“Yahoo is reportedly in discussions to acquire up to a 75 percent stake in Dailymotion,according to The Wall Street Journal. Such a move could instantly reinvigorate the company’s efforts in web video — particularly internationally.”
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“Intel’s plan to create a Web TV service and set-top box has encountered delays as the company negotiates with media companies for content licenses, according to The Wall Street Journal.”
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Totalmovie, the Latin American equivalent of Netflix owned by Grupo Salinas, is planning to launch live online content early in 2013, according to reports. To do so, according to the Wall Street Journal, it is teaming up with Sony’s Latin American unit, which will embed the Totalmovie app into its connected TVs, Blu-ray players, tablets and smartphones. Meanwhile, lusacell, a sister company, will offer carrier billing for the service in Mexico. El Economista reported that the content will initially come from another sister company, Mexican broadcast network TV Azteca.
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“As mobile technology and social sharing have reshaped the media industry in recent years, many legacy newsrooms have struggled to figure out just how to most effectively incorporate smartphone reporting into their content. Now, the The Wall Street Journal thinks it has found an innovative new approach.”
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“Social-networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have given television viewers a virtual water cooler to chitchat about their favorite shows. Now some companies are trying to extend that digital outlet a step further by reinventing the way people find TV programs.”
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I was hoping I wasn’t going to have to write this post today, but it’s clear that far too many people on Wall Street either aren’t reading the details of what Netflix announced, or are simply trying to create a panic for their own benefit.
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“I was hoping I wasn’t going to have to write this post today, but it’s clear that far too many people on Wall Street either aren’t reading the details of what Netflix announced, or are simply trying to create a panic for their own benefit.”
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“You can now find videos from The New York Times on Hulu, thanks to a content licensing agreement between the paper and the popular video site.
Video produced for NYTimes.com will now be available alongside episodes of Modern Family, Glee, or old eps of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. More likely, they’ll be in the same neighborhood as documentaries and short news videos. The Times joins a number of news outlets on Hulu, the obvious ones like ABC News, NBC News, and Fox News, but also The Wall Street Journal.”
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“Google still believes it can wrap its massive Internet arms around TV — even after consumers spurned its freshman effort as clunky and not very useful.
Two years after the company launched an ambitious strategy to meld Web search, online video and apps with traditional television, Google TV has failed to take off. Indeed, one of Google’s initial marquee hardware partners, Logitech, abandoned its Google TV set-top last year because of dismal sales, telling Wall Street it burned $100 million on the effort.”
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Intel will be the latest to jump on the streaming video bandwagon. According to the the Wall Street Journal, the service will incorporate Intel hardware as well as software in a set-top box-style device. More challenging will be securing live or on-demand channel deals from content holders, a negotiation process the company is currently working on.
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