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Bollywood Goes Broadband: BODVOD Co-Founder Vinod Bhat Eyes South Asia’s Potential in VOD and Beyond

Written on: January 9th 2007
Author: Kiran Aditham

Despite the fact that Bollywood is arguably the most productive film industry in the world, its appeal here in the States is scattered. But with South Asians, Europeans, curious bystanders, Indian cultural enthusiasts and many more comprising the audience, why is mainstream appeal still hard to come by? Well, according to [...] more...

CBS Capitalizing Online for Katie Couric-Hosted Evening News

Written on: August 17th 2006
Author: Editor

Fire up your Web browser, it’s time for CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Starting Tuesday September 5th, CBS will be simulcasting the CBS evening news program online. “As we learned from our simulcast of March Madness on Demand, there is a huge appetite for real time content on the Internet,” [...] more...

AOL Previews One-Stop Video Portal

Written on: July 31st 2006
Author: Editor

This week, AOL will be launching a beta version of the AOL Video portal. The portal, available at www.aolvideo.com, allows users to find, watch, and share millions of videos across the Web. AOL Video includes video-on-demand content channels, AOL Video Search that is based on Truveo and Singingfish technology, a full-screen [...] more...

TV Guide SPOT Searching for Fan-Created Content

Written on: June 26th 2006
Author: Editor

TV Guide SPOT, TV Guide’s online video-on-demand network, is looking for some good user-generated content. The network is asking TV fans to submit 1-5 minute-long video clips about their favorite TV shows. It’s part of a new campaign called “TV Guide SPOTTERS” to publicize the SPOT network. Clips judged the [...] more...

Times Online/ROO Launch Online TV, Video Service

Written on: June 8th 2006
Author: Editor

ROO Group Inc. a global provider of online video broadcasting solutions, along with Times Online has announced the launch of a new online TV and video service. The six figure deal will at launch be sponsored exclusively by Cisco Systems; Cisco branding will be seen throughout the Times Online TV pages [...] more...

On-Demand Media Consumption on the Rise

Written on: May 18th 2006
Author: Editor

Arbitron/Edison Media Research released a study yesterday highlighting the spike in On-Demand media consumers in the past year. The study found that the percentage of Americans, ages 12 and older, who are heavy On-Demand media users increased from 11 percent in January 2005 to 21 percent in January 2006. [...] more...

Onstream Develops Targeted Video Ad Technology

Written on: April 20th 2006
Author: Editor

Onstream Media Corporation, an online provider of live and on-demand digital media services, has announced new technology services which will enable publishers to easily monetize their video content libraries and insert advertisements into streaming on-demand video. “Our latest technology and service enhancements to the DMSP enable our customers to generate new [...] more...

Clear Channel Unveils Video-On-Demand

Written on: January 9th 2006
Author: Kiran Aditham

After seeing the financial hit that its terrestrial radio empire has taken in the last year thanks to satellite and podcasting, entertainment monopoly Clear Channel has been pursuing alternate means of revenue- specifically through its online music & radio unit. ClickZ reports that tomorrow, the company is expected to unveil [...] more...