Internet Video

OnScreen Summit: Netflix-Disney Deal a 'Game Changer'

AXS TV's Cuban Says Smaller Content Providers May Suffer
AXS TV's Cuban Says Smaller Content Providers May Suffer
 

The recent exclusive film deal that Netflix struck with Disney is a "game changer," according to Jeff Cuban, executive vice president, AXS TV/Magnolia Pictures, echoing comments made by Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos during the UBS Media conference this week.

OnScreen Summit: TV Everywhere Not Quite There

Netflix, iTunes Thriving Because Interface is Facile
By: Mike Malone (Broadcasting & Cable) Dec 6 2012 - 6:37pm
Netflix, iTunes Thriving Because Interface is Facile
 

New York - The TV Everywhere concept is solid, said panelists at the "Gadget Nation: New Tech for a New Generation of TV Viewers" session, but the execution so far is all over the map. Asked by moderator Todd Spangler to grade the mobile viewing initiative, 1-10, the marks ranged from a 2 to a 6, and averaged out to a 4.

PaleyFest 2013 Set for March 1-15

Hulu Is Premiere Sponsor of Festival's 30th Anniversary
Hulu Is Premiere Sponsor of Festival's 30th Anniversary

PaleyFest, the Paley Center for Media's annual two-week television festival, has scheduled its 30th anniversary version for March 1-15, to be held once again at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The initial roster includes The Newsroom, Revolution and Once Upon a Time. The full slate will be revealed Jan. 9.

Sarandos: Netflix Looking for Exclusive Rights

Calls Disney Deal for New Feature Films 'A Game Changer'
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Dec 5 2012 - 2:16pm
Calls Disney Deal for New Feature Films 'A Game Changer'
Speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference a day after Netflix inked a major deal with Disney that will give it exclusive pay-TV rights to stream the studio's new feature films starting with 2016 theatrical releases, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos noted that the deal was "a game changer."
 
Sarandos also stressed the importance of getting more exclusive program rights and developing additional original content.

Dauman Hopeful Multiscreen Ratings Coming Next Year

Online Viewing by Young Consumers Not Officially Measured Yet
Online Viewing by Young Consumers Not Officially Measured Yet

Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said his company is working with Nielsen and others to provide measurement of viewers consuming programming on platforms other than the television set.

Online Rights Figure Into New NBCU Deals

Peacock Strikes Wide-Ranging Pacts with Trio of Carriers
By: Mike Farrell Dec 3 2012 - 1:00am
Peacock Strikes Wide-Ranging Pacts with Trio of Carriers

NBCUniversal has been on a tear recently, striking three comprehensive carriage deals in November and continuing the growing trend in the industry to bundle cable, broadcast and online carriage rights with top distributors.

Last Monday, NBCU — which includes about 10 NBC owned-and-operated TV stations, 14 Spanish-language Telemundo O&Os and about 15 cable channels, including CNBC, MSNBC, Syfy and Bravo, reached a multiyear carriage deal with Verizon Communications, covering the telco’s 4.6 million FiOS TV customers.

Another Online Movie Pirate Heads to Brig

Cherwonik Sentenced to Three-plus Years for Copyright Violations
By: John Eggerton Nov 30 2012 - 2:09pm
Cherwonik Sentenced to Three-plus Years for Copyright Violations

Gregory Cherwonik has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for his participation in the Imagine Internet movie piracy operation.

ITU Adopts Resolution Inviting Members to Keep Hands off Internet

Move Meant to Quell Fears about Upcoming Dubai Conference
By: John Eggerton Nov 30 2012 - 1:05am
Move Meant to Quell Fears about Upcoming Dubai Conference

In its continuing effort to convince nervous members like the U.S. that the upcoming telecom treaty conference in Dubai (it starts Dec. 3) will not be a referendum on greater government control of the Internet, ITU Thursday announced it had adopted a resolution to that effect...sort of.

Zucker: CNN Won't Become a Partisan News Service

New President Says Maintaining News Credibility Is Most Important Goal
By: R. Thomas Umstead Nov 29 2012 - 2:11pm
New President Says Maintaining News Credibility Is Most Important Goal
 
Expectations are high for newly named CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker to rescue the 24-hour news network from its primetime ratings abyss.
 

AT&T, CBS Interactive, Stageside to Stream Live Concerts

Series Debuts Dec. 5 on CBS.com, AT&T U-verse, Other Sites
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Nov 28 2012 - 11:30am
Series Debuts Dec. 5 on CBS.com, AT&T U-verse, Other Sites

AT&T, CBS Interactive, and Stageside Productions have agreed to work together to launch a new live-streaming concert series, Stageside Live from Austin.

The first event will feature alternative rock band Neon Trees in a live webcast from Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater in Austin on Dec. 5 at 9 p.m. ET.

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