Tag archive: programming

According to a new study posted on the Nielsen blog today, 40 percent of smartphone owners check their smartphone daily when watching television and 42 percent of tablet owners do the same. While other respondents admitted to checking their device several times a week, several times a month or only once a month, only 13 percent of respondents claimed to never use mobile devices while watching a program on television.However, forty-five percent… Read More

The online video streaming site Hulu has proven a hit with folks who just can't get enough current and archived video programming from Fox and NBC—now, Hulu as picked up another major player was the Walt Disney Company has reached a deal to bring its content to Hulu, as well as take an ownership stake in the joint Fox/NBC operation. Disney is the parent company of the ABC broadcast network; the move means that of the major U.S.… Read More

The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are probably the three biggest broadcasters in the UK. Together they’ve been developing Project Kangaroo, a video-on-demand service to offer more than 10,000 hours of programming and which "will work independently as an aggregator of both joint venture partners and third-party content." Now it’s set to go beta in closed testing in January, with the uploading of programming – alpha… Read More

Perennial children's programming favorite Sesame Street is taking to the Internet, with the non-profit Sesame Workshop announcing today that complete episodes of Sesame Street will be available on iTunes for $1.99 each (with 70 percent of the revenue going to Sesame Workshop), and with online video sides YouTube and Hulu also setting up Sesame Street sections featuring clips and segments. iTunes will be the only service carrying… Read More

Apple has expanded offerings in the UK version of its iTunes Store to include television programming from the U.S. broadcast network ABC, its parent company Disney, as well as Viacom properties MTV, Nickelodeon, and Paramount. The new offerings currently include 28 programs, including ABC hits like Lost,Grey's Anatomy, and Desperate Housewives, Disney shots like Kim Possible and That's So Raven, along with MTV reality series… Read More

It looks like the rumors were (mostly) true: DVR pioneer TiVo has announced the new TiVo HD, a somewhat slimmed-down version of its more-expensive Series3 HD DVR that is nonetheless capable of recording up to 20 hours of HD programming (or 180 hours of standard-definition programming), supports HDMI, S-Video, component, and composite outputs, two CableCard slots, Ethernet, USB, and Tivo's well-regarded DVR and programming… Read More

The online video landscape shifted subtly today with two separate announcements. First, Britain's BBC has inked a deal to distribute excerpts of its news and entertainment programming via Internet video sharing site YouTube, while upcoming Internet television service Joost has signed a deal with Canada's JumpTV to being a variety of “ethnic” programming to its service. First up, the BBC and YouTube have entered into… Read More

Amazon.com announced today that original programming from the Showtime premium cable network is now available for digital download via Amazon's Unbox online video service. The deal puts programming from Showtime original series Weeds,Sleeper Cell,Dave Chapelle's 'For WhatIt's Worth',Fat Actress,Penn & Teller: BS! and Free for All online for $1.99 per episode. Hit series The L Word is also part of the deal,… Read More

News Corp. today announced a new digital video service dubbed Fox on Demand, which will make full episodes of select Fox television programming available via Fox's hot online property MySpace as well as the Web sites of two dozen local Fox affiliate stations after the shows are first broadcast. Shows will be available in their entirety on an ad-supported basis; programming to be made available via the sites includes Fox shows… Read More

Video content continues to pour into the virtual shelves of Apple's iTunes Music Store, with programming from A&E, the History Channel, and the Biography Channel joining the lineup of $1.99/episode offerings available for download. Titles now available from iTunes include A&E series like Driving Force,Inked, and Criss Angel: Mindfreak, History Channel's The Revolution and Modern Marvels, and selected episodes of the… Read More

XM Satellite Radio continues to grow its audience, announcing today that it has more than seven million subscribers to its satellite radio service. XM passed the 6.5 million mark in early April, which, extended linearly, puts the company on a growth rate of about 1.5 million subscribers a year. XM has worked to expand its exclusive programming offerings, featuring radio shows hosted by the likes of Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Willie Nelson,… Read More

AOL has announced its kids division KOL

EchoStar Communications announced today that it is now offering BabyFirstTV to subscribers of its Dish Network satellite television service. “The monthly cost of BabyFirstTV is lower than the price of a single baby DVD, making BabyFirstTV a great value to our customers,” said Eric Sahl, Dish Network's senior vice president of Programming. “Subscribers can get hundreds of hours of high-quality programming at a… Read More

The Sci Fi Channel, as part of an array of announcements today related to new programming, unveiled details for a new online broadband offering which will be dedicated to original programs and tie-ins to existing Sci Fi shows. The new "Sci Fi Pulse" will debut on May 8. Sci Fi Pulse, said the Sci Fi Channel, "will initially feature complete episodes of select Sci Fi original series, full-length uncut Sci Fi original movies,… Read More

The HD Digital Radio Alliance, a trade group dedicated to the rollout of HD digital radio, yesterday announced the continued expansion of HD2 multicast programming to 22 additional markets. This brings the total number of markets thus far to 50. In this new wave of expansion, said the HD Digital Radio Alliance, 42 of the top 50 markets now get HD2 programming. HD2 programming, for those unfamiliar with it, gives radio stations… Read More