Media Decoder Blog: No Ads, No Madonna But NBC Calls Live Stream A Success
Hard numbers will wait until tomorrow but some viewers already complained about delays and about what they missed watching the Super Bowl online instead of on television.
Advertising: Super Bowl Commercials, From Charming to Smarmy
Risk-taking, rule-breaking ideas were as hard to find among the more than 50 Super Bowl commercials as good taste in a GoDaddy ad.
NBC Spends Millions on the Buildup to ‘Smash’
Estimates are that NBC has spent as much as $25 million promoting “Smash,” a new series that the network hopes will be the hit it desperately needs.
Television Review: Steven Van Zandt in Norwegian Netflix Series ‘Lilyhammer’
“Lilyhammer,” starring Steven Van Zandt as a wiseguy in witness protection in Norway, is the first original series on Netflix and is available via streaming video.
Television Review: ‘Smash,’ on NBC, With Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston
“Smash,” NBC’s series about backstage Broadway, comes with New York and Hollywood names off screen (Steven Spielberg, Therese Rebeck) and on (Debra Messing and Brian d’Arcy James).
Print News Organizations Plunge Into Live Video
Web sites, newspapers and other news organizations are gearing up to produce hours of video programming, in part to pursue the higher revenues available from video ads.
Print News Organizations Plunge Into Live Video
Web sites, newspapers and other news organizations are gearing up to produce hours of video programming, in part to pursue the higher revenues available from video ads.
Media Decoder Blog: At ‘Upfronts’ for Children’s TV, It’s Viacom vs. Surging Disney
Viacom's Nickelodeon has been No. 1 pretty much forever among children ages 2 to 11, but Disney Channel has been gaining.



