http://www.lostremote.com Where TV Finds the Future Fri, 09 May 2008 06:08:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en     - Three top online execs ousted from SignonSanDiego.com     - Analyst predicts upfront sales will drop somewhere between 2-14%     - Going to Olympics? Watch the hand, foot and mouth virus     - Beet.TV taps into TurnHere's national videographer network     - First NBC, now ABC ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/08/downforeveryoneorjustmecom/ WCNC just used Twitter to cover the North Carolina primary. "It was incredibly successful," says WCNC's Kayla Castille, who said reporters and anchors "really got into it." Of course, Twitter has been gaining popularity in media circles, from the New York Times to CNN to the Seattle PI. ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/08/covering-the-news-with-twitter/ Elections SNL '08 is the NBC equivalent of Comedy Central's Indecision 2008. "Hooray, SNL finally understands the internet!" says the Huffington Post. http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/08/snl-launches-politics-microsite/ On Twisney.com, people walking around Disney World upload short messages and photos from their cell phones of their experiences, which are mashed on an interactive map. "If you want to understand how citizen journalists armed with cellphones are going to change the world–and create challenges and opportunities for businesses–spend ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/08/citizen-journalism-at-disney-world-3/ After seven terrific years at KING-TV and KING5.com in Seattle, I’m excited to announce I've accepted a job as director of business development at MSNBC.com. I've always admired the innovation mindset at MSNBC.com, and the opportunity was simply too good to pass up. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time at KING. ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/08/announcing-my-own-industry-move/ Grand Theft Auto IV sold 3.6 million copies on the first day, and earned $500 million in the first week. To give you some context, the largest opening weekend for a movie worldwide was Spider-Man 3 at $381.6 million. I'll post this so Cory doesn't have to say, ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/07/grand-theft-auto-iv-earns-500m-in-first-week/ With Microsoft out of the hunt for the Yahoo! prize -- will Facebook be its consolation prize? The Wall Street Journal reports today that Microsoft put out feelers to the hot social networking site to see if acquisition talks made sense. Neither MSFT or FB officials are talking. ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/07/will-facebook-be-microsofts-silver-medal/ If you're still calling the Internet business "new media" -- stop. The "new" new media is placed-based -- gas stations, malls, stores - etc. The local Albertsons now has "CheckOutTV," the mall has a big TV ad kiosk - and even many gas stations are now using services like ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/07/the-new-new-media/ NBC Local Media is starting a 24-hour local news channel in New York, and rebranding WNBC as a "content center," according to the NY Times. NBC’s plan calls for rebuilding Channel 4’s newsroom and melding its content closely with the coming news channel, the existing local Web site, and out-of-home video ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/07/wnbc-overhauling-local-news-operation/ Stephen Colbert picked up a special award for innovative use of the Web to engage fans. The New York Times, The Onion, National Geographic and PostSecret were also big winners (full list here). HBO Voyeur and the Discovery Channel's UK videogame site got the nods in the Television category. As ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/06/webby-winners-announced-colbert-is-webby-person-of-the-year/ Last year, NBC didn't renew its contract with iTunes over a disagreement on flexible pricing, so the network pulled its shows off the download service. Now "The Office" and "Heroes" are appearing on Zune Marketplace for $1.99 each -- the same price they sold on iTunes. But in ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/05/nbc-shows-now-available-on-zune/ After the end of KARE-TV's convergence show, OnLive, the TV station "information center" is experimenting with novel ways to add value online. For example, they recently webcast an expanded newscast that answered "viewser" questions about an investigative piece that had just aired. http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/05/kare-experiments-after-onlive-cancelation/ You may not be able to watch free streams of "Gossip Girl" on The CW's site anymore, but you can certainly buy 'em on iTunes -- where it currently ranks as the most downloaded show. For the record, the show's TV ratings the first week after the online episodes ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/05/gossip-girl-tops-itunes-chart/ ABCNews.com says traffic is continuing to grow at a record pace. In April, the site saw 221.7 million page views, up 37% from the previous year -- which makes four consecutive months of record page view growth. Press release... PRESS RELEASE -- ABCNEWS.com continued to achieve record high traffic ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/05/abcnewscom-has-unprecedented-april/ Called Newsware, it's MSNBC.com's "laboratory for news-infused games, tools and other experimentation." For example, this is Spectra, a "customizable kaleidoscope of news" which allows you to navigate on a 3D plane... More tools explained in the press release below... Redmond, Wash. – May 5, 2008 – Delivering on its promise to ... http://www.lostremote.com/2008/05/05/msnbccom-debuts-news-laboratory/