• AP's Video Hub Isn't What It Was Cracked Up to Be, But That's Not Bad
    AP started VideoHub supposing newspapers would begin their own online newscasts. That hasn't happened, but the news video service has found a difference niche that still works well for the wire service and its clients.
  • Nimble TV Is TV Everywhere Service Debuting in New York; It Takes Some Explaining
    Nimble TV lets people who pay for cable TV, or satellite TV, or telco TV get that TV delivered anywhere, or in the parlance of the induustry, Everywhere. That means that Nimble sets up an account for you with a  pay TV provider, then charges you an extra fee for digital delivery. And it gets more complicated from there.
  • Tremor Links with Mobclix to Work on Programmatic Buy Side in Silicon Valley
    Tremor Video, Inc. (NYSE:TRMR), a leading provider of technology-driven video advertising solutions, today announced the hiring of a ten-person tech team of product, development and integration experts from Mobclix to accelerate the development of its programmatic buying solutions for brand advertisers. The team, which is located in Silicon Valley, will work on all phases of Tremor Video's programmatic solutions. Tremor Video, Inc. (NYSE:TRMR), a leading provider …
  • Insane Clown Posse Decries What Now Passes for Disgusting in Videos
    Insane Clown Posse was asked by the Fuse cable channel to comment on this year's  supposedly shocking music videos. They were dismayed to find how unshocking Robin Thicke, Adam Levine and Maroon 5 can be. “
  • NSA Watching Who's Playing Video Games, Says The Guardian
    According to a leaked document, in 2008, an agency analyst wrote video games "are an opportunity!" and so many different  intelligence agents were conducting operations inside games that a "deconfliction" group was required to ensure they weren't spying on each other by mistake.
  • Google Said to be Working on Nexus-Branded Set-Top
    Google is building a Nexus-branded TV set-top box that could launch in the first half of 2014, according to a report from Information, a subscription-based Web site. The story is light on details.
  • Cozying Up to Cable Could Help Netflix Bottom Line
    The Trefis Team that analyzes well-known, but not well-understood, businesses currently projects Netflix’s U.S. subscriber base to reach 54 million by the end of its forecast period in 2020. But if it partners with pay-TV companies, Trefis puts the subscriber estimate at 62 million, with a big effect on its stock price.
  • China Web Sites, Once A Haven for Video Pirates, Turn Tough
    The website of China's biggest Internet video company Youku Tudou once trafficked in illegal copies of Hollywood films. Now,the company that controls almost a third of China's booming legitimate online video market, forks out more than $164 million in licenses--and employs a dozen workers who surf the Web for pirated content.
  • Hulu Plus Has Hard Working App for New Xbox One
    The new Xbox One has a new Hulu Plus app, rushed in time for the launch. You can watch Hulu Plus content while playing games.
  • Warner Bros. Restructures TV Research Dept., Adds Ex-Hulu Exec
    Warner Bros. TV Group restructured its research department and added Bryon Schafer, formerly a Hulu exec, as senior VP, second in command.
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