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NBC Puts the Super Bowl on the Web Because It Thinks You’ll Watch It on TV

Peter Kafka in Media on January 31 at 3:30 am PT

NBC is letting you watch the Super Bowl on the Web, for free, on Sunday. Here’s why.

You Are Watching More Web Video Ads, and You Are Okay With That

Peter Kafka in Media on December 1, 2011 at 6:42 am PT

And the Web video business, which has been waiting for this for a long time, is pretty psyched.

Has Netflix Put Its Checkbook Away?

Peter Kafka in Media on November 17, 2011 at 5:23 am PT

If you’re waiting to hear about more big Netflix content deals in the near future, you may be disappointed.

Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes: We Love Netflix! They Can Have All Our Old Stuff!

Peter Kafka in Media on May 4, 2011 at 12:55 pm PT

An olive branch, offered in a back-handed way, to Reed Hastings and company. Who seem glad to take it, by the way.

March Madness Comes to the iPad, for Free

Peter Kafka in Media on March 2, 2011 at 1:20 pm PT

College basketball’s annual tournament is the most Web-friendly mega-event in sports. And now it’s embracing mobile, too. (Unless you’re using an Android phone or tablet.)

Facebook to Big Media: We Like You. We Really, Really Like You.

Peter Kafka in Media on December 16, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Facebook has 550 million friends, but it’s working extra hard to woo a very specific group: Heavyweight media companies. It might be working! See: A proposed linkup between the social network, Time Warner’s cable channels and Verizon’s FiOS TV.

Conan O’Brien’s Awkward Parting Gift for NBC: An Emmy Nomination

Peter Kafka in Media on July 8, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

The good news for NBC: It just got an Emmy nomination. The bad news: It’s for a show that famously went off the air this year. The good news: This could mean more eyeballs for NBC after all!

Conan O'Brien's Awkward Parting Gift for NBC: An Emmy Nomination

Peter Kafka in Media on July 8, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

The good news for NBC: It just got an Emmy nomination. The bad news: It’s for a show that famously went off the air this year. The good news: This could mean more eyeballs for NBC after all!

Another Googler Goes to AOL: YouTube Boss Dave Eun Replaces Bill Wilson as Content Boss

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4, 2010 at 11:46 am PT

Former Google sales boss Tim Armstrong has brought a slew of former colleagues with him to AOL, but this may be his highest-profile hire so far: Dave Eun, who has been in charge of content deals at Google and YouTube, will replace Bill Wilson, one of the last high-profile AOL guys from the pre-Armstrong era.