Hulu Hits Over Forty Million Users, Eyes YouTube’s Top Slot

By Steve Anderson - 02/05/2010 1:57:23 AM

Unequivocally, folks, the unquestioned ruler of the online video realm is YouTube. But Hulu, that surprise little upstart, is making a play for the top slot, and they've got quite a case to back up their own bid for supremacy. Hulu's currently boasting over forty million users, and just recently cleared its one hundred billionth stream.  That, ...

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Online Video Viewing Numbers Boost, Says Nielsen

By Steve Anderson - 01/14/2010 2:27:04 AM

Nielsen, the iconic company that produces the Nielsen ratings system, has announced that online video viewing has gone UP, and up pretty big too.  Fully thirteen percent more video was viewed online this year than last.  And what's driven that boost? The big two of the streaming jungle, YouTube and Hulu. This really doesn't surprise me much--with ...

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Networks Confess: We Really Overreacted About DVR After All

By Steve Anderson - 11/04/2009 11:55:25 AM

Well, well, well...so it seems the networks were spectacularly wrong about the many, many hours they spent whining to judges that DVR would destroy their industry forever so the bad bad technology behind it simply HAD to be banned. To which I extend both middle fingers and advise the networks to perform a biologically impossible act ...

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TV Rating Giant Nielsen Wants To Include Online Viewing

By Steve Anderson - 09/09/2009 1:29:25 PM

From a press release from the Nielsen folks: At Nielsen, OnDemand Online and TV Everywhere are examples of what we refer to as the “Extended Screen” — initiatives that treat the computer as another screen in the home used to watch television. In fact, we’re already working to capture television viewing that takes place online and ...

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Study find HDTV’s in 33% of U.S. homes

By Jeff Baker - 05/22/2009 5:51:19 PM

Do you have an HDTV? If not, studies show that you probably will at some point in the future. A recent study done by a research firm entitled Nielsen has found that roughly 33% of U.S. homes have at least 1 HDTV. However, only 28.8% recieve HD programming. EngadgetHD says that before last year's holiday season ...

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