The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
As online video continues to grow by leaps and bounds, and the networks continue to navel gaze and find ways to hold on to their dying business model as long as possible, the TV 2.0 revolution is being led by...
Apple's "hobby" has remained strangely static in a world of Internet TV boxes The Apple TV is a strange beast. Steve Jobs famously referred to his company's media-playback box as “a hobby.” In early 2008 Apple released a major software update, Apple TV 2.0, that revamped its interface and added movie rentals to the mix. Yet in a world increasingly full of Internet-connected TV...
Since Apple TV 2.0 launched it hasn't gotten much attention. According to AppleInsider, however, that's all about to change. The iTunes Store Terms and Conditions list has been updated in order to prepare for the launch of Apple TV 3.0. As far as we know, ...
The updated iTunes terms & conditions has a new paragraph under the iTunes LP section spilling Apple TV 3.0 —namely, that it'll finally support iTunes LP and Extras viewing. Why Extras—which are like DVD extras , with bonus clips, interviews and photo galleries, but for iTunes movies—is just now on its way to Apple TV is sorta mystifying, even for their most neglected product....
By Jerry Del Colliano Somehow you just get the feeling that record industry executives who haven't been able to shoot straight for the last ten years are getting ready to reload and fire. Duck. They are set to go beyond the obvious cockamamie ideas, like Interscope/Geffen/A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine’s brainstorm to come up with a $2,300 laptop computer basically for playing music. Now that’s...
According to a blog post by Heather Dougherty, Director of Research at Experian Hitwise , Google is expected to launch their music service today. So, she took a closer look at the tons of data that Hitwise collects to see can be seen. Here are some highlights: -- Out of the top 1,000 search terms that took place on Google last week, 6 percent were music-related (which includes bands, music services...
The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
If you believe everything you read, you’ll know that teens aren’t watching TV anymore. They are all watching online videos, downloading movies and file sharing the newest episode of Gossip Girl. Broadcast TV is dead to them. The Battle For...
Online music video site Vevo, launching in December, said today it has signed AT&T as its first advertiser. Partners in Vevo include Universal Music Group, Sony Entertainment and investor Abu Dhabi Media Company. The new music video site will be powered by YouTube. The announcement did not include details about ad revenue sharing, but AT&T said it would support Vevo's services across multiple...
Music video startup Vevo announced that it's signed up AT&T as its first advertiser. There's no word on how much the deal was worth, but a Vevo rep says it's a "long term" deal. She also says Vevo will be announcing more advertisers in the near future. Read the rest of this story » See Also: Vevo Gets Investment From Abu Dhabi At $300 Million Valuation (SNE, GOOG) YouTube Music...
NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service powered by YouTube, and AT&T have entered into a branding and marketing agreement whereby AT&T will support VEVO's comprehensive services across multiple connected platforms. The announcement was made today by Rio Caraeff, president and chief executive officer of VEVO, and Chris Schembri, vice president...
Google has a small music search engine that shows information about artists, albums and songs. You can use the music: operator in Google's search box to access the service. Unfortunately, the information is outdated, the links to reviews are broken and there's not much to see. After many years of decay, Google decided to improve the service. CNet reports that Google will launch the new version of Google...
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Music-video venture continues to try to lock up content from competitors. The site already boasts the two top music labels and now it wants the two smallest on board.
MySpace's new plan is to become a Web content portal -- music, video, gaming, etc. -- with a social twist. So it's not going to let Google continue to run away with the music video market. MySpace just dumped thousands of music videos onto its MySpace Music site -- "aggregating fully licensed music video content from all of the company’s major and independent label partners." CEO Owen...