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• Nielsen Says Facebook Got 53 Billion Minutes

  This week Nielsen released The Social Media Report Q3 2011 (interesting report on social and worth a look). The report says U.S. Internet users spent 53.5 billion minutes on Facebook in May 2011, making it the number one web site. This factoid got a great deal of press attention, as Facebook is a popular subject and 53.5 billion is a pretty big number. ... Posted Sep 16 2011, 08:49 AM by Bill Niemeyer with | with no comments Filed under: Facebook, online video, Bill Niemeyer, Nielsen, comScore

• Turner Networks' Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Quietly Launch TVE Authenticated Video Services

  In early August, Turner Networks quietly launched authenticated TV Everywhere-style video services on the website for Adult Swim (Cartoon Network's late night block of programming aimed at 18-34s). The service is called Adult Swim Gold. It was indeed a quiet launch, with no press releases and no trade press (at least that I can find). I'm pegging the launch date as August 2nd based on posts from a fan site and in the Adult Swim fan forums. This is I believe the first launch of authenticated on-demand programming by an advertising supported TV network where the playout occurs on the network's own website, as opposed to the site of a MVPD such as Comcast's Xfinity.com. (Fox Networks launch of a similar model occurred August 15.) Cartoon Network also has launched an authenticated full-episode viewer, but despite some serious Googling I can't establish when it launched. So what’s going on with all these announcements? ... Posted Sep 08 2011, 06:15 PM by Bill Niemeyer with | with no comments Filed under: online video, TV Everywhere, Bill Niemeyer, OTT Monitor, Tuner Networks, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim Gold

• “Netflix to Kill PayTV Revenues” – Really?

  For those of you that keep up with PayTV- and OTT-related news (which is all you, or you wouldn’t be reading this rag), this was an incredible week, fueled in large part by NCTA but in no small way by a press release TDG issued on Monday. The topic: the growing proclivity of Netflix Streamers to downgrade their PayTV service. ... Posted Jun 17 2011, 10:09 AM by Michael Greeson with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Internet video, Michael Greeson, cable operators, online video, "cord cutting", cord-cutting, Netflix streaming, cable

• IBC: The Place to Be in Early September

  Over the years, we have found that the IBC show in Amsterdam provides a wonderful venue for catching up on the latest and greatest in the digital video world. ... Posted Sep 13 2009, 12:08 PM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: program guides, platforms, interactive media, digital media, Blu-ray, Colin Dixon, Broadband Video, Netflix, CinemaNow, online video, Miniweb, Sonic

• Early Thoughts from IBC

  I sat in on a couple of interesting panel discussions this afternoon at IBC. The first panel topic was “Online Video: Going over the top” and the CEO of IP Vision, Eddie Abrams, was the first speaker. ... Posted Sep 11 2009, 11:25 AM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: OTT, program guides, EPGs, interactive media, Over-The-Top, Colin Dixon, IBC, Interactive TV, HULU, PEG, electronic program guide, online video, Fetch TV, SkyPlayer, Orca

• Challenges in the Global On-line Video Industry

  Another week and another panel to moderate! This one was at the Future of Television Forum West in LA put on by Ned Sherman and Digital Mediawire. The subject for this panel was “Online Video: Global Opportunities and Challenges” although I have to say we leaned pretty heavily on the challenges. This was a big panel for its allotted 50 minutes and we covered a lot of ground. ... Posted Mar 26 2009, 03:58 AM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: Colin Dixon, video delivery, content, web video, Future of Television Forum West, metadata, online video