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Court finally kills infamous patent for watching ads online
A company called Ultramercial has for years claimed that a monopoly over an "invention" for showing pre-roll ads on the internet, and sued the likes of Hulu and YouTube for royalty payments. Court...
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IAC reportedly looking to sell CollegeHumor for $100 million
Barry Diller’s IAC wants to cash in on the online video boom: IAC is putting CollegeHumor on the block, according to a Fortune.com report. IAC is reportedly looking to make $100 million with the sale,...
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Netflix exec: we want to be everywhere in the world in five years
Netflix wants to be present all around the world before 2020, said the company’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos during an investor event Monday. Speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications...
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Jason Kilar’s Vessel delays launch but opens up to creators
Vessel, the online video startup co-founded by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and former Hulu CTO Richard Tom, is going to launch in early 2015 with a unique proposition: Vessel wants to give consumers...
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PlayOn gets ready to launch a desktop app with ad skipping
Video streaming underdog PlayOn is getting ready to launch a desktop client for Windows in the coming months, which will allow users to play and record web videos from over 100 sources right on their...
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Netflix CFO to viewers in new markets: be prepared for the worst
Maybe first impressions don’t matter that much, after all: Netflix often underwhelms when it enters a new market, but wins consumers over by getting better in the following months, said the company’s...
View ArticleTV networks getting that sinking feeling
That softness in the TV advertising market that first appeared during this spring’s sluggish upfront season is starting to look like a sinkhole. Third-quarter earnings reports from several big media...
View ArticleWhy the consumer is still held hostage in peering disputes
Angry customers. Dueling blog posts. An FCC investigation. The most recent fight over peering practices between large ISPs and Netflix has raged for almost 10 months, and we are still at the point...
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Online video is driving the trend towards larger-screened smartphones, survey...
Even inexpensive Android phones now often sport screens larger than 5-inches, and [company]Apple[/company] is expected to release a larger-screened iPhone next month. Clearly, bigger screen sizes for...
View ArticleDirecTV wants to launch a Spanish-language online video service called YaVeo
DirecTV is moving ahead with its plans to launch an online video service: The satellite TV operator has been working on launching a new service that caters to a Latino audience, according to multiple...
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