“With a corporate ownership group that includes News Corp.’s new FOX Group, Disney and Comcast, literally anything can happen. But with Comcast having no operational control of the unit (as a result of a government requirement to approve the NBC Universal acquisition by Comcast) and Disney being less-and-less interested in Hulu relative to its other fully owned-and-operated units, then the options for Hulu’s future will likely include…”
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“Late yesterday NBC Sports and Yahoo announced a content sharing and promotional partnership that further cements Yahoo’s role as a video syndication magnet for big media companies. In addition to the new NBC Sports deal, over the past year, other major media partnering with Yahoo include ABC News, CBS Television Distribution, Wenner Media, Clear Channel, CNBC, Fox Digital Entertainment/DirecTV and others, as each has sought to extend its online video presence beyond their own properties and to generate new ad revenues.”
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“NBC News and parent company NBC Universal have signed a development agreement with Austin startup latakoo to provide fast video transfer services.”
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“The broadcaster rolled out news apps for iOS and Android that will provide streaming access to every sport and will supplement broadcasts with highlights, schedules, and results. Melissa J. Perenson has a preview of what to expect.”
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“Shazam now offers the same feature for TV shows and live events. The big test will come during the Summer Olympics, which begin July 27. Through a partnership with NBC Sports (CMCSA), viewers will be able to use Shazam to get extra info about athletes and events and to participate in polls as they watch. Says marketing chief Jones: “We’re planning to demonstrate that second-screen experiences have arrived, are mainstream, and can be quite useful and compelling.”
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“Customers may be impressed by Dish Network’s commercial-skipping Auto Hop feature on the Hopper DVR, but at least two networks aren’t so happy. In a press call, Fox entertainment chairman Peter Rice said that adding the option to cut out commercials for broadcast television was ‘a strange thing to do.’ Rice didn’t go so far as to openly condemn the Hopper, though; instead, he said that Fox was ‘still evaluating it.’ NBC’s Ted Harbert was more direct. In a similar conference, he claimed that the new tool was ‘an attack on our ecosystem’ and “an insult to our joint investment in programming.’”
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“Success — in traffic numbers and ad sales — could make NBC Sports the poster child for the promise of digital viewing.
‘It will be the biggest digital event that this country has ever seen,’ said Rick Cordella, VP-general manager of NBC Sports and Olympics Digital.”
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“When the Comcast/NBC Universal merger was approved by the Department of Justice, Comcast agreed to two interesting stipulations regarding the neutrality of their residential broadband service…”
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“Last year, when Comcast acquired NBC Universal they had to agree to terms as set forth by the Department Of Justice and the FCC regarding how they would treat competitive content delivered over their network…”
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“Cloud content services provider Brightcove has announced that Universal Sports Network has rolled out the Brightcove Video Cloud online video platform to deliver live and on-demand sports coverage to its website UniversalSports.com.
Universal Sports Network, which is a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, is using Video Cloud to deliver more than 2,000 hours of original, Olympic, adventure and endurance sports programming to both Adobe Flash and HTML5 desktops and devices.”
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