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News Corporation and NBC Universal will launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled with the most sought-after content from television and film, it was announced today by Jeff Zucker, President and Chief Executive Officer, NBC Un
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Hulu is short, easy to spell, easy to pronounce, and rhymes with itself. Subjectively, Hulu strikes us as an inherently fun name, one that captures the spirit of the service we're building. Our hope is that Hulu will embody our (admittedly ambitious) neve
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Earlier in May we reported that NBCU (NYSE: GE) and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) were looking for $100 million in exchange for 10 percent of equity in their new video JV for a pre-launch valuation of $1 billion. Now, according to the NYT, they have their deal:
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For that reason, MySpace TV is the biggest direct threat to YouTube. But in my opinion it won’t be enough to knock them from the top spot even in the long run. YouTube is now firmly entrenched in the mainstream user’s head as the site to go to see use
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News Corp and NBC have signed Jason Kilar as their new CEO for their upcoming YouTube Killer. Kilar was an important exec over at Amazon for nearly ten years, and has loads of experience with product and consumer directives. This could be easily applied
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This new venture, if it can launch in the next few months, will hit the ground with more and better content, and more monetization options than Google. Its a unique opportunity to set the rules of how video advertising is sold. Something Google thought th
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Though he fought hard to get DirecTV, I’ll be he now sees the falling value of distribution — broadcast tower, cable wire, satellite signal — in a competitive landscape and in a time when owning the distribution no longer means you control the conte
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News Corp.'s Fox, Viacom, CBS and NBC Universal are in talks about creating a video Web site to compete with Google's YouTube, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.While a deal is still far off, the four media companies envision a jointly owned site
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- Expensive is relative, but not overpaying is a major criteria. - People matter in all deals, so a good “acq-hire” is sometimes worth more than a deal that is accretive to earnings. - Take out a competition? Always good! - Buy low, sell high? We’re
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FIM is going to offer movies and TV shows via its Direct2Drive website. Up until now, the site had been offering downloads of videogames. FIM is selling flicks from its various Fox-owned production companies. Movies will start at $7.99, TV shows at $1.99.
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The main point of potential conflict is the millions of YouTube videos that are embedded on the profiles of MySpace users. The revenue-sharing question for MySpace and YouTube is really tough, but it has to be resolved
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it’s the rise of the blogosphere. Simply put, it’s centralized content production and distribution vs. decentralized people media. I have now learned, first hand, how blogging competes with traditional newsprint reporting and publishing.
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Viacom has the richest resource of short-form, high-production-quality videos in the media world. To such ends, he needs to unlock his video vaults and lead the market of MySpace competitors by giving each and every one a knife to fight with.
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Fox Mobile Entertainment (FEM) president Lucy Hood will be CEO. VeriSign, which acquired Berlin-based Jamba in 2004 for $266 million, will keep 49 percent. Jambas Goal will be to primarily increase Fox mobile presence in Europe
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Fox hat angefangen Primetime Shows über seine Affiliates zu streamen. Das ganze ist Geocodiert und Werbefinanziert.
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Fox,announced Monday that digital versions of TV shows such as "24" and "Prison Break," along with feature films, including "X-Men: The Last Stand," will be available for download at Fox sites. Movies will go for $19.99, while TV episodes will cost $1.99.
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Details zum FIM Google Deal. Ein Gutes geschäft fürr Google, weil sie neben dem Suchtraffic auch die Werbung verkaufen und somit eines der beiden Geschäfte quasi zum Nulltarif bekommen.
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Murdoch kann YouTube nicht kaufen, weil er nicht eine Mrd in Bar hat und er keine Aktienanteile tauscht. Möglichkeit FIM spin-out. Andererseites ist NBC mit der Rückendeckung von GE ein viel wahrscheinlicherer Kandidat.
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Die $900 Mio Garantie bezieht sich auf Werbeeinnahmen. Googles AdSense wird exklusiv auf den MySpace und anderen FIM Seiten eingesetzt, GEnauso wie die Suchtechnologie. Außerdem hat Google ein Vorkaufsrecht für alle Display ADs.
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Fox geht eine strategische Partnerschaft mit Google ein. Dafür erhält FIM eine Garantie von $900 Mio, 2/3 der Einkaufskosten aller darin aufgeführten UNternehmen. Dafür geht aller Suchtraffic zu Google.
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News.Corp will ein eigenes flächendeckendes WiMax netz aufbauen um die Interaktivität zu ermöglichen besonders nachdem die anderen dort vorteile haben. Das ganze soll über DirectTV einen Satelliten betreiber laufen.
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Fox will ein HD Fenster einführen 60 Tage nach Kinostart mit HD Filmen als VoD für $25-$30. Sie meinen die Preise würden Funktionieren, denn wenn Leute 25 000$ für ein Homevideosystem ausgeben wollen sie auch was sehen.
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Das Musikvideo zur Serie wird eine Woche auf MySpace zum frei Download angeboten (nur für Mitglieder). Dann kann man es bei AOL und Yahoo herunterladen und über Handy. Das ganze soll die Serie Balck. White. promoten.
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Das von News Corp. kontrollierte DirecTV will Downloads (VoD) auf seine DVR Set-top Box anbieten. Diese können über die Box oder das Internet bestellt werden und können dann am nächsten Tag betrachtet werden. Vorraussetzung ist eine Breitbandverbindun
