During CES 2008 keynotes Bill Gates said that:
“I’m pleased to announce today we’ve found a perfect partner to showcase Silverlight: NBC has chosen Microsoft as its exclusive video partner for online video footage. We’ll make it all available live and on demand.”
It is not clear if this will apply to hulu.com or strictly to the NBC [...]
A representative from NBC Universal called NewTeeVee today and let them know that the network did indeed remove its channel from YouTube over the weekend in preparation for the launch of its own online video portal, Hulu. The spokesperson also de-emphasized the YouTube channel, calling it “promotional.”
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NBC.com has announced a service called “NBC Direct” which will allow users to download NBC shows such as “The Office,” “30 Rock,” and “Heroes,” to their desktop. The NBC Direct software will allow users to view each episode for up to one week, at which point the license will expire. While free to view the shows, [...]
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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – News) and NBC Universal today announced that a wealth of quality TV content from NBC Universal is now available on Amazon Unbox (http://unbox.amazon.com), Amazon.com’s digital video download service. Amazon Unbox and NBC Universal are offering customers a variety of content packages, including up to 30 percent off when [...]
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We are also disappointed in not being able to successfully negotiate a new iTunes agreement with Apple. We’re hopeful that we can reach a resolution before the existing contract expires. However, we felt it important to set the record straight.
We never asked to double [...]
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Less than two months after Universal Music decided not to enter into another year-long music distribution with iTunes Apple looks to be facing another high-profile defector from its digital media offerings: according to The New York Times, related company NBC Universal will not be renewing its deal to distribute digital versions of its [...]
London – NBC Universal announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Sparrowhawk Holdings, which operates a range of global pay-TV channels, from Providence Equity Partners, 3i and management shareholders.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Under the deal, NBC Universal will acquire the 18 feeds of the international Hallmark Channels, which include Movies 24 and Diva [...]
No one has filed a lawsuit against VeohTV yet, but it could just be a matter of time. The service is something of a cross between YouTube and Joost, giving you the ability to surf for online videos without using a web browser.
The problem is that many of those videos don’t come from Veoh, but from [...]
Today Joost added a lot of new content to is growing database (5781 programs up till now). Part of this new content was “CNBC – The Business of Innovation“. Since CNBC is the specialist sibling financial network of NBC is appears that a deal between Joost and NBC must have been concluded.
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CBS is close to announcing deals to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including Microsoft’s MSN and Time Warner’s AOL, according to a Thursday report on The Wall Street Journal‘s Web site.
The Journal said CBS could announce the agreements on Thursday. The deals will make previously aired episodes of CBS shows such as CSI: Crime [...]