Fox Sports Launching Five Online Only Shows
Fox Sports has announced it will launch original programming online starting Monday, September 14.
The webcasts will be streamed weekdays at 1p.m. ET on foxsports.com.
The first online only show will debut Monday and is called "The Afterparty with Jay Glazer." Each week during the NFL season Glazer will interview the five best players from Sunday’s game.
How Fans Engage with the NFL Online
The day has arrived at last. The 2009 NFL season kicks off tonight with the opening game between the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers (a game our own Rafael Robinson is attending, by the way).
Real-Time Search API Mania
Real-time search engine Collecta announced the release of its API today, meaning developers will be able to use it to pull real-time search results directly into their applications.
The Future of Radio On The Internet
While we talk about the death of newspapers with great regularity it gets to be old news real quickly and even starts to feel a little mean. So to relieve that pressure eMarketer has come out with a report that is evidence of the decline and fall of another old friend, radio. Terresttrial radio is what we are talking about here. Good old fashioned over the airwaves kind of radio is heading in the same direction as newspapers which is sad but just another harsh reality of the shift in the media of the future.
Nielsen To Begin Measuring Online TV Audiences
Nielsen has been measuring television audiences for decades. Now online TV is starting to take over—but do we have accurate measurement of the online TV audience?
Add Video Reviews to Google Product Pages
Google has announced that they are now including relevant and "high quality" YouTube video reviews on product pages in Google Product Search.
"Video product reviews are getting a lot of buzz right now, as shoppers increasingly turn to the web to help them figure out what to buy," says Google Product Search Business Product Manager Paul Lee.
Note Your Google Website Optimizer Experiments
Google has released a new feature for its Website Optimizer tool, called Experiment Notes. The feature is designed to help users include documentation as part of their testing. For any experiments, users can now add their own annotations.
If you are unfamiliar with Website Optimizer, it’s a free tool from Google that webmasters can use to increase conversions by making adjustments to design and text elements to see what works.
Facebook in the News for Several Reasons
As you may know, Facebook surpassed MySpace in traffic a while back. New data from Hitwise indicates that the launch of Facebook Connect likely played a major role in this.
The following graph shows a major increase in market share of social networking visits starting with the time when Facebook Connect was launched:
Google Outlines Plans To Monetize Online Content
Google has plans to introduce a micro payment system aimed at helping online publishers earn additional revenue.
In a document submitted to the Newspaper Association of America in a response to a request made by the NAA to a number of companies, Google outlined its proposed payment plan.
YouTube Readies Friend-Finder Feature
It looks like Conan O’Brien’s imaginary YouTwitFace site is coming one step closer to reality. Last night, YouTube announced that it’s introducing a new "You may know these people" feature, which of course sounds quite similar to Facebook’s "People you may know" offering.