Vid-Biz: NBC, Vudu, CDN Prices
NBC.com Serves 29 Million Full-Episode Streams in Sept.; network says it got 25 million uniques, and 28.8 million short-form content streams were served. (TV By The Numbers) Powering a bunch of those views was Saturday Night Live, as a new study shows more than half of the viewers of the recent Tina Fey/Palin sketches did so on the web. (TVWeek)
Vudu Releases HDX Format; new format offers super-sharp pictures, streams at 9 MBps, but isn’t instant. (The New York Times)
Q3 CDN Pricing Drops at Some Levels; 250TB service falls from previous quarter, CDNs getting more aggressive with pricing but not going overboard. (Streaming Media)
YouTube Your Money Channel Disappears; announced yesterday, the new channel is gone, as is the blog post announcing it. (Valleywag)
SAG Negotiating Committee Recommends Strike Authorization Vote; AMPTP questions the move, citing the current state of the economy. (Deadline Hollywood)
CBS Labs Tests Social Vid Viewing; feature lets you watch and comment on shows with your friends. (TechCrunch)
Neil Gaiman Does Video Book Tour; famed author will post videos of himself reading every chapter from his new book, The Graveyard Book, at stops along the tour. (Mouse Circus)
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Excellent! some information i can use.Thanks Chris
tribster on October 2nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm - Permalink
[...] Teen’s Palin Prank Boosts NBC NBC.com celebrated 25 million unique visits in September, serving almost 29 million short-form video streams. Among the biggest draws to the site were Tina [...]
Bored Teen’s Palin Prank Boosts NBC « NewTeeVee on October 3rd, 2008 at 2:40 pm - Permalink
here’s a video of the CDN pricing discussion:
http://www.scribemedia.org/2008/10/13/content-delivery-network-pricing-the-going-rate-for-video-delivery/
mike falhaber on October 25th, 2008 at 4:28 am - Permalink
[...] never caught on with mass audiences, despite a price cuts for the device, 99-cent movie rentals, a super high-definition download option and the addition of adult [...]
Vudu CEO Vu-Done « NewTeeVee on November 5th, 2008 at 6:06 pm - Permalink