AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

Lost Remote
Calling it the “Digital Health Network,” NBCU is syndicating health video produced by NBC News, NBC Local Media and Healthology.com. Distribution partners include Healthline Networks, RightHealth and YourTotalHealth.com. “Today’s announcement is another example of how we are focused on building rich, niche digital networks,” said George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer, NBC Universal. “We will [...]

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The Hollywood Reporter
NBC Universal relaunched its Digital Studio on Thursday with a focus on branded entertainment and two series already in the works.
The studio is headed by its vp, Cameron Death, who was hired last year by Ben Silverman, co-chairman NBC Universal Entertainment and Universal Media Studios. Death and his team report to Silverman and [...]

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Digi shake-up at NBC Uni - The Hollywood Reporter
Comstock to GE; Mehta promoted
General Electric has left the light on for Beth Comstock, who exited a key post at NBC Universal on Monday to return to the parent company.
But as the latest in a string of executives departing the Peacock, speculation mounted over whether she flew [...]

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Microsoft Lands Deals With Movie, TV Titans - The Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Corp. will get to use movies and television programming from several large entertainment companies under new deals that may help it better compete with Apple Inc.’s iTunes online service and rivals such as software maker Adobe Systems Inc.
Microsoft said it reached agreements with [...]

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Online Show Quarterlife Gets Picked Up By NBC For Network Debut; Strike Workaround With WGA Possible — Paid Content.org
It is a bit of a co-incidence, but I was talking to a Portfolio reporter this morning about a story he was doing on how TV networks are trying develop original online shows, and in the middle [...]

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Web Videos Stealing TV Viewers, and Marketers — NY Times

WHY are fewer viewers watching the new fall television series? Perhaps because they are too busy watching video online.
As broadband service becomes more available at home, the growing prevalence of video programming on the Internet is catching the attention of consumers — not to mention marketers [...]

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NBCU Shifting Some Digital Operations From Corporate To Network - Paid Content.org

The details are still sketchy but NBCU is in the process of moving its Digital Studios operations out of the incubator and into bottom-line land. As part of the corporate group headed by chief digital officer George Kliavkoff, Digital Studios has been producing original [...]

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