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CBSCBS's Last.fm to Debut Video Service Last.TVAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 28, 2009 - 11:50am.
New York - CBS-owned (NYSE: CBS) social music discovery service Last.fm is planning
to launch a new video service called Last.TV, Music Week reports. The service
will reportedly initially cover music festivals in Europe,
and is expected to launch in January.
Showtime to Debut "Dexter" Animated Webisode SeriesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2009 - 11:27am.
Los Angeles
- CBS-owned (NYSE: CBS) pay-TV channel Showtime Networks plans to launch an animated
webisode series based on its Emmy-nominated series "Dexter." Set to
premiere on Sho.com on Oct. 25, the twelve-part "Dexter: Early Cuts" series
will be told four one-to-two-minute chapters.
CNET Wireless Coverage Maps Debut in Eight CitiesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2009 - 9:14am.
San Francisco
- Technology media company CNET, a unit of CBS (NYSE: CBS), said on Tuesday that it has
launched a beta test of the first-ever independent wireless service coverage
map in eight cities.
CBS News Taps GlobalPost to Provide Foreign NewsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 28, 2009 - 9:16am.
New York
- CBS News (NYSE: CBS) has forged a partnership with GlobalPost to provide international
news from 70 correspondents in 50 countries, The New York Times reported. Boston-based
GlobalPost was founded by New England Cable News network creator Philip Balboni
and Boston Globe foreign correspondent Charles Sennott, and averages about
400,000 unique monthly users. "Having a broadcast network partner was a
high priority for us, and to be associated with CBS News is a great validation
of what we are trying to build," Balboni told The Times. "We hope to
become an important source of international news for Americans, and this
partnership is a big step in that direction."
Analysis: Jay Leno And The End Of The Mass Broadcasting EraAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on September 14, 2009 - 11:01am.
CBS to Launch Last.fm-Powered HD Radio Channels in 4 CitiesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2009 - 9:44am.
New York - CBS (NYSE: CBS) announced
this week that its Last.fm social music discovery service will be used to
"crowdsource" programming for new terrestrial HD radio channels in
four top U.S.
markets. The channels, which will be available as of Oct. 5 to HD radio owners
in New York, Los Angeles,
Chicago and San Francisco,
will feature a mix of music from Last.fm's user-generated weekly charts, "combined
with live performances and interviews from the Last.fm studios in New York, and event
updates."
AT&T Debuts Entertainment Site with Free TV Shows, MoviesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 10, 2009 - 12:01pm.
Dallas
- AT&T (NYSE: T) on Thursday announced the launch of AT&T Entertainment, a new Hulu-like
website that offers thousands of streaming TV shows and movies from partners
including ABC (NYSE: DIS), NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and (NYSE: CBS)CBS. The free site is available to all
consumers, not just subscribers to AT&T services. The company said it plans
to add more programming from additional providers in the coming months.
Broadcasters, Advertisers Team to Study Audience RatingsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 10, 2009 - 9:06am.
 New York
- A consortium of 14 broadcasters, ad agencies and advertisers announced on
Thursday that they are joining forces to explore new ways to measure audiences
across traditional and new media. Founding members of the Council for
Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) include Time Warner (NYSE: TWX); News Corp. (NYSE: NWS); Viacom (NYSE: VIA);
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE); Disney-ABC (NYSE: DIS); CBS (NYSE: CBS) Paramount; Discovery (NASD: DISCA); Starcom MediaVest;
Mediabrands; WPP (NASD: WPPGY); Omnicom (NYSE: OMC); Unilever (NYSE: UL); AT&T (NYSE: T); and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG).
tags: Video | Advertising | TV | Reports | Metrics | Disney | Viacom | Discovery | CBS | NBC Universal | News Corp. | Time Warner | Research | Council for Innovative Media Measurement |
USOpen.org Serves Up 6.4 Million Video Streams in Week OneAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 9, 2009 - 9:47am.
New York - The U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) reports that
its USOpen.org attracted 5.3 million unique users during its first week of live
streaming video coverage of the tournament, up 60% from a year ago, PaidContent
reported.
CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated to Share Print, Digital ContentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 31, 2009 - 10:38am.
New York
- CBS-owned (NYSE: CBS) CBSSports.com and MaxPreps.com on Monday announced a partnership
with The Sports Illustrated Group, that will see both parties share and
distribute various digital and print assets. High school sports content from
MaxPreps.com will now feature in SI.com's high school section. Several Sports
Illustrated writers, including David Feherty and Seth Davis, will see their
articles syndicated across CBSSports.com. SI.com will also promote live sports
video featured on CBSSports.com.
CBS to Insert Video Ad Into Entertainment Weekly MagazineAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 19, 2009 - 12:19pm.
