Google Gets Serious About Television

We’ve been asking for years how long it would take Google officially to get into the set-top business. Today we have some additional details, The Times reports that Google is working with Intel and Sony on an android-based platform using the Atom processor which “will present users with a new interface for TVs that lets [...]

KIT Digital Picks Up Another Online Video Company

KIT Digital announced this morning the acquisition of Multicast media for approximately $18 million in cash, stock and assumed debt. The deal comes on the heels of closing a $15 million equity offering.

The acquisition is the latest in a string of online video purchases by the Prague based company including:

Oct 5 2009: The FeedRoom and [...]

Weekend Pick / Pick of the Week

Since I can’t get enough concerts streaming to my living room since last week’s Trey Anastasio stream, I’m adding more concerts to my Weekend Pick and Pick of the Week for next week.

Tonight and tomorrow, March 12th and 13th, The Drive By Truckers will be live streaming two nights from Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse, courtesy of [...]

Eyeblaster (re)Files for IPO

Rich media ad serving provider, Eyeblaster, selected as Streaming Media’s Reader’s Choice Award Winner for video ad serving, has refiled with the SEC for their highly anticipated IPO.

Two years ago the company said in a regulatory filing that it planned to go public. However, as the equities market began to deteriorate, the company pulled [...]

Cablevision Sends Viewers to the Web on Oscar Night

UPDATED: Disney and ABC have apparently reached an agreement “in principle.” Access to ABC was restored on the Cablevision network at approximately 8:45 PM EST approximately 30 minutes into the Oscars broadcast.

The months long public battle between ABC and Cablevision over retransmission rights fees came to a head today when ABC pulled the plug [...]