Peter Kafka in Media on May 20 at 6:00 am PT
Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell are older and healthier. And they would like a check from YouTube.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 17 at 11:12 am PT
Important for people who stream a whole lot of Internet video, or think they might one day.
Ina Fried in Mobile on May 11 at 4:15 pm PT
T-Mobile, Sprint a public interest group and an association of rural carriers are joining forces to encourage regulators to take a tough look at Verizon’s effort to purchase spectrum from several cable companies.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 10 at 11:41 am PT
New data says the game player serves up more video than the iPad, iPhone or Android. Google TV or Apple TV are so far behind they don’t even make the cut.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 8 at 10:20 am PT
It’s easier than ever to get what you want to watch without paying for TV. But you’re still doing it.
News Byte
Peter Kafka in Media on May 7 at 8:16 pm PT
Elemental Technologies, a six-year-old start-up that helps companies process and manage Web video, has raised a $13 million C round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Earlier investors General Catalyst, Voyager Capital and Steamboat Ventures, who had put $14.5 million into the company, re-upped. Elemental’s clients include Disney, Comcast and Time Warner’s HBO.
Kara Swisher in News on May 7 at 1:37 pm PT
There is a growing feeling that the social communications companies are on a product collision course, with a possible troubled or perhaps more attractive result.
Voices
William Launder, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 2 at 5:45 am PT
Comcast Corp.’s first-quarter profit gained 30 percent as the cable- and television-network operator benefited from the Super Bowl broadcast on NBCUniversal and continued broadband growth.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 30 at 9:26 am PT
After raising $27 million, Web ad pioneer Dave Morgan says his take on targeted TV ads is “very close” to profitable.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 26 at 12:17 pm PT
A payout for Providence means Hulu’s CEO and his management team can get liquid, too. So will they stick around?
