Internet Video

Hurricane Sandy Blows Up Digital Storm

Weather Co. Already Reporting Record Usage for Page Views, Apps
By: George Winslow (Broadcasting & Cable) Oct 29 2012 - 1:48pm
Weather Co. Already Reporting Record Usage for Page Views, Apps

Hurricane Sandy hasn’t hit land yet, but the traffic at The Weather Channel’s digital properties is already blowing towards record numbers.

Official: NBCU Grabs Premier League Rights

Gains Exclusive English, Spanish Rights for All 380 League Matches
By: Tim Baysinger (Broadcasting & Cable) Oct 29 2012 - 9:55am
Gains Exclusive English, Spanish Rights for All 380 League Matches

NBCUniversal, as expected, won the bidding for the Barclays Premier League media rights. Late Sunday, the companies officially announced a multiyear agreement that begins with the 2013-14 season.

The Incredible, Shrinking TV Screen

What The Tablet Revolution Means For The Pay TV Industry
By: Todd Spangler Oct 29 2012 - 12:00am
What The Tablet Revolution Means For The Pay TV Industry

The next TV revolution will be mobilized.

This fall, a cascade of handheld tablets — with vibrant, interactive touchscreens optimized for watching HD video — will stream into the hands of millions of consumers.

ISPs, Studios Target Peer-to-Peer Pirates

Comcast, MPAA, Others Prep Alert Regime For Illegal Downloaders
By: John Eggerton Oct 29 2012 - 12:00am
Comcast, MPAA, Others Prep Alert Regime For Illegal Downloaders

WASHINGTON — Comcast and the other major Internet-service providers are about to take a page from cellphone carriers and start providing regular alerts to customers who illegally access content via peer-to-peer networks.

If that doesn’t work, those ISPs will warn about stronger measures, like slowing or redirecting Web traffic.

Weather Without the Channel

CEO David Kenny Says Name Change Doesn't Deemphasize TV
By: R. Thomas Umstead Oct 29 2012 - 12:00am
CEO David Kenny Says Name Change Doesn't Deemphasize TV

The Weather Channel Cos. CEO David Kenny says the forecast for the company — including its cable network — is sunny, despite a recent round of company-wide layoffs and the removal of the word “channel” from the official company name — it’s now The Weather Co. Kenny recently spoke to Multichannel News programming editor R. Thomas Umstead about the company’s recent changes and the programming investments the company plans to make in The Weather Channel. An edited transcript follows.

Friends of Aereo Weigh In

CCIA Files Amicus Brief Backing Online Service Broadcasters Mainstain is Illegal Transmission
By: John Eggerton Oct 26 2012 - 2:23pm
CCIA Files Amicus Brief Backing Online Service Broadcasters Mainstain is Illegal Transmission

Friends of Aereo are lining up in court to back its service for delivering broadcast TV to iPhones and other screens.

Public Knowledge earlier signaled its plans to file an amicus (friend of the court) brief supporting the Barry Diller-backed service and the Computer and Communications Industry Association and Internet Association have already filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit backing Aereo and opposing broadcasters' petition for an injunction from that court.

Pew: Cable, Local TV Are Leading Campaign News Sources

Cable Leads in 'Most Helpful' Category; Internet Adds Biggest Percentage Gains Since January
By: John Eggerton Oct 25 2012 - 4:16pm
Cable Leads in 'Most Helpful' Category; Internet Adds Biggest Percentage Gains Since January

Cable and local TV newscasts are the leading sources of campaign news in the run-up to election day, according to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
According to a just-released study, 41% of U.S. adults surveyed said they regularly get campaign news from cable and 38% said they regularly get campaign news from local TV. That was followed by the Internet (36%), network newscasts (31%), local newspapers 23% and national newspapers 13%.

U.S. Programmers Make Bids for Barclays Premier League Rights

Fox, ESPN, NBC in Auction for Next Cycle of Top English Soccer Circuit's Matches
By: Mike Reynolds Oct 18 2012 - 2:48pm
Fox, ESPN, NBC in Auction for Next Cycle of Top English Soccer Circuit's Matches

With the deadline today, a number of sports programmers have submitted bids for the next cycle of Barclays Premier League media rights in the U.S.
After the Football Association Premier League Limited released its tender documents, U.S. networks had until Oct. 18 to declare their financial interest in the property. Arguably the world’s top futbol circuit, the English league is the second-most-watched league in the U.S. behind Liga Mexico, that nation’s premier soccer division.

Discovery Nets Tally 5.2 Million Viewers with Space Jump

Baumgartner's Plunge Sets Ratings Records for Velocity, Discovery Channel
By: Andrea Morabito (Broadcasting & Cable) Oct 16 2012 - 3:35pm
Baumgartner's Plunge Sets Ratings Records for Velocity, Discovery Channel

An average of 5.2 million viewers watched Felix Baumgartner's historic space jump on Sunday on Discovery Channel and Velocity, setting ratings marks for both networks.
Velocity's broadcast of Space Jump Live, which covered the Red Bull Stratos mission featuring Baumgartner's record-breaking jump from 125,000 feet above the Earth, turned in the one-year-old network's most-watched telecast ever, attracting 991,000 total viewers. It also set new high ratings marks for the channel, including in households (0.73) and among adults 25 to 54 (0.52).

SNY Tips Off UConn Women's Basketball Streaming Package

RSN Offering Lady Huskies' Contest on Subscription Basis
By: Mike Reynolds Oct 16 2012 - 3:13pm
RSN Offering Lady Huskies' Contest on Subscription Basis

SNY is offering a streaming package of UConn women’s basketball contests next month.
The package, mirroring the regional sports network’s game coverage of Geno Auriemma’s club, will be available at uconnhuskies.tv. SNY’s digital media partner, MLB Advanced Media, will provide its video streaming technology infrastructure to power the service. MLBAM captures, encodes and distributes more live events than any other Internet company

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