Daily Marauder

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
One of the few publicly traded pure-play Web video companies is blinkx, which trades on the London stock exchange, and just announced its half-year earnings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. The company’s revenues rose 115 percent to $6.4 million for the six month period (although the comparison is only partial—see income statement below). It’s gross profit doubled from $2.2 million to $4.5 million. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/10/blinkx-boosts-revenues-115-percent-but-is-still-losing-money 11/10)

Yahoo’s share price took a beating on Friday closing under $12/share after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spurned advances made earlier in the week by Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang. After initially rejecting an offer of $33/share from Microsoft, Yahoo’s CEO made it clear he was now open to an acquisition. Mr. Yang made the comments on the same day Google walked away from its planned search alliance with Yahoo, that was expected to have generated hundreds of millions in new revenue for the company. (Cynopsis 11/10)

Hitwise has NBC as the  #1 ad supported broadcast network site for the fourth straight week with Deal or No Deal and Heroes as the top two ranked show sites. NBC’s 30 Rock also cracked the top ten for the first time. Meanwhile SciFi’s Ghost Hunters, which recently launched its own YouTube page, was the #1 ranked TV show website among adult oriented cable networks this past week, followed by Comedy Central’s South Park and The Daily Show. Five of the top 10 cable show sites were politically focused. (Cynopsis 11/10)

Top Visited US Top Visited US Broadcast Network TV Sites (Week ending Nov. 1, 2008)
Rank                Network Website    Market Share of Visits
1  NBC           www.nbc.com 30.65%
2  ABC             www.abc.com 25.93%
3  CBS             www.cbs.com 20.39%
4  FOX*            www.fox.com 14.22%
5 The CW      www.cwtv.com 8.38%
6 MNTV   www.mynetworktv.com .42%
Source: Custom report from Hitwise, *includes traffic aggregated from stand alone websites americanidol.com, amw.com, familyguy.com, thelot.com and thesimpsons.com.

Top Visited US Broadcast Network TV Show Sites (Week ending Nov. 1, 2008)
Rank   Network       Website                      Market Share of Visits
1          NBC          Deal or No Deal                     7.65%
2          NBC          Heroes                                 5.90%
3          ABC          Dancing With The Stars          5.71%
4          FOX          America’s Most Wanted          5.40%
5          NBC          The Office                             4.36%
6          CBS          Survivor                                3.71%
7          FOX          American Idol                        3.21%
8          NBC          The Biggest Loser                  3.08%
9          NBC          America’s Toughest Jobs        2.73%
10         NBC          30 Rock                                2.56%
Source: Custom report from Hitwise

Top Visited US Cable Network TV Show Sites -Excluding Children’s Programming (Week ending Nov.1, 2008)
Rank   Network                   Website                   Market Share of Visits
1    SciFi                       Ghost Hunters                   8.85%
2    Comedy Central       South Park                        7.42%
3    Comedy Central       The Daily Show                 5.54%
4    Fox News                O’Reilly Factor                   4.87%
5    Fox News                Hannity & Colmes              3.41%
6    BET                        106 & Park                        3.06%
7    MTV                        The Hills                           2.87%
8    CNN                        Lou Dobbs Tonight            2.65%
9    MSNBC                    Countdown with Keith O.   1.99%
10   SciFi                        Eureka                             1.80%
Source: Custom report from Hitwise