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An AI voice version of Al Michaels will narrate daily clips from NBC's 2024 Paris Olympics

John Callaham — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:40:02 +0000

NBC will have an AI voice version of famed sportscaster Al Michaels narrate daily clips of its coverage of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on its Peacock streaming service starting July 27 Read more...

NBC says the "largest Internet event ever" occured because of an NFL game on Peacock Jan. 13

John Callaham — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:38:02 +0000

Peacock was the (nearly) exclusive home of the NFL AFC Wild Card playoff game on Jan. 13, and that event had 23 million people view the match. NBC claims that it was the "largest Internet event ever." Read more...

NBC News releases an election widget for iOS 14 users

Rich Woods — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 21:10:01 +0000

The NBC News app on iOS has a new Decision 2020 widget for iOS 14 users. It lets users see important information about the general election in the United States, such as the latest polls and more. Read more...

NFL Super Bowl XLIX will be live streamed for free

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:44:01 +0000

Super Bowl XLIX will be broadcast in its entirety via live stream to PC's, tablets, and Verizon Wireless smartphones. The broadcast via web and tablets will be made available for free by NBC. Read more...

NBC enlists Windows Azure for its 2014 Winter Olympics video streaming

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:54:38 +0000

Microsoft has announced it is collaborating with NBC in the U.S. for video streaming coverage of all 98 events of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia using Windows Azure Media Services. Read more...

Surface product placement spotted in 'The Michael J Fox Show' trailer

John Callaham — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:31:31 +0000

Microsoft's Surface tablet has shown up again in an obvious product placement video, this time for the trailer for the upcoming NBC sitcom "The Michael J Fox Show." Read more...

NBC spent $195 million to buy Microsoft's portion of MSNBC.com

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:50:55 +0000

A new report states that NBC spent $195 million in July 2012 in order to take over the half of MSNBC.com that it didn't already own from Microsoft, which terminated the two companies' partnership. Read more...

Filesonic goes offline with no explanation provided

Paul Ferson — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:48:01 +0000

Filesonic, previously one of the major file-sharing websites on the internet, has been gone for the past few days with no explanation, and the main domain having suddenly changed hands. Read more...

Twitter: "We did mess up"; restores reporter's account

John Callaham — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:25:21 +0000

Twitter has now restored and apologized for suspending the Twitter account of a reporter for the UK newspaper The Independent who was openly critical of NBC's coverage of the Olympic Games. Read more...

Reporter suspended from Twitter for anti-NBC tweets

Nathan Tsui — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:33:22 +0000

A reporter for The Independent had his Twitter account suspended, under the pretense that he violated Twitter's terms of service by tweeting the email address of an NBC executive. Read more...

Microsoft and NBC kill joint-venture, no longer BFF

Brad Sams — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 02:05:11 +0000

Microsoft and NBC have announced that MSNBC is now dead and that NBC will takeover as the 16 year relationship has come to an end with MSNBC.com now redirecting to NBCnews.com Read more...

Plans being made for possible Olympic Games cyber attacks

John Callaham — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:38:52 +0000

Google is working with the NBC TV network to conduct drills designed to prepare for possible cyber attacks that could happen during the London Olympic Games, which begin later this month. Read more...

Microsoft could sell off its stake in MSNBC.com

John Callaham — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:10:06 +0000

A new report claims that Microsoft could sell off its remaining stake in the MSNBC.com website to NBC and its parent company Comcast, but still have placement on the MSN.com site. Read more...

NBC blocks access to YouTube video from original creators

Nathan Tsui — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:42:38 +0000

A YouTube video that was featured on The Jay Leno Show has since been taken down for copyright infringement based on a request from NBC. The video's creator has written a letter to Jay Leno. Read more...

Rumor: Hulu could force users to prove they pay for TV

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:35:55 +0000

A new rumor claims that the streaming TV service Hulu could start asking its users to prove they subscribe to a cable or satellite TV subscription service to access their content. Read more...

Hulu considering to rebrand as an online cable provider

Michael Collado — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:25:54 +0000

Hulu may have reimagined television content on the Internet almost three years ago, but lately the video-on-demand website's business has not been doing as well as its owners would have liked. And now The Wallstreet... Read more...

Rumor: NBC to launch primetime video game show

Jonathan Downin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:14:53 +0000

Joystiq reports that NBC is in the process of developing a pilot episode of a video game-based primetime television show. According to their source, the initial episode will consist of footage shot during E3, including... Read more...

Media companies to Apple: We're sticking with Flash

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:51:43 +0000

Just a day after Apple overtook Microsoft as the world's most valuable tech company, the New York Post is reporting the end of Apple's brief ego-trip. According to their sources, large media companies, such as... Read more...

Major broadcast groups unite to create mobile content service

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:50:02 +0000

Twelve major broadcasting groups, Belo Corp., Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps Co., Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television Inc., ION Television, Media General Inc., Meredith Corp., NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations Inc. and Raycom Media, have teamed up... Read more...

Woman accuses Dell tech of being a peeping Tom

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:29:10 +0000

According to NBC News, Dianne Annunziato, a woman from North Richland Hills, is accusing a Dell Tech Support technician from India of being a peeping Tom. According to the woman, while on a tech support... Read more...

Hulu agrees to international TV deals

Kevin Weiner — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:51:45 +0000

According to Financial Times, Hulu has signed international deals including UK programming and Saavn, one of the largest distributors of Bollywood movies. Among the programs that will begin airing on Hulu include episodes of... Read more...

NBC and Microsoft partner up for Xbox Europe

Damien Reynolds — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:35:49 +0000

Today Microsoft announced that they have signed a deal with NBC Universal to allow their movies to be distributed through Xbox Live Marketplace in Europe. David Gosen from Xbox Europe commented on how this will... Read more...

Google to Sell TV Ads for NBC Universal

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:43:29 +0000

NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co, is teaming up with Google Inc on a multi-year partnership in which Google will act as a broker to sell TV advertising on some NBC cable channels.... Read more...

Hulu Goes Public on Wednesday

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:04:05 +0000

Hulu, the online video joint venture of News Corp and NBC Universal, will make its public debut on Wednesday after four months of beta testing with programming from Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros Television Group,... Read more...

EU approves NBC, News Corp. video site

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:25:33 +0000

EU regulators have allowed media companies NBC Universal and News Corporation to launch their joint online video site. The European Commission approved the venture automatically after identifying no antitrust concerns and receiving no complaints from... Read more...

NBC, ESPN Shows May Head to iPod

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:37:06 +0000

According to sources, NBC Universal and Apple are close to a deal that will make programs from NBC's broadcast network and several cable channels such as USA Network and Sci Fi Channel available on-demand on... Read more...