Internet Video Industry News
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Super Bowl XLVI Most Streamed Game EverGeorge Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable), February 7, 2012NBC Sports is reporting that the first ever live-stream of the Super Bowl was also the most-watched single game sports event ever, with over 2.1 million according to data provided by Omniture and mDialog. More
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Super Bowl XLVI Drove Internet Traffic Down As Much As 20%By Todd Spangler, February 7, 2012With more than 111 million Americans tuning in to Sunday's Super Bowl on TV, overall Internet usage in the U.S. declined as much as 20% on Feb. 5 compared with an average Sunday, even with NBC's debut of the first legal online video feed of the game, according to a study by network-equipment maker Sandvine. More
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Social TV Startup Flingo Banks $7M In VC FundingBy Todd Spangler, February 7, 2012Flingo, a social-TV and automatic content recognition startup whose clients include A&E Television Networks, raised $7 million in series A funding from August Capital. More
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Pew: Cable is Top Source of Campaign NewsJohn Eggerton, February 7, 2012Cable news has overtaken local TV news as the top source for campaign news -- by virtue of not declining. More
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Travel Channel Names Hurwitz Senior VP of DigitalLindsay Rubino (Broadcasting & Cable), February 7, 2012Travel Channel has named Marietta Hurwitz senior vice president and general manager of digital. More
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SOPA/PIPA Opponents Tell Hill To Scrap Legislation, PeriodJohn Eggerton, February 6, 2012House and Senate antipiracy legislation opponents are pressing their offensive. Having tabled versions of PIPA and SOPA they argued were Internet chillers or killers, they are calling on Congress to essentially to back off any legislative antipiracy efforts at all. More
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House E&C Committee to Hold Hearing on CybersecurityJohn Eggerton, February 6, 2012The House Energy & Commerce Committee cited last month's cyberattacks on the website of the Motion Picture Association of America and the threat to interconnected VoIP as among its reasons for holding a hearing Feb. 8 on cybersecurity threats. More
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Verizon, Coinstar Tag Team On Netflix RivalBy Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012In what could become a serious new competitor to Netflix, Verizon Communications and Coinstar announced the formation of a joint venture that will combine Redbox's new release DVD rentals with a new video-on-demand streaming and download service from the telco. More
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Time Warner Inc. Leads $15M Round In Net-Video Startup ConvivaBy Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Conviva has closed a $15 million round of funding led by Time Warner Inc., whose HBO and Turner Broadcasting System divisions use the startup's online-video optimization technology for their "TV Everywhere" services. More
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Synacor Preps Public Outing
By Todd Spangler, February 6, 2012Synacor, a provider of TV Everywhere services and Web-portal software to cable and telecom operators, expects to raise up to $75 million in an initial public offering — which would be one of the first IPOs in the video-technology space in recent memory. More
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ATVA Ad Takes Shot at Rising Retrans Fee as NBC Streams Super Bowl XLVI for FreeMike Reynolds, February 3, 2012
It remains to be seen how many fans will watch the first-ever streamed Super Bowl, or how they react to the second-screen Big Game experience on NBCSports.com and NFL.com.
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SecondScreen to Power Synch Apps for Super BowlGeorge Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable), February 3, 2012As advertisers increasingly look to tablets and mobile devices as a way to offer additional information and pitches to consumers, SecondScreen Networks will be working with three advertisers from this year's Super Bowl to offer additional rich media ads for iPad, iPhone and online users. More
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Hill: Google Has More Explaining to DoJohn Eggerton, February 3, 2012Look for Google to be invited to testify at a House subcommittee hearing on online privacy in the near future after one key legislator expressed concerns its new privacy policy is not ready for primetime. More
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Super Bowl Preview: ICE Seizes Websites Allegedly Pirating NFL GamesJohn Eggerton, February 3, 2012U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has "seized" 16 Websites that it says were illegally streaming sports video, including NFL games More
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ESPN Platforms to Provide 110 Hours from Super Bowl XLVIMike Reynolds, January 30, 2012ESPN crew and talent, including Chris Berman's 30th appearance, has set up shop in Indianapolis as the worldwide leader will televise more than 110 hours of television and radio programming leading up to Super Bowl XLVI. More
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NASCAR, Turner Revamp and Extend Digital PartnershipGeorge Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable), January 30, 2012NASCAR and Turner Sports have revamped and extended their long-standing digital partnership in a new deal that will run through 2016 and provide NASCAR with greater operational control of its digital properties. More
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Synacor Prices IPO, Expects To Raise Up To $75 MillionBy Todd Spangler, January 30, 2012Synacor, a provider of TV Everywhere services and Web portal software to cable and telecom operators, on Monday announced expected pricing of $10 to $12 per share for its initial public offering of 6.82 million shares. More
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TV Guide Draws Viewers to Web By Mike Farrell, January 30, 2012Back in the day, TV Guide was the only guide in town. More
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Epix: Xbox Marks the Spot By Todd Spangler, January 30, 2012In less than two months since launching on the Xbox 360, Epix’s video-streaming app has been downloaded more than 1.25 million times — proving the power of TV-connected devices as a way to reach viewers, according to the premium network. More
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Netflix’s Streams Up, DVDs Down Todd Spangler, January 30, 2012After a customer backlash that caught it off guard, Netflix fared better than it expected on the Internet video front in the fourth quarter, adding 220,000 U.S. streaming-only subscribers — while it shed 2.76 million DVD-by-mail customers in the period. More
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