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Bitbop Pulls A Hulu, Goes Abroad With Ad-Free Mobile Video Offer In Germany
Bitbop, the mobile video service once owned by News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) and then sold in a whirr of a divestment strategy, looks like it is finding its feet again under new owner Jesta Digital. It’s now...
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R.E.M.ix: ‘It’s The End Of TV As We Know It’
“I’d studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines,” Michael Stipe once sang, vicariously, as though channelling Dan Rather. R.E.M. mirrored the fortunes of the media business – a band...
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Which Publishers Get Highest ‘Satisfaction Ratings From Marketers, Agencies
The continuing migration of audiences and ad dollars to digital has helped serve as a balm against growing economic fears that have resulted in downward revisions for total spending forecasts. But one...
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Pittman Gives Into Temptation; Takes Over As Clear Channel CEO
It seemed like a no brainer back in November. If Bob Pittman was willing to return to radio after forays at MTV, AOL (NYSE: AOL), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) and his investment group, why stop at chairman...
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Box Office Revenues Propel Viacom, As Advertising Sees Decent Gains
The third movie in the Transformers franchise helped boost Viacom’s revenues in its FY Q4 results both at the box office as digital distribution dollars contributed “ancillary” growth to the filmed...
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MTV EMA 2011 Ratings Reached New High, Fuelled By Multi-Screen Strategy
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) says that this year’s MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) received their highest audience ratings ever in the UK, attracting a total audience of more than 306,000 people on the evening...
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Jersey Shore, Dora, iCarly To Amazon Prime Instant In Viacom Deal
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is expanding its Prime Instant Video library in a deal with Viacom (NYSE: VIA), bringing the total number of streaming videos available free Prime members to over 15,000. The deal...
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MTV’s Music Meter App Out Of Beta For Both iOS And Android
Believe it or not, MTV actually does still care about music: its Music Meter mobile application has shed the beta tag with its 2.0 release, allowing users to see which artists are generating the most...
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Twitter’s relationship with the media: It’s complicated
Although it has only been a mainstream social network for a few short years, Twitter has formed a surprisingly tight and symbiotic relationship with the media, both because it is a kind of real-time...
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Vevo’s new live TV channel: it’s all about devices
Vevo took another step towards becoming a full-on music TV network Tuesday with the launch of Vevo TV, a 24-hour live stream of curated programming. The channel is using MTV-like VJs, and is at launch...
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The Morning Lowdown 01-26-11
» "Rupert Murdoch has to succeed," declared WPP CEO Martin Sorrell at the Natpe conference. He was was specifically referring the… The Morning Lowdown 01-26-11 originally published by Gigaom, ©...
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Viacom Returns Stewart, Colbert To Hulu … Along With ‘Jersey Shore’
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) is bringing back to Hulu the Comedy Central hits The Daily Show and The Colbert Report nearly a year after they were pull… Viacom Returns Stewart, Colbert To Hulu … Along With...
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MTV UK Tries Charging For Online Catch-Up TV
If you thought that pay-per-view online catch-up TV had been replaced by the free, ad-supported model, think again - MTV has launched a dedi… MTV UK Tries Charging For Online Catch-Up TV originally...
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Viacom Ad Gains Canceled Out By Lower Home Video Sales
Viacom's cable properties benefitted from the advertising recovery of the past year, but lower DVD sales erased any of its gains in the last… Viacom Ad Gains Canceled Out By Lower Home Video Sales...
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Vid-Biz: News Corp, MTV UK, Comcast-Time Warner
Today on the Internet: Carriage fights cost News Corp $47 million last year, MTV is offering a paid subscription service for original programming in the UK and the Comcast-Time Warner deal could be a...
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Microsoft Ad Sales Head Everson Departs For Facebook
Carolyn Everson, who led Microsoft's global ad sales across Bing, MSN, and Windows Live, is leaving to join Facebook, AllThingsD's Kara Swis… Microsoft Ad Sales Head Everson Departs For Facebook...
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@ MWC: Big Media Is On The Fence Over New In-App Charges
While Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) are battling it out to woo publishers with their in-app payment services, I asked major con… @ MWC: Big Media Is On The Fence Over New In-App Charges...
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Mobile Interactive Group Buys Golden Bytes To Extend Marketing Footprint
Another chapter in the continuing consolidation mobile service agencies, and the growth of one agency in particular, the Mobile Interactive… Mobile Interactive Group Buys Golden Bytes To Extend...
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DoubleBounce Aims To Take TV Producers Online
There's plenty of digital platforms seeking content for connected devices and there's plenty of viable content ideas from TV production comp… DoubleBounce Aims To Take TV Producers Online originally...
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MTV’s Latest ‘Return To Music Roots’ Project Released: The Hive
As the "music portion" of SXSW kicks off today -- discovering new sounds was the original impetus behind the mostly tech-centric Austin, Tx.… MTV’s Latest ‘Return To Music Roots’ Project Released: The...
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