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Microsoft Goes To Battle With Adobe

December 17, 2008

Microsoft takes the main-stage to battle Adobe and a slew of startup companies trying to be the leader in Web video and collaborative animation/web design tools. The WSJ outlines the major online destinations that have gone with each service this year. For example, Netflix, CBS, The Olynpics (via NBC.com) have all gone with Microsoft’s Silverlight player this year [...]

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BleacherReport Raises More Money For Its Independent Sports Experts

October 28, 2008

Bleacher Report is a community publishing site for amateur sports writers. 
The site, which has grown from 500K to over 2M uniques in the last eight months has raised $3.5 million in Series B funding from Hillsven Capital, Gordon Crawford, and SoftTech VC. 
Their top content is syndicated with CBS Sports and Fox Sports online. 

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YouTube Wants To Be Hulu Now? Oh No

October 10, 2008

Today Google announced they will be streaming full-length TV shows from CBS owned shows.
The programs will include new editions of shows including “The Young and the Restless,” “Dexter” and “Californication,” according to YouTube director of content partnerships Jordan Hoffner.
It will be identical to how Hulu profits from their streams, running advertisements before, throughout and [...]

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CBS Testing Online TV With Live Chat

October 2, 2008

CBS Labs has rolled out Social Viewing Room which allows visitors to watch live shows and engage in chat with other users.
Arrington is right in claiming that this is better suited for a synchronous/live online video experience but conversely there is something to be said for the draw of live chat centered around mass market [...]

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CBS Luuuvs Facebook, Facebook Connect Rolling Out

September 19, 2008

Last May, Facebook released Facebook Connect to developers and now CBS’s celeb gossip site TheInsider will trial the system, which allows users to sign in with their Facebook login and for their activity to report back into their fb news feed.
Facebook Connect will supposedly/hopefully replace the much ballyhooed and unsecure Beacon advertising/facebook user tracking platform.

Are [...]

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