Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Arts, Cable television, Collins Stewart, Comedy Central, Television, Time Warner Cable, Time Warner Cable and Viacom, Viacom
Going into overtime, NBC Sport’s Wild Card Playoff game last Saturday night posted an 18.3/30 in the overnights from 815-1145p while peaking during overtime with a 21.6/37 at 1130p. The Colts-Chargers game also earned NBC a 17.3/28 during regular primetime hours of 8-11p. (Cynopsis 1/5)
Analyst Thomas Eagan of Collins Stewart says the new retransmission deal between Time Warner Cable and Viacom is a win-win situation. Viacom, he wrote in a research note, gets higher fees from Time Warner Cable, and the cable distributor may get improved access to Viacom shows for its video-on-demand platform. TVWeek.com (1/2)
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Christmas, Christmas Eve, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Facebook, Hitwise, Los Angeles, Los Angeles California, Universal Music Group
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
For those Web companies that comply by it, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
is turning out to be their best friend. Last week, Universal Music Group (UMG) was denied a summary judgment by a Los Angeles court in its copyright infringement case against Veoh. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/05/point-veoh-court-upholds-dmca-protections-in-suit-brought-against-it-by-universal-music-group 1/5)
Social networkers seemed to use the holiday break to catch up with their profiles as Facebook saw its highest-ever traffic surge on Christmas Eve, according to Hitwise. The site achieved a 2.18% share of overall US internet visits on Dec. 24 vs. an average 1.42% average for the month of Nov. 2008. Traffic to the site increased 41% on Christmas Eve 2008 compared to 2007 and also increased 41% on Christmas Day 2008 compared to 2007. (Cynopsis 1/5)
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Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Alltel, Google, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Market share, Open source, Verizon Wireless, Web browser
Verizon‘s acquisition of Alltel will close on January 9 according to an SEC filing made on Friday. Verizon will pay $5.9 billion and acquire $22.2 billion in Alltel debt to acquire some 13 million customers – creating the largest wireless carrier in the U.S with 83 million + subscribers. (Cynopsis 1/5)
Speaking of netbooks, Google‘s Android mobile operating system is being adapted for use on the Asus EEEPC 1000H netbook, according to VentureBeat. With netbooks poised to take off due to their affordability and ease-of-use, Google hopes the stripped-down OS will help dramatically increase the exposure of applications such as its new open source Chrome web browser. Chrome had carved out about 1% of the U.S. browser market as of Dec. 2008, according to research firm Net Applications, when Microsoft Internet Explorer‘s market share declined to 68%. (Cynopsis 1/5)
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Filed under: GAMING | Tags: Activision, Amazon.com, Electronic Arts, GAME, New York, Video game, Video game developer, World of Goo
In the world of video game development, titans such as Electronic Arts and Activision rule the roost, but recently an independent game called “World of Goo” became the top-selling PC title on Amazon.com. According to this report, the industry is changing in ways that make it somewhat easier for indie titles to break through. The New York Times/VentureBeat (1/2)
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Filed under: TECHNOLOGY | Tags: Apple, LG Electronics, Macworld, Steve Jobs
After Steve Jobs pulled out of giving the keynote at this year’s Macworld, there was rampant speculation once again about his health. The shares took a hit as investors began to worry about whether Jobs would be able to remain at the helm of the company. Despite an obvious distaste for talking publicly about his health, Apple released a letter today from Jobs designed to dispel the rumors that his cancer has returned, but which reveals that a mysterious “hormone imbalance” has caused him to lose weight. It also admits that this health problem indeed was one of the reasons why Jobs won’t be giving the Macworld keynote. (Apple’s chief marketing officer Phil Schiller will be filling in for him instead). (http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/05/steve-jobs-explains-his-weight-loss-in-healthnote 1/5)
The long-sought convergence of television and the Internet may finally be coming to fruition, according to this report. LG Electronics, for one, is expected to announce today that one of its new lines of HDTVs will enable viewers to browse and order from Netflix‘s vast array of movies and TV shows. The Wall Street Journal (free content) (1/5)
Not much else to add but the Roku Netflix box will soon be able to stream 40,000 Amazon titles on demand, “enabling Roku customers for the first time to watch new release movies titles instantly.” The movies cost as much as the do on Amazon and the box will simply connect to your online account and have no movie adding/browsing functionality. The system should be similar to the current Netflix scheme. (http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/05/roku-netflix-box-to-stream-amazon-content 1/5)
Finally…a reason to plug my Roku back in.
Electronics giants Panasonic Corp., Samsung and Texas Instruments will go to this week’s Consumer Electronics Show with what they all feel could be the next big thing in TV-viewing technology: 3-D systems. “Unlike earlier attempts, it’s not just gimmick to try to sell a bad horror movie,” said Texas Instruments’ Doug Darrow. “It’s a whole different picture now.” Los Angeles Times (1/5)
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