YouTube to run full CBS television shows!
Google has announced a deal with CBS which would enable them to run full length television shows on the YouTube video sharing service.
This would further enhance the quality of the YouTube service as it is currently more popular for home made videos and snippets of original programming.
The service [...]
CBS completes acquisition of CNET Network
CBS has confirmed that they have now completed the acquisition of news media network CNET.
The deal was worth around USD 1.8 billion.
With this CBS has now expanded their CBS Interactive division into five categories.
It now has destinations for technology, entertainment, sports, news, and business.
Neil Ashe, CEO of CNET Networks becomes [...]
Yahoo to sell advertising on Wal-Mart and CBS sites
Yahoo is under intense pressure from billionaire investor Carl Icahn who wants to replace the company board and signup a deal with Microsoft.
The company has been rather aggressive in signing up new deals to improve their financial position to avoid the confrontation with Icahn.
Yahoo has now announced [...]
Man & Machine sues Apple over Mighty Mouse
Man & Machine has revealed that they have now sued both Apple and CBS for trademark infringement over the Mighty Mouse product sold by the Mac maker.
Apple has been selling the Mighty Mouse product since quite some time. M&M claims that they started using the name for their [...]
CBS College Sports Media launched
CBS Corp has announced the launch of their new online ad network named CBS College Sports Media.
This new network has been designed to offer companies to advertise on college sports coverage websites.
The network would provide advertising for online destinations including CBSSports.com, CBS College Sports Network’s 215 college partners and NCAA.com.
The company [...]
CBS acquiring CNet Networks
Media company CBS has announced that they are now acquiring online media giant CNet Networks.
The deal is worth around $1.8 billion and would be conducted in a cash only transaction.
CBS said that this acquisition would help them expand their presence online.
The deal puts the value of the share of CNet at [...]
Adobe Media Player public trials begin
Adobe has said that they have now started testing their Adobe Media Player application through limited public tests.
The company is working with media partners including CBS and Viacom for this initiative.
Adobe would deliver ad-supported subscriptions to TV programs like “CSI,” “Survivor” and “Big Brother” through this program.
The two companies would [...]
CBS to advertise through blogs and social networks
CBS has announced that their owned television networks would now launch a new advertising campaign in collaboration with local bloggers and social media sites.
They would be providing widgets to the web sites which would be updated on a regular basis.
These widgets would deliver both local news information along [...]
Hulu features programming from Warner Bros
News Corp and General Electric’s NBC Universal have launched their video sharing service Hulu.com.
The launch saw them making available programming content from Time Warner Inc’s Warner Bros Television Group, Lionsgate in addition to several sports league.
Viacom and CBS are the two major media networks which are still in talks with [...]
