Social TV ‘KARE OnLIVE’ dead By Michael Gay on Apr. 21, 2008 - 6:46 PM We posted about this show about a year ago when it launched, but KARE OnLIVE is dead. The show promised to be interactive and live on-air and online, at 4PM. I never really understood how a TV show aimed at stay-at-home moms would ...
Social TV The CW pulls back on ‘Gossip Girl’ streaming By Michael Gay on Apr. 18, 2008 - 5:24 AM LostRemote has blogged before about how popular ‘Gossip Girl’ is online, buoying the audience of the show despite the low on-air ratings: …it’s wildly popular online, even outpacing The Office on iTunes. F ...
Social TV ABC News debate reactions By Michael Gay on Apr. 16, 2008 - 6:18 PM Watching the debate tonight I was wondering why there weren’t more teases for abcnews.com. It seemed Hillary “pimped” her site more than ABC News. Then I went to the site and saw the comments about the debate. Ou ...
Social TV Media General offers buyouts in Tampa By Michael Gay on Apr. 14, 2008 - 6:43 PM The Tampa market has long been an example to those in the industry as a market where true convergence has been achieved through the combined properties of the Tampa Tribune, WFLA and tbo.com. Today the Florida Communications Group ...
Social TV Drudge reports CBS News in talks with CNN By Michael Gay on Apr. 7, 2008 - 5:02 PM If the news flash on Drudge Report is right, there could be a major story coming about CBS News contracting out reporting to CNN. This comes following major budget cuts at CBS and their O&O stations. UPDATE: Drudge is now link ...
Social TV CBS now testing HD video streaming By Michael Gay on Mar. 27, 2008 - 7:34 PM CBS Labs has begun streaming select HD video clips on their site at http://labs.cbs.com/HD_video/. The video quality is impressive, streaming with H.264/AVC format at 480p, according to TechCrunch. The player itself reminds me a l ...
Social TV HuffingtonPost beats DrudgeReport? By Michael Gay on Mar. 24, 2008 - 2:46 PM Arianna Huffington’s politics and news blog The Huffington Post has topped Matt Drudge’s DrudgeReport according to the February comScore and Nielsen NetRatings, points out AllThingsDigital. The Huffington Post is a rel ...
Social TV Paper pranks in Chicago By Michael Gay on Mar. 20, 2008 - 5:55 PM The Chicago Sun-Times ran a contest called “Zell No!”, a video contest to protest the possible selling of naming right for Wrigley Field by new owner of Tribune Co., Sam Zell. The winner of the UGC video contest would ...
Social TV CNN Digital Network top news sites By Michael Gay on Mar. 19, 2008 - 8:05 PM Here’s the Nielsen-Netratings February list for news sites (ranked by uniques followed by time on site) via CyberJournalist 1. CNN Digital Network – 37,181,000 – 0:40:11 2. Yahoo! News – 35,274,000 – ...
Social TV WKRN switches to WorldNow By Michael Gay on Mar. 18, 2008 - 8:15 PM You’ll remember WKRN.com offered many features that were innovative when they launched. The site has now relaunched as a WorldNow site. Adds Cory: They also recently relaunched NashvilleisTalking, ditching the blog and turni ...