
In April we reported that Gossip Girl would no longer be streamed on cwtv.com so that the network could try to boost the TV ratings for the show. Today TV Week reports that this strategy had no impact on the ratings, and the show would again stream online. As a commenter on TV Week put [...]
The ‘Friday Night Lights’ dillemma
Friday Night Lights likely wouldn’t have made it to a third season if DirecTV hadn’t stepped in and offered to share the show with NBC. It will debut on the satellite net this fall – then hit NBC after the new year. The Hartford Courant’s Roger Catlin points out a key flaw in the strategy: [...]