New York
- CBS (NYSE: CBS) plans to integrate a video advertisement for its programs and PepsiCo
products into an upcoming issue of the print edition of Entertainment Weekly,
the Associated Press reported. The experimental ad will play on an insert with
a two-inch video screen and embedded speaker, and will be inserted into some
copies of the magazine's fall TV preview issue mailed to subscribers in New York and Los
Angeles.
tags: Video | Marketing | Advertising | TV | Pepsi | CBS | Magazines | Publishing | Entertainment Weekly |
Showtime Plans Animated Webisode Prequel Series for "Dexter"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2009 - 8:14am.
San Diego
- CBS-owned (NYSE: CBS) cable TV network Showtime is creating a 12-episode animated Web
series as a prequel to its "Dexter" series, according to a post on
The Hollywood Reporter's blog. Set to launch in the fall, the "Earl
Cuts" webisode series will feature the voice of star Michael C. Hall, and
will explore how he became a serial killer.
Comcast Adds TV Network Partners to Web Video TrialAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 14, 2009 - 12:04pm.
Philadelphia
- Cable TV provider Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) has added 17 new networks to the pilot test of its
On Demand Online service, which will provide free online access to pay-TV
television channels to its subscribers. CBS (NYSE: CBS) became the first broadcast network
to sign-on for the trial, which now counts a total of 23 network partners.
Other new additions include A&E, AMC, BBC America, Food Network, IFC, MGM
Impact, Sundance Channel, E! and The Style Network.
Yahoo Drops NFL Players Assn. Suit Over Fantasy Game RightsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 8, 2009 - 10:32am.
Los Angeles
- Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has settled a lawsuit it filed against the National Football League
Players Association (NFLPA), over the payment of licensing fees for use of
players' names and statistics in online fantasy football games.
Jelli Introduces "Crowdsourced" Internet, Terrestrial RadioAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 17, 2009 - 12:16pm.
San Francisco
- Jelli on Wednesday introduced a "crowdsourced" radio programming
model, where Web users will help determine what songs are played both online,
and over the air on a traditional radio station. Users can rate what songs are
playing, determine what the next song will be "seconds before its plays,"
and "even vote to pull a song off-the-air, instantly." The company
partnered with CBS Radio-owned (NYSE: CBS) Live 105 in San Francisco to launch the
"Jelli" show, which debuts on Sunday, June 28 during the stations
10:00 P.M. - 12:00 Midnight programming block.
Digital Studio EQAL Postpones Self-Financed ProductionsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2009 - 9:57am.
Los Angeles
- Digital entertainment studio EQAL, creators of the "lonelygirl15"
series, has halted development and funding of its own series in favor of
producing content for brand partners, PaidContent reports. The company will
instead work on Web content for CBS' "Harpers Island,"
a new project with Food Network involving Paula Deen called "Get Cookin',"
and projects with "CSI" creator Anthony Zuiker and actress Alician
Silverstone.
Founders of CBS-Owned Web Music Service Last.fm ResignAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 10, 2009 - 10:57am.
London
- The three founders of London-based social music discovery service Last.fm,
which was acquired two years ago by CBS (NYSE: CBS) for $280 million, announced on
Wednesday in a blog post that they are stepping down from the company.
"NCIS" Actor Bemoans Impostor Twitter, MySpace AccountsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 9, 2009 - 9:46am.
Los Angeles
- Actress Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby on the CBS (NYSE: CBS) primetime drama
"NCIS," has posted a video on YouTube stating that she is in fact not
on Twitter or MySpace, meaning that fans are interacting with impostor
accounts.
tags: Social Networking | TV | MySpace | CBS | Publishing | Cybersquatting | Twitter | NCIS | Pauley Perrette |
CBS News to Syndicate Live Video on UstreamAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2009 - 12:37pm.
New York
- CBS News (NYSE: CBS) has partnered with Internet video broadcasters Ustream to launch its
own live video channel that will simulcast live CBS News broadcasts online.
Katalyst Media's "Blah Girls" Web Show Coming to CBSAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 13, 2009 - 11:11am.
Los Angeles
- Katalyst Media, the digital production firm started by actor Ashton Kutcher,
has signed a deal to distribute its animated Web series "Blah Girls"
on television with CBS Television Distribution, TechCrunch reports. The series
is slated to air as one-minute interstitials during the CBS (NYSE: CBS) entertainment news
show "The Insider."
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On September 14th at 10pm EST in the US (tonight), a new experiment in television
will take place that is both a sign of the times, and a quiet
revolution in the way that broadcast TV (and perhaps media itself) will
work. The Jay Leno Show will debut at its new time slot of 10pm - a
full hour and a half earlier than he used to be on when doing The
Tonight Show - and aim to reach people "exhausted by kids, work and so
on" as he has said more than once in interviews. The significance of
this moment is not so much about the change in time - but in what types
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