Microsoft and NBC in an advertisement deal
Microsoft has announced that they have signed on a deal with NBC Universal to help sell television ads for them.
Microsoft would be offering these ads through their Admira system
Microsoft Admira system is designed to use the demographic data to help potential advertisers to reach the market they are [...]
Microsoft Silverlight to power online delivery of Winter Olympics in 2010
NBC Universal has expanded their content delivery collaboration with software giant Microsoft.
Microsoft Silverlight technology would be used to power the online delivery of the Winter Olympics in 2010.
The two companies worked together to bring the online coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics using Silverlight [...]
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 [...]
NBC announces Digital Health Network
NBC Universal has announced their latest online project named Digital Health Network.
Digital Health Network would be a group on online destinations which would distribute health-focused videos.
The content would be produced by the network itself.
It would include Healthline Networks and RightHealth in addition to YourTotalHealth.com which is part of iVillage [...]
HBO shows said to be nearing launch on Apple iTunes
Market sources claim that Apple is nearing a deal with Time Warner to start offering HBO shows on their iTunes store.
These shows are expected to be sold with variable pricing. If this happens, it would be the first time that Apple would have agreed to sell [...]
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 [...]
Hulu.com set to be launched today
News Corp. and NBC Universal have been working on the Hulu project which is expected to be launched to public sometime today.
The web based video service would provide access to ad-supported TV shows and movies. The two companies said that Hulu would feature more than 250 full-length episodes of popular [...]
NBC Universal to provide media to SanDisk Fanfare service
US based media giant NBC Universal has announced their plans to provide media content for the upcoming Web-based service from SanDisk Corp.
This service would be made available to owners of SanDisk manufactured digital media players to download shows from the internet.
These users would then be able to [...]
NBC Direct beta launched
NBC has now launched their NBC Direct video service in beta. This service would let the web users download full episodes of their popular television shows like The Office, 30 Rock, Scrubs, Heroes.
However, this service would only work for users in some particular countries.
Incidentally, this service was originally scheduled for launch [...]
Hulu.com launched in private beta
The latest player to challenge YouTube is finally out. Hulu.com has now been launched in private beta testing.
This new video sharing service has been launched in collaboration by NBC Universal and News Corp.
They are focusing on providing premium content rather than user generated media content which YouTube specializes in.
They plan to [...]
