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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.

Media Decoder Blog: ‘The Voice’ Follows the Super Bowl to Rare Ratings Heights

Propelled by the ratings for the Super Bowl - whose 111.3 million viewers made it the most-watched event in TV history - the NBC singing competition scored a 16.3 rating among the 18- to 49-year-old viewers and attracted 37.6 million viewers.

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).

Media Decoder: The Breakfast Meeting: In Ads, Super Bowl Was Humdrum, Though Madonna Came to Play

Also, new media hopes in The Daily and BuzzFeed, and newspapers find hope in video.

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.

Advertising: Some Super Bowl Ads Being Seen Long Before the Game – Advertising

Advertisers placed many Super Bowl spots on YouTube or social media well ahead of the game, hoping to start a conversation and generate follow-up interest.

Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: Super Bowl ‘Ad Creep,’ and Online Backlash at Cancer Foundation

Also, federal authorities seize 16 sites that were allegedly streaming live sporting events, and how Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook in his own image.