Hispanic Viewers Are iTV Early Adopter Sweet Spot by Steve Smith

Anyone who has followed bleeding edge technology and emerging platforms over the last decade knows that Hispanic and African American digerati have been leading the charge in adopting new forms of interactivity. Some of the earliest, largest and most successful online social networks back in the early 2000s were BlackPlanet.com and MiGente, for instance. When it comes to mobile, again, Hispanic and African American customers over-index wildly when it comes to data usage. These users were embracing mobile social networks like MocoSpace long before Facebook and MySpace even launched mobile ...Read the whole story

  • automotive Nissan, Lance Armstrong Ride Hand-In-Hand by Karl Greenberg

    The effort for the car, which goes on sale in late fall, also involves sponsorship of such marquee athletic events as the Boston and New York marathons and the Tour of California bicycle race. Nissan also joins Radio Shack and brands like Nike and Trek as supporters of Armstrong's Team Radio Shack bid for the 2010 Tour de France, which runs July 3 - 25 this year. ...Read the whole story

  • Viacom's Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against YouTube Dismissed by Wendy Davis

    Handing Google a sweeping victory, a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Viacom's three-year-old copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube. ...Read the whole story

  • ContextWeb Founder Joins AdGenesis by Gavin O'Malley

    Video ad platform provider AdGenesis Digital On Wednesday named Jeremy Sterns as its new Chief Technical Officer. Sterns comes from Send Word Now New York, a provider of on-demand alerting and response services for both emergency and routine communication where he had been CTO since March 2007. ...Read the whole story

  • Fox Mobile Launches Bitbop by Wayne Friedman

    Fox Mobile Group officially announced its mobile video streaming service, Bitbop, was available starting Thursday. It will offer full-length TV shows immediately and movies later this year. ...Read the whole story

  • T Bone Burnett Speaks Out, Decries Lady Gaga's 'Paltry' Income From Video Streams by Laurie Sullivan

    Google and Microsoft are scrambling to find ways to please the entertainment industry. Both search engines this week launched separate music services. The move may gain points with recording labels, but it's not clear if they'll satisfy artists. The stakes become higher for everyone as rumors heat up online about Google launching a rival music service to iTunes. ...Read the whole story

Opportunities And Challenges In Online Video Delivery by Gannon Hall

In the last decade online video has grown from an esoteric hobbyist activity into a multi-million dollar business built around a thriving ecosystem of content creators, publishing and monetization platforms, and various enabling technologies, services and devices. ...More