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NBC Launches London 2012 Olympics Website, Promises To Stream All Events Live Online

With 100 days to go until it all kicks off, NBC has taken the wraps off its London 2012 Olympics website...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Ivi TV Sued By ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS And Others – Any Hopes For Fledgling Company?

As expected ivi TV is being sued for its re-streaming online TV service. The range of broadcasters and networks involved in...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

NBC Universal Shows Come To SeeSaw While ITV Plans Major On-Demand Player Overhaul

Broadcasters and content owners are slowly but surely coming around to the idea of online video, as long as they remain...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Watch TV On The Apple iPad | ABC, NBC, CBS Join Netflix – Hulu, Others Likely To Follow

The world is gearing up for the release of the Apple iPad tomorrow (April 3) and video is going to play...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulavision Suing NBC Universal Claiming It Stole Name, Plan, Trade Secrets For Hulu

Hulu is going great guns providing a free catchup TV on-demand service in the United States. However, there are now claims...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Boxee Vs. Hulu Before Congress | NBC Chief Accuses Boxee Of “Illegally Taking Content”

Hulu’s preposterous exclusion of Boxee has now made it to Congress, with the head of NBC being directly asked about the...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Beta Testing Subscription Based Online Video Service | Rupert Murdoch Destroying Free TV

Hulu has got where it is today – a very popular and widely known online video service – by being free...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Rupert Murdoch Wants You To Pay To Watch Hulu | Subscription-Based Model On Way?

Hulu is a brilliant service which has truly brought American television to the online masses. Part of the appeal of Hulu...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Web Video Cannot Succeed Until TV-Style Advertising Revenue Arrives | Money Is Key

Money is key. It’s a shame that is the case but true nevertheless. And this adage is having a direct influence...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Hulu Pulls Videos Off TV.com | Could NBC and News Corp. See CBS Site As Competition?

Until now, Hulu and TV.com have existed side by side happily, with the latter even syndicating content provided by the former....
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Web TV Wire 2008 Review | A Year In Online Video

2008 has now seamlessly morphed into 2009 and we’re all a year older, and maybe even a year wiser. But what...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

NBC Olympics Coverage Online Fails To Make Much Money | A Lesson For London 2012?

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games have now come to an end, with a spectacular closing ceremony ending the Chinese Games and...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Yahoo Winning Olympic Games Battle For Viewers | NBC Happy With Visitor Numbers

NBC paid almost $1 billion to have the exclusive rights for television and video coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Usain Bolt Breaks 100m World Record – But NBC Has Online Video Bottled Up For Later

NBC may have embraced online video for this Olympic Games more than ever before, but its constricted online viewing regime, where...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Olympic Games Online Proving To Be A Winner | Beijing 2008 Pushing Web/Mobile Video

While traditional TV may still be the choice of most sports fans seeking coverage of Beijing 2008, there are signs that...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

NBC Olympics Coverage | TV Beats The Web Easily In Beijing 2008 Viewer Numbers

This Olympic Games sees the Web competing for viewers with traditional TV for the first time in Olympic history. But will...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Beijing 2008 Olympics On NBC | Delayed Opening Ceremony Forces Viewers To Web

Are the big television networks finally getting a grasp on the digital age and what the Web means for their business?...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Metered Broadband Affecting Web Video | NBC Warns Over Olympic Download Service

The amount of video available on the Web is increasing massively every month, but if metered broadband becomes the norm, don’t...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Live On Web | How Is NBC Delivering Streaming Coverage?

NBC is planning on streaming 2,200 hours of coverage from the Olympic Games live over the Web, but what sort of...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Watch NFL Games Live Online For Free | NBC Puts Sunday Night Football On The Web

From September, fans of American football will be able to watch NFL games live online for free. This is massive news,...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Online Video Viewing Grows Massively | 12 Billion Videos Watched In U.S. During May

The last two years have seen online video reach the masses, and grow massively as a result. That trend has continued...
Dave Parrack
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NBC Olympics Live Online Coverage To Be Used As Research Lab For Future Multimedia Events

We have already heard about NBC’s plans to show live video of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the Web at NBCOlympics,...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

NBCOlympics.com | Olympic Games Videos & Live TV Only on Vista. No Linux, Mac or XP

NBC plans to show 2,200 hours of live television from the Beijing Summer Olympic Games online on NBCOlympics.com this summer, and...
Dave Parrack
2 min read

Wimbledon Tennis Championships Live Online | All The Action On The Web For A Fee

The annual tennis championships at Wimbledon in London, England yesterday, and for the third year in a row, all the action...
Dave Parrack
55 sec read

Will NBC Free Olympic Coverage Be Successful? | Media Mogul John Malone Thinks It Is Absurd

We’ve seen from the recent debate over Google’s ability to make YouTube profitable, how hard it is to make money from...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Redlasso Receives Cease and Desist Letter From NBC, CBS, Fox Over Copyrighted Clips

Redlasso is a website which offers bloggers and site administrators the chance to embed video clips from TV shows, news programmes...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

NBC Direct Still Definitely In Beta | DRM Issues, Download Problems – Stick With Hulu

NBC Direct has been with us now since last November, when it launched as a beta to offer a download service...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

TiVo and On Demand Web Video Knocks 6 Million Viewers Off Network Television Sweeps

Each year during May, the television networks present their schedules to advertisers, a ritual which has become known as “Sweeps”. The...
Dave Parrack
1 min read

Watch Full Episodes Of ‘The Office’ and ’30 Rock’ Streaming Direct To Your iPhone For Free

NBC hates Apple, or at least iTunes. However, that doesn’t mean it hates iPhones, iPod Touches, or people who own these...
Dave Parrack
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Content Filtering On Microsoft Zune | Is It Going To Happen – What Are The Implications?

Yesterday, we touched on the issue which seems to be dominating the blogosphere right about now, that of the plans Microsoft...
Alex Curtis
3 min read