Google and Viacom found a compromise to end its long-running copyright lawsuit from 2007 over TV show clips posted during YouTube’s early days. Recode reports no money was exchanged, although at one point Viacom wanted $1 billion in damages from Google. The concluding statement only cited the settlement, “reflects the growing collaborative dialogue between […]
Facebook’s newest Paper app released its first content collaboration yesterday with TED, to exclusively stream content from the Ideas Worth Spreading conference until March 21. “Over the course of this week, the Ideas section will feature posts, photos and presentations from TED fellows, posts from other TED attendees, TED blog posts, TED talk videos…much of […]
OpenSlate Engagement Data for Entertainment Channels, based on the engagement metric for the week ending 3/15 Channel/(Engagement)/Monthly Views/Total Subs/SlateScore TheWillyrex (9.8) / 45,946,350 / 3,862,063 / 811 JoeyGraceffa (9.8) / 15,987,600 / 3,151,185 / 848 iTownGamePlay (9.8) / 14,230,980 / 1,123,351 / 788 WWEFanNation (9.8) / 98,236,350 / 2,990,537 / 836 TheFineBros (9.8) / 82,951,950 / 7,515,848 / 815 our2ndlife (9.7) / 21,099,120 / 1,581,211 / 801 TheEllenShow (9.7) […]
Sarah Palin will lead a new digital channel called Rogue TV, which is part of the newest digital network TAPP from TV execs Jeff Gaspin (NBCU chairman) and Jonathan Klein (former CNN president). Adweek reports Palin’s channel features weekly video chats, lifestyle tips, and “an end to those lame stream media filters,” Palin says […]
Rovio’s video platform ToonsTV launched the new superhero series from infamous Spider-Man creator Stan Lee, called Chakra the Invisible. The new series of animated shorts is available through the Angry Birds app and Toons.TV on select devices.
Facebook’s much anticipated auto play video ads will be called Premium Video Ads, and will start rolling into the NewsFeed in late April. The video ads are not being called “disruptive,” because they’re activated only when a user scrolls over them, and there’s no sound until a user clicks on them. The ads will include […]
Amazon Prime increased its prices by 25 percent yesterday, from $79 to $99 a year. Prime members received a letter yesterday informing them that the raise was due to fuel and transportation costs: The $2.4 billion spent in 2010 on shipping expenses jumped to $3.5 billion in 2013. Prime’s new cost nets out to $8.25 […]
TubeFilter released the Top 100 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide for the month of February, and the site’s co-founder Josh Cohen broke it down for Cynopsis. “It takes a lot to top PewDiePie and the gaming channel’s more than 24 million YouTube subscribers, but Shakira did it in February to become the Most Viewed […]
King Digital Entertainment (makers of the Candy Crush Saga mobile game) is planning to launch an IPO valuing $7.56 billion, which is worth more than 15 percent of S&P 500 companies. Each of King’s 22.2 million shares would be priced between $21 and $24, and is expected to debut the trading on March 26.
“If the government wants to give them permission to steal our signal, then we will come up with some other way to offer our content and get paid for it.” So said CBS CEO Leslie Moonves yesterday, about what he’d do if the Aereo video streaming service is declared legal by courts. Instead of broadcast, […]
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