Social TV CBS Radio launches WorldNow video By Michael Gay on Jul. 23, 2008 - 1:39 PM Today radio took a big step in the direction of local TV sites, with 140 CBS stations signing up for WorldNow’s video system. You can see the player now on the homepage of WCBS-AM. The press release contained a very telling ...
Social TV Gossip Girl streaming ban fails By Michael Gay on Jul. 22, 2008 - 8:54 AM In April we reported that Gossip Girl would no longer be streamed on cwtv.com so that the network could try to boost the TV ratings for the show. Today TV Week reports that this strategy had no impact on the ratings, and the show ...
Social TV Product placement in Las Vegas newscast By Michael Gay on Jul. 21, 2008 - 7:23 AM In a move that will make capital-J journalists cringe, it appears product placement has made its way into a Las Vegas morning newscast. The Las Vegas Sun reports KVVU now has two iced coffee drinks from McDonald’s sitting on ...
Social TV Netflix movies coming to Xbox 360 By Michael Gay on Jul. 14, 2008 - 1:01 PM Subscribers to Netflix will be able to watch nearly 10,000 movies on their Xbox 360 starting this fall, reports AP. The deal was announced today at the E3 video-game conference in Los Angeles. Netflix currently has 8 million subsc ...
Social TV It’s official: Weather Channel sold to NBC By Michael Gay on Jul. 6, 2008 - 3:56 PM A group of investors, led by NBC Universal, closed the deal to acquire the Weather Channel, according to the NY Times. The price is reported to be around $3.5 billion, although an official number was not announced. TWC will not be ...
Social TV National Murrow Awards announced By Michael Gay on Jul. 1, 2008 - 10:19 AM Congratulations to the just-announced web winners of the Murrow Awards! Network: cbsnews.com Large Market TV: wfaa.com Small Market TV: 9wsyr.com Large Market Radio: wtopnews.com Small Market Radio: AkronNewsNow.com Website Non-Br ...
Social TV Fun webcast brings personality to KRIV site By Michael Gay on Jun. 16, 2008 - 9:55 AM Many stations have webcasts. Heck, even several newspapers have webcasts. But the program that MyFoxHouston is producing is above and beyond most others. The show is made up of several people at the station, including some who ...
Social TV WeatherPlus.com relaunches By Michael Gay on Jun. 5, 2008 - 7:39 AM WeatherPlus.com has a new and improved look, but it’s a site that’s future some are forecasting as foggy with the likely deal by NBCU to purchase Weather Channel and weather.com. The new WeatherPlus.com has a ton of co ...
Social TV Yahoo joins CBS Audience Network By Michael Gay on Jun. 4, 2008 - 5:12 PM CBS has reached a deal with Yahoo that will bring the web giant access to CBS Primetime shows. The deal would have Yahoo join the CBS Audience Network, which already includes major outlets like Google Inc’s YouTube, Time War ...
Social TV NBCU reportedly wins bid for Weather Channel By Michael Gay on May. 30, 2008 - 7:45 AM NBCU has unofficially won the bid for the Weather Channel at $3.5 billion, according to NewsBlues. That’s well under the $5 billion that Landmark had hoped to earn. NBCU was part of a consortium that included Blackstone Grou ...