Media Decoder Blog: 2.1 Million Streamed the Super Bowl, NBC Says
That total made Super Bowl XLVI the "most-watched single-game sports event ever online," the network said.
Netflix Bounces Back With a Q4 Beat, but Says Amazon Is Coming
Reed Hastings's numbers are much better than Wall Street expected. But he warns that he won't turn a profit in 2012.
Media Decoder Blog: Digital Notes: Royalties for Streaming Music Grew 17% in 2011
SoundExchange, the agency that compensates performers and record labels when music is played on satellite and Internet radio, reported $292 million in royalties. Also, the Pirate Bay add a promotional site.
Netflix is about to discover that Britain bites back
Netflix wants to recover from a disastrous few months by launching in the U.K. and Ireland -- but the company will have to overcome many obstacles to achieve success, not least competition from broadcasters who have very different priorities from their American counterparts.
Disney and Comcast Link Up for Another 10 Years
Comcast subscribers get more programming, in more places -- and they'll pay more, too.
NBC Will Stream Super Bowl Broadcast Live
A first for pro football: It will put its biggest game of the year on the Web, live, for free. The NFL says February's NBC broadcast will also be available on Verizon phones; NBC already streams its Sunday night games on the Web. The move parallels other broadcasters' moves to put some of their big...
Pandora Beats the Street, Which Yawns
The music service is growing, and so is ad revenue. It even eked out a profit. Not enough to excite investors, apparently.
YouTube now serving up 3.5 billion videos a day
YouTube continues to grow the number of videos its viewers watch, with now more than 3.5 billion served up every day. That number wasn't part of any formal release, but was part of a presentation given by YouTube VP of global sales Lucas Watson this month.
Netflix Reboots "Arrested Development" with an Exclusive Streaming Deal
More fresh content for Reed Hastings, this time via a cult comedy that's been off the air for five years.
Miramax Signs On for Netflix U.K. Launch
Miramax will distribute its movies, like "Good Will Hunting" and "Pulp Fiction," in the U.K. via Netflix when the streaming service opens up there next year. Netflix has also recently announced U.K. content deals with Lionsgate Entertainment and MGM. Miramax, which spun out from Disney a year ago, has signed Netflix distribution pacts for the...
Gone in a Flash: How Adobe’s abandonment of Flash for mobile devices impacts news orgs
Jason Perlow at ZDNet broke a pretty big story overnight: Adobe is abandoning development of the mobile version of Flash Player. How will this impact news organizations? With mobile a growing part of news organizations' traffic, it's time to commit to HTML5 for video — and hope its animation tools get better fast.
