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Comcast adds Internet customers, loses cable subscribers, profits jump [Roundup]

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Life Around Home: new NBC TV show for women pulls content directly from online Facebook conversation [VIDEO]

You’ve probably seen TV shows and news broadcasts attempt to incorporate Facebook and other forms of social media into their content in all sorts of ways — some successfully, some not so much.

But NBC Philadelphia and social media agency Bradford Media Group, which has regional offices in West Chester, are trying a new way to bring social media to television.

The pair premiered Life Around Home, a new project to create television programming entirely driven by the conversations taking place on the show’s Facebook page last week, according to a press release. The show aired on Philadelphia NBC Nonstop, the station’s 24-hour cable channel, which features some original programing on loop.


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Comcast gets blasted about ‘net neutrality’ by Netflix CEO on Facebook [Roundup]

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Comcast spent $250k in Q1 2011 on lobbying, mostly for SOPA, PIPA [Roundup]

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Poptent: videographer social network with Conshohocken office expands, is hiring [VIDEO]

For those who gauge startup success by ‘traction,’ Mark Schoneveld says Poptent might be the region’s biggest web 2.0 success story.

Poptent, which hosts contests for brands for its community of video creators to make viral marketing videos, has continued to grow since launching in 2007, welcoming new users and bigger companies. It is hiring in Conshohocken, including engineers and social media savvy community leaders, and, adds Poptent Director of Community Schoneveld, the company has reached a positive cash flow, is now up to 40,000 registered users and is about to cross $3 million in creator payouts.

“What we started doing was totally experimental. Brands were getting used to crowd sourcing and giving up control,” said Schoneveld. “We’ve been at the forefront of crowdsourcing for years and now we’re taking it new places.”

The company takes a fee from big brands — like Southwest Airlines, Netflix, Anheuser Busch, Quiznos and others — and negotiates a rate for commercial video production, putting the bid out to its open community or specific members.


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Center City could lose 100 jobs, leadership of NBC Sports to Connecticut [Comcast Roundup] VIDEO

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Comcast, Verizon Pay TV to be added to Xbox Live: Roundup

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Comcast-Spectacor has agreement to sell 76ers, losing video subscribers and more: Roundup [VIDEO]

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Comcast CEO Brian Roberts demos enhanced TV with Facebook [VIDEO]: Roundup

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Comcast partnerships with Skype, Facebook: Roundup [VIDEO]

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Below, video of Comcast/Skype partnership, plans to profit off the Olympics and more.


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