Comcast expands online video to all cable Internet customers
arstechnica.com — Comcast has expanded its On Demand Online beta to all of its customers who subscribe to cable TV and Internet service. The service has been renamed and expanded with more content, though it's clear the company's strategy is to keep these users paying their monthly fees for TV access. (Submitted by tmeyer) More...
Is Comcast and TimeWarner's "TV Everywhere" for everyone?
arstechnica.com — Comcast and Time Warner say that their 'TV Everywhere' experiment will extend cable programming to the Internet "free and on demand," that is, as long as you are a cable subscriber. Comcast ducks pertinent questions about it's proposed "FREE" online content and (Once Again) dodges questions about bandwith consumed. (Submitted by mcmoogie) More...
popwife: Shakira joins Comcast - is Beyonce next?
popwife.com — Video on demand. That's the catch phrase today as Colombian music star Shikira signed an exclusive deal with Comcast to present her videos, behind-the-scenes footage and, likely, new music. The deal is meant to give cable television some much-needed leverage in the music publishing business as musicians move their content from CDs to online formats (Submitted by mopheus) More...
Fruits of the Comcast-Plaxo Marriage: Fan Pages
blog.wired.com — Plaxo officially launches Fan Pages for FanCast, Comcast's online video site. The social features (available in beta now) let users join fan groups of various TV shows, where they can share episodes and discuss plot developments to their heart's content with fellow obsessives. The hope is that social networking could be the killer app for media co (Submitted by arpitmathur) More...
CBS Throws Its Shows Into 'TV Everywhere' Initiative
adage.com — CBS, the lone broadcaster not participating in web TV site Hulu, is giving more content to a potential competitor, Comcast's On Demand Online. CBS said yesterday it will lend content to Comcast's On Demand Online service, which is set to be tested with 5,000 Comcast subscribers in the coming weeks. The service requires th (Submitted by complexdiamond) More...
Report: Online Video Strains Old Relationships
cable360.net — ... new technologies and shifting consumer behavior are causing content purveyors to reevaluate the importance of these relationships. "If Disney can work with Hulu or even go direct via its own web properties, the value they attribute to a Comcast relationship is lessened. Now imagine how these relationships will be when broadband reaches the TV." (Submitted by ernieJohnston) More...
Web Video Providers on the Wrong Track?
technewsworld.com — Television studios, cable TV providers, and other content distributors continue to explore ways to bring in revenue via online video distribution. Parks Associates researchers Kurt Scherf and Anton Denissov take a close look at three such efforts: Comcast/Fancast, Paramount Digital Entertainment, and Netflix/Starz. (Submitted by soBoredinNJ) More...
CBS gives the finger to YouTube
webtvwire.com — CBS has teamed up with almost every online video company except YouTube as it decides to bring a huge amount of its TV content online for free. It will be all ad-supported and show full TV shows & sporting events including championship boxing. CBS will be partnering with Microsoft, Sling Media, Comcast, Joost, AOL, Bebo, Brightcove, & more (Submitted by tvnews) More...
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