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Disney, Hulu Restart Talks Over ABC Shows

Reuters | Posted 04.28.2009 | Media


The Walt Disney Co and Hulu.com have restarted talks over offering shows from Disney's ABC television network on the online video distributor owned by...

Obama's Updated Fireside Chats, Sports Analogies, and Change in Washington

Rip Empson | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Rip Empson

By encouraging an intersection of government and technology, the U.S. might be able to re-claim what was once a venerable tradition of innovation and ingenuity.

Hulu On Pace To Catch YouTube In Ad Revenue Next Year

Financial Times | Tim Bradshaw | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


YouTube is in danger of being upstaged commercially by a smaller upstart backed by News Corporation and NBC Universal as the video-sharing site strugg...

The Difference Between Show Business and Business

Harry Shearer | Posted 12.17.2008 | Media


Harry Shearer

In show business, Bill O'Reilly on Fox News Channel excoriates not only his time-slot rival Keith Olbermann, but the execs of NBC. In truth, the two networks have been virtual lovers for more than a year.

Sesame Street Embraces The Web, On iTunes, Hulu, YouTube

Reuters | Robert MacMillan | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Yes: on iTunes, Hulu and YouTube. After almost four decades on Public B...

Hulu's Successful Ad Strategy: "Less Is More"

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media


THUMBS up and thumbs down ratings for commercials. Choose-your-own-advertisement options before shows begin. Interactive games during advertising brea...

Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens Guilty On All Counts: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 28, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

A jury convicted Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens on all seven felony counts which violated federal ethics laws. Stevens is guilty of failing to report t...

Hulu's Success Has Rivals Wanting To Jump On Bandwagon

AdAge | Michael Learmonth | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The studios' missteps on the web are legend. So when NBC Universal and News Corp. announced they were going to launch a video ...

Hulu To Stream Debates Live

Broadcasting & Cable | Alex Weprin | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media


Hulu, the video site joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp., plans to stream the remaining two presidential debates live. Appropriately, ...

Hulu Cleans Itself Up And Organizes Into Channels

CNet | Caroline McCarthy | Posted 10.24.2008 | Media


In a press release Tuesday, Hulu announced that it now has over 900 series and movie titles in its library from over 100 content providers. So, in con...

Amazon.com Launches Video Streaming Service

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 10.05.2008 | Business


How does Amazon's streaming service compare with iTunes, Hulu, and Netflix streaming? Like Apple's iTunes, Amazon's service will offer rentals for $3 ...

Watch Full Daily Show, Colbert Report Online: Comedy Central Comes To Hulu

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media


A big pick-up for Hulu: Viacom is letting it re-run entire episodes of its two most popular (and best) shows: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. ...

Television Unplugged? The Verdict on This Year's TV Upfronts

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media


Jerry Weinstein

Think of it as the Big Bang of Video.

Links to Other Diversions and Conversation-Starters

Jack Donaldson | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living


Jack Donaldson

The Internet is a pretty vast place, so I compiled a cheat sheet of links for the week: a veritable potpourri of diverting videos, articles, commercials, and music.

NBC-News Corp. Video Site Hulu.com Set To Launch To Public

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


From the AP: LOS ANGELES -- Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its vast online library of ad-supported TV ...

Prediction: 40% Of Video Online By 2012

Silicon Valley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Troubled audio and non-existent Wi-Fi kept us from live-blogging Jack Myers' latest networking breakfast: "Economics of the New Television Marketplace...

Why CBS "Has The Smartest Internet Strategy Of The Major TV Networks"

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


At the NewTeeVee conference, CBS Interactive president Quincy Smith demonstrated why he and CBS deserve to be viewed as having the smartest Internet s...

NBC And News Corp. Joint TV Site Hulu.com Launches Today

New York Times | Brad Stone | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The most ambitious attempt by television companies to retain their audiences on the Web begins today, and the early reviews are surprisingly good. Hu...

Least You Need To Know: NBC On YouTube, Hulu, and iTunes

Silicon Valley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The folks at NBC were kind enough to help clear up some of the misinformation that has been floating around with regard to NBC's yanking its videos fr...