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Category Archives: Entertainment

Top Searches on Hulu.com

April 17, 2009

YouTube has unveiled several partnerships with studios to expand the selection of TV shows and movies available on the website. With YouTube adding premium content onto their website, this move starts to make them compete more directly with websites like... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:15 PM | (0) | (2)
In Categories Entertainment | Hulu | Video | YouTube

Searching for Oscar winners

March 02, 2009

At Hitwise we’re always fielding questions about the impact of offline events upon online behavior from our clients and some great examples surround popular television events like the Super Bowl, Oprah’s Favorite Things and the Oscars. Following last week’s telecast... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:09 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Entertainment | Fast Moving Search Terms | Movies

Ticketmaster to compensate Springsteen fans

February 24, 2009

Ticketmaster agreed to pay $350,000 to Springsteen fans after redirecting potential ticket buyers to their subsidiary website, TicketsNow, offering tickets at a substantially higher price during a sale for two upcoming concerts in May. Over 2,000 fans filed complaints with... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 01:12 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Entertainment | Music | Ticketing

Analog to Digital Switch

February 18, 2009

Earlier this month, Congress decided to delay the scheduled transition from analog broadcasting to digital, pushing the deadline out until June. Over the past year, the website for the TV Converter Box Program, has captured the highest market share of... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:23 PM | (1) | (0)
In Categories Entertainment | Television

Travis Barker Tops Fast Moving Search Terms Week Ending Sept 20, 2008

September 23, 2008

The Wall Street crisis and potential bailout is certainly top of mind for many consumers, but tragedy sent Travis Barker (former drummer of Blink 182 and star of MTV’s Meet the Barkers) to the top of Fast Moving Search Terms... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 11:26 AM | (1) | (0)
In Categories Election2008 | Entertainment | Fast Moving Search Terms | Politics | Viral Marketing

Montauk Monster gains notoriety online

August 04, 2008

As a frequent visitor to Montauk, I was fascinated by the story on Gawker last week about the ‘Montauk Monster’. After checking it out, I assumed that this would be a mostly local tale for New Yorkers that head out... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 12:12 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Entertainment | Fast Moving Search Terms | Viral Marketing

Sex and the City movie finally hits the states

May 28, 2008

Hold on to your Manolos – the US release of the Sex and the City movie is finally here. My colleague in the UK covered the excitement overseas surrounding the movie and last night the ladies of SATC finally returned... Continue reading...

Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:26 PM | (0) | (0)
In Categories Entertainment

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Heather Dougherty

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