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CBS Tries to Out-Hulu Hulu with TV.com
CBS Tries to Out-Hulu Hulu with TV.com
As was expected , CBS is revamping TV.com to be a video-viewing destination. The well-URLed site, which six months ago started featuring Hulu content , has added CBS shows, and Monday is announcing deals for shows from MGM, Sony, PBS, Endemol USA and Showtime, according to reports tonight . ...
TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B
TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B
techcrunch.com — It’s time for an update on the progress we’ve made on the low cost touch screen tablet that I first wrote about in July 2008 when I asked for a dead simple touch screen web tablet that boots right to the browser. Here’s our first ... (more) TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B
TV.com relaunches as Hulu competitor
TV.com relaunches as Hulu competitor
obsessable.com — TV.com, formerly just a database of TV info, has been turned by parent company CBS into an online TV-watching hub aiming to steal your attention from Hulu and Joost. Been catching up on episodes of Heroes and 24 over at Hulu.com? You and a few million other people ! CBS hopes to steal some ... (more) TV.com relaunches as Hulu competitor
Americans View 34 Percent More Online Videos in November 2008 Compared to Year Ago
comscore.com — Hulu Sustains Strong Online Viewership on the Heels of October Surge RESTON, VA, January 5, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released November 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that ... (more) Americans View 34 Percent More Online Videos in November ...
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  • galaga galaga
    +1
    i like TV.com, but i like it better as an information portal rather than video-viewing. Darn.
    Posted 1/12/2009 respond (flag)
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CBS Comes Full Circle
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology — ... With the Web 2.0 era firmly a bust, you will see the merits of a 1.0 notion - the portal - return.  As such, with the large Web audience under its wings, today we get confirmation that CBS will toss its hat in the ring by relaunching TV.com and take on (though the corporate spin might very well be that they’re not competitors, etc.) Hulu, Joost, Sling.com, etc…  while success in these endeavors is anything but certain, if CBS can leverage its content to build something of value and hatch a successful destination at TV.com, then it might make ...

CBS Looks to Hulu-ize TV.com
AppScout — ... The site already claims a few thousand users, something CBS is looking to build upon to make it more of a social destination than Hulu--which, NewTeeVee points out, hasn't exactly been the strong suit of the NBC/Fox-owned site. ...

TV.com Vs. Hulu, Who Wins? We do!
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... Man, I love the Internet! I mean seriously, things are getting really good! Whats got me all excited you ask? Well, how about the fact that CBS has announced their plans to go head to head with ...

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TV.com relaunches as Hulu competitor
Obsessable News Feed — ... [online.wsj.com] CBS Tries to Out-Hulu Hulu with TV.com [NewTeeVee] ...

CBS’ Quincy Smith Returns to NewTeeVee Live [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... about the competing site (though he also praised it at times). CBS made its own Hulu on TV.com, Hulu got mad and ...

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