Caroline McCarthy at cNet reports that NBC’s Local Media Division has acquired LX Networks, the New York-based start-up that produces videos for the Web about high-end entertainment and culture centered around New York and Los Angeles. NBC’s New York affiliate, WNBC, has been broadcasting a limited number of LX.tv videos — namely its “OpenHouseNYC” real-estate series, and the “1st Look” restaurant and bar preview show — since last year.
LX’s slick LX.tv channel was founded in 2006 by former MTV executives Morgan Hertzan and Joseph Varet, originally known as Code.tv, and features high-quality production with professional anchors.. many of whom are MTV Networks veterans. Geared toward young professionals with a taste for luxury and a good dose of social energy, financial terms were not disclosed.
Webcastr.com has announced the winners of it’s Top 10 Videos of the Year awards. Webcastr’s viewers, along with it’s editors voted amongst over 2,500 professionally produced videos on the website to pick the best video clips of the year for 2007. Thirty finalists were chosen by the staff of the webbery with the final clips being voted Top 10:
– Heidi Loves Her Bazooms
– D*ck In A Box
– Led Zeppelin Reunion Concert in the UK
– Acting for the Greenscreen
– Bob Dylan Cadillac Commercial
– Britney Spears VMA Parody
– Don’t Taze Me, Bro
– Snoop Dogg in the UK
– The Chemical Bros. “Salmon Dance”
– Bush vs. Miss North Carolina
Plus an Honorable Mention going to:
– SUV Driving Through a Shopping Mall
According to the blurb, Webcastr features clips that come from licensed sources of professional and semi-pro content. “With so much of the user generated content out there being of questionable quality, we are happy to present these awards in recognition of the efforts of pro content creators who increasingly understand the value of the short form online video medium,” said Webcastr CEO, Tim Devine.
Gotta wonder.. what’s a “Webbery”.. something like a Shrubbery perhaps?
Vividas announced the launch of the new Fox Soccer Channel, which will offer on-demand soccer matches from England’s Barclays Premier League, as well as other international competitions to millions of viewers throughout the United States. The new service allows full-screen video and the e-commerce back end also offers consumers easy, instant access to their favorite matches. Fox Soccer Channel Broadband offers up to five soccer matches each week. Fans have the option to buy single matches, 10-match packages or season passes giving access to all available games. Prices start at $4.99 per match with a full-season package priced at $49.99.
Two World Wars and 1 World Cup.. England-England!
In cubicles across the country, lunchtime has become the new prime time, as workers click aside their spreadsheets to watch videos on YouTube, news highlights on CNN.com or other Web offerings. The trend — part of a broader phenomenon known as video snacking — is turning into a growth business for news and media companies, which are feeding the lunch crowd more fresh content.
From an apartment in Greenwich Village, Rob Millis and Will Coghlan are hosts and producers of a three-minute daily Webcast, Political Lunch, done around 10 a.m., followed by an hour and a half of editing, in time for uploading just before noon. The program, which was introduced in September and appears on several Web sites, is viewed 10,000 to 20,000 times a week, with a peak in traffic from 1 to 3 p.m.
Via: NYT
