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Video discovery startup Fanhattan is getting ready to change the way that viewers watch TV, with a new streaming set-top box that combines all of the best parts of TV, DVR, and VOD, while also giving users access to all their favorite streaming services. It’s rebranding as Fan and showing off an innovative new take Continue Reading →

How many cat videos did you watch on YouTube last month? The video site recently released some stats about its users viewing habits, and the numbers are pretty mind-boggling. Every month, we’re collectively watching more than 6 billion hours of video, which is more than twice as much as we were last May. Those 6 Continue Reading →

On Wednesday at the All Things D: 11 conference, Chariman of IAC and Expedia Barry Diller and CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker talked to Walt Mossberg about the future of television. Mossberg kicked off the discussion by asking diller about ‘charging for something that’s free’. “I don’t want to beat up the broadcasters,” said Diller, Continue Reading →

Online video isn’t just growing fast, it’s growing faster than any other type of consumer service offering – and soon it’s going to be even more popular than Facebook, Twitter and Co, according to Cisco’s new Visual Networking Index forecast. The newest edition of Cisco’s data-heavy report on how we all spend our time and Continue Reading →

Amazon has finished the first part of its online video experiment. The results: It’s going to turn five of the 14 TV pilots it showed off last month into full-blown series. We already knew that Amazon, using input from online viewers, was going to pick up “Alpha House,” a Washington satire starring John Goodman, and Continue Reading →

Netflix’s next potential customers may be on the Pirate Bay right now, looking for a copy of the latest season of Arrested Development: Copies of the show went up on various torrent sites just hours after Netflix released all 15 episodes of the fourth season on Saturday night in its entirety. Around 100,000 people have Continue Reading →

Allow me to start with a personal declaration: As a media researcher who has tracked the word of mouth generated by many advertising campaigns, I am excited by the impending launch of social TV ratings. Slated to come on stream in Q4 this year, social TV ratings should catapult the concept of TV audience ratings Continue Reading →

BuzzFeed is accelerating ahead with plans to broaden its presence and storytelling after it partnered with CNN to launch a new YouTube channel that will feature broadcast content specifically designed to be shared across social platforms. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed COO Jon Steinberg said the company will invest ”a low Continue Reading →

According to numerous sources close to the situation, Yahoo has bid from $600 million to $800 million for the premium video site Hulu. The reason for the wide range is due to the fact that the Silicon Valley Internet giant — similar to most bidders in the new effort to acquire Hulu — has proposed Continue Reading →

The first round of bids were due this week for Hulu, the popular online TV service whose prospective sale has attracted interest from digital media players as well as cable operators. An initial bid has been submitted by the Chernin Group, a next-generation media company founded by longtime News Corp. executive Peter Chernin, which is Continue Reading →