The NSC (Natural Speech Communication Ltd.), leader in speech recognition technology, announced the launch of Snipp.TV, a interactive search engine designed for search within online multimedia files. This is attempting to address the long-standing problem of searching for non-textual information using speech analysis technology to scour through content.
Categories: Snipp.tv
Tagged: Natural Speech Communication, NSC, Snipp.tv, Speech Recoginistion
Television distributors are now growing more keen to the idea of opening up the TV vaults and streaming
old TV series online. With the presence of sites such as Hulu, Joost and Veoh the audience and ad dollars to be made are becoming much more formidable and opening the eyes of certain TV executives. “We have all this library content, and we’ve been surprised at how much interest there is in it,” Jeff Zucker, the CEO of NBC Universal, said recently. “Frankly, if there is one person interested it — and there are streaming costs so you have to make sure you’re covering that — we’ve found it’s a new opportunity for our content.”
Categories: Hulu.com · Joost.com · NBC Universal · Veoh
Tagged: Hulu, Jeff Zucker, Joost, NBC Universal, Veoh
MySpace has signed a distribution deal with UK TV production house ShineReveille that’s intended to expand the reach of their original programming internationally and online, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The terms call for ShineReveille to manage international TV, home video and merchandising rights for MySpaceTV properties. MySpace holds on to U.S. and online syndication…
Categories: Myspace · ShineReveille
Tagged: Myspace, ShineReveille
Video retailer Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), in the middle of a big reorg of its offline rental business, is working on a set-top device for streaming films directly to TV sets, similar to what Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) announced at CES this year with LG Electronics (SEO: 066570)…
Categories: Blockbuster · Netflix
Tagged: Blockbuster, Netflix
Here is another study conducted by the Convergence Consulting Group that further proves the massive potential of TV online. It claims that 9% of all viewing of broadcast and cable TV shows happened on the web all last year. The ad spending did not follow suit, but you have got to believe this is going to change soon. They project that viewer ship will rise to 23% by the year 2010.
Categories: Web TV
Tagged: Convergence Consulting Group, Data, Study, Web TV
A Google study is now saying that 30 second ad spots embedded into Youtube videos are as effective as 30 second ad spots on television. This is surprising considering that users have the ability to disable them, or turn away to another page at will.
Categories: Google · Youtube.com
Tagged: Google, Video Ads, YouTube
Shows like South Park, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and Lost are now available on iTunes in Germany for the first time. TV shows are priced at €1.99 and €2.49 each.
Categories: Itunes
Tagged: Desperate Houswives, Germany, Grey's Anatomy, Itunes, Lost, South Park
CBS News is reporting that Blinkx is branching farther out in to distribution by launching its own version – hybrid P2P player Blinkx Broadband TV (BBTV). This application with be joining the likes of other players like Joost, Babelgum, Iplayer, Livestation and Vue. Here is all the info you need on this new product.
Categories: BabelGum.com · Blinkx.com · Joost.com · bbtv
Tagged: bbtv, blinkx, blinkx broadband tv, boingboingtv
NBC and Nexstar are investing in online expansion for local TV online. With the recent success of online tv station sites bringing in more ad revenue it is safe to assume more resources will be poured into these properties.
Categories: NBC Universal · Nexstar
Tagged: Local TV, NBC, Nexstar
