Broadband Content Bits: Verizon-NFL; Model.Live-Bebo; Disney Family.com; Crackle Series
This story was written by Amanda Natividad.
-- NFL extras available through Verizon: Starting this weekend Verizon (NYSE: VZ) video and wireline broadband subscribers can watch as the NFL kicks off preseason games. Users can access live broadcasts of Thursday Night Football games from multiple camera feeds, live audio feeds, chat with other viewers, on-demand video highlights and game stats. NFL-related content is available to all FiOS and high speed internet subscribers. Release.
-- Model.Live debuts on Bebo and Vogue.tv: Vogue Magazine's 12-episode model series has debuted on Vogue.tv and Bebo. Viewers can interact with the stars, three IMG models, and can receive updates on the models throughout the day via video diaries, text messages, photos and blogs.
-- Disney (NYSE: DIS) launches parents' social net: After several months in the making, the company has finally launched Disney Family.com Community, its social net aimed at parents. While the site is designed to present various kinds of information to families, users can also connect via shared interest, age of children, family setup, geographic location and more.
-- Sony's (NYSE: SNE) Crackle premieres Michael Madson series: Sony's online entertainment venture Crackle.com has launched Coma, a new web series starring Michael Madsen, George Hamilton and Paul Ben-Victor, Variety reports. The seven-episode series, set in contemporary noir metropolis, will feature product integration using Sony Vaio laptops and premiere first on Crackle before being syndicated on YouTube, Hulu, *AOL*, *Adobe* and mobile phone services from *AT&T* and Verizon.
By Amanda Natividad