Category: media

“The company said it will stream full-length episodes of old titles on a free, ad-supported basis. The shows will be syndicated across the CBS Audience Network, which encompasses more than 300 destinations, including AOL, Microsoft, CNET Networks and Comcast.

“Behind the appearance of business-as-usual in the world of movies and TV is a shifting entertainment universe that is anything but. While the striking writers had their pens down and union hackles up, many were seeking creative new ways to rewrite the rules of engagement with the industry.”

Online sports video accounted for 35% of all online TV streams/downloads in the U.S. in 2007 and 46% in the U.K., the report said. And revenue from the sector is predicted to increase from $762 to $2.3 billion in the US in 2012.

Traditional television advertising has become less effective in the past two years, according to 62% of marketers, and a majority are trying new ad formats and new video platforms

It’ already changed the way movies are made. Now movie theatres are converting to digital projection and distribution. Bottom line: the technical quality of what you see in the theatre is going up…

“Video streams at network TV sites were nearly two times more likely to be viewed by women ages 18-34 than men, who accounted for 22% and 12% of streams, respectively.”

“Every Oscar category has its controversies. But the omissions this year for best foreign-language film, at least judging by all the commentary in recent weeks, are real howlers… So what’s the problem here? Well, best foreign film is an odd category.”

The 100-day Hollywood writers strike took a $2.5 billion toll on the Los Angeles County economy — less than previously estimated.

“NBC announced Tuesday its plans to present a 52-week television season. Other networks are also likely to change the way they do business, from how they develop shows to when they air them. Taken together, this would signal your first post-strike revolution.”

This time out, the top-grossing best-pic contender is Fox Searchlight’s “Juno,” which has a worldwide cume of $134 million — a tidy sum for a little indie, but not exactly in the same league as “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (which sports two noms and a B.O. gross of nearly $1 billion).