“Even as rumors swirl that some of Hulu’s backers may walk away from the streaming video service, the company is enjoying stronger momentum with consumers than at any point in its history. Today at the Hulu Upfront presentation in New York City, it was revealed that in Q1 of 2013, users streamed over one billion videos — the first time Hulu has broken that number in a single quarter.”
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“On Tuesday, Aereo entered the public relations battle against the broadcast TV companies trying to shut it down: it took out a full page ad in The New York Times to publicize its court victories. The ad read in part: “The broadcast networks have been granted free and valuable broadcast spectrum worth billions of dollars in exchange for their commitment to act in the public interest.”
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“The biggest addition would have to be that ReelSurfer the now allows users to use its bookmarkletto clip videos from both Brightcove and Ooyala, in addition to YouTube and Vimeo. Who cares? Well, that means you can now clip and share videos from ESPN (which uses Ooyala to power its billion-plus video streams) and The New York Times, which uses BrightCove. [You can see the full list of supported sites/media players here.]“
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“Aereo announced this morning that it has expanded service to 19 million residents in 29 counties in the New York City metro area, moving Aereo beyond the 5 boroughs. The move is part of Aereo’s nationwide expansion to 22 additional markets throughout 2013.”
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On stage at the “See the Future” event in New York, Sony has just announced its latest gaming console: the PlayStation 4. “We believe that PlayStation 4 represents a shift from thinking of a box or…
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Aereo’s streaming-TV service gets an upgraded app that allows for live and recorded local television viewing without the need for an iPad or iPhone, as it gears up to expand beyond New York City. Read this article by John P.
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The first wave of online TV startups is starting to gain momentum: first there was Aereo, which streams broadcast TV using a warehouse full of tiny antennas…”
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“Mark Cuban has never been shy. Whether he’s opining about Jason Kidd’s decision to bolt from Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks for the New York Knicks (he is very mad) or Google’s business model (he’s called the company a vampire), Cuban doesn’t mince words. With the future of television up in the air, the HDNet founder shared his thoughts with Adweek on whether Apple is set to reinvent TV.”
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“After rumors of its impending release began to surface last week, New York City-based Boxee quickly took the wraps off its new Internet-connected player: the $99 Boxee TV. It’s a radical new design that contains an antenna to watch over-the-air broadcast high-definition television and a DVR system that gives users unlimited online storage of recordings on the cloud.”
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“If Twitter ends up running its own video service, this should help: The messaging service has bought Vine, a video sharing start-up.
We don’t have terms for the deal, but this looks a lot like an “acqhire”: Vine is a three-man company, based in New York, which formed in June. It has yet to launch publicly”
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