@katiecouric web based show to be hosted by Katie Couric
CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Katie Couric would now host a web based show interestingly titled @katiecouric.
@katiecouric is in the format of a Twitter mention. Facebook has also adopted the same method to connect to an individual or brand.
The first episode of [...]
Last.fm gets its own radio station!
Last.fm has announced that they are launching their own radio station on the CBS Radio HD.
The launch takes place next month on October 5.
It would be initially available in New York (102.7 HD2), Los Angeles (93.1 HD2), Chicago (93.1 HD3), and San Francisco (105.3 HD3).
The music to [...]
YouTube prepares to take on Hulu
Google has announced some new deals which would enable YouTube to become a worthy challenger to Hulu.
The search engine industry leader said that YouTube would soon feature more full-length movies and TV shows.
They are also in the process of launching new advertising features on the service to boost revenues. [...]
YouTube might soon have full length movies from Sony and other studios
TechCrunch has reported that Google has entered deals with several movie studios to bring full length movies to YouTube video sharing service.
The report said that Google has entered into deals with Sony, MGM, CBS, Lionsgate, Starz and the BBC.
YouTube is likely to make [...]
YouTube testing highly annoying un-skippable ads
Google owned video sharing service YouTube does not make a lot of money for their parent company.
The bandwidth costs are high and they have to pay royalties for videos that are delivered for free to the web users.
The service allows for video embeds which also steals away a [...]
Quickplay to bring television programming on Blackberry
Quickplay Media has announced that they are planning to offering television programming to the owners of Blackberry smartphones.
They would provide this PrimeTime2Go service through the just launched Blackberry App World.
They would charge USD 8 a month for this new service.
The company has already signed deals with [...]
Epix premium movie channel to be launched online
MGM, Paramount Pictures, and Lions Gate have announced that they are going to launch a new premium movie channel named Epix.
This channel would feature more than 15,000 movies from the three studios.
It would be launched online through a subscription based web service.
It would later be [...]
YouTube to expand partnership with media companies over advertising
Google owned video sharing service YouTube has announced that they are now expanding partnerships with media companies.
The company would now let their partners to sell advertising for their video content that appears on YouTube.
This option is currently open to select Google partners including CBS.
The companies [...]
CBS to run Yahoo LAUNCHcast service
Yahoo is collaborating with the media company CBS.
CBS would now be running Yahoo LAUNCHcast service that streams online radio.
The two companies said that LAUNCHcast Radio stations would be merged with CBS Radio stations early next year.
All of these stations would then be offered through a custom player available on [...]
Apple offers more HD shows on Apple iTunes
Steve Jobs recently said that Blu-Ray was a bag of hurts and they have no current plans to offer it on Apple Macs.
He also added that the company has the best of HD selections on their Apple iTunes store.
Apple has now announced that they are offering more [...]
