YouTube is increasingly seen as a boon for large broadcasters.
"I know of another large broadcaster that has claimed to want to do this in the past but has not been able to, otherwise it's a world first," said Jones.
But as the trade publication Advertising Age pointed out, such results would leave the large broadcasters short of the ad revenue they took in during the 2008-9 upfront market, before the financial crisis sapped confidence among consumers and marketers.
News Corp.; owns 3% of SILVIO BERLUSCONI's (Italy) Mediaset, Italy's largest commercial TV company; along with Berlusconi, shelled out $210 million to LEO KIRCH (Germany) for matching 3.2% stakes in KirchMedia; owns 30% of SALEH KAMEL's (Saudi Arabia) Arab Radio & Television, one of the largest broadcasters in the Middle East; owned 5% of JAMES CLARK's (U.S).
News Corp.; owns 3% of SILVIO BERLUSCONI's (Italy) Mediaset, Italy's largest commercial TV company; along with Berlusconi, shelled out $210 million to LEO KIRCH (Germany) for matching 3.2% stakes in KirchMedia; owns 30% of SALEH KAMEL's (Saudi Arabia) Arab Radio and Television, one of the largest broadcasters in the Middle East; owned 5% of James Clark's (U.S).
Large broadcasters say the low-power stations would interfere with signals of existing stations, while the F.C.C. says broadcasters are really just concerned about competition for listeners.
And he has expressed skepticism over regulations that have effectively imposed limits on the growth of the largest broadcasters and cable operators.
Conviva says it has optimized over a billion video streams to date, for some of the largest broadcasters on the Internet.
The startup already provides data to three of the largest broadcasters in the U.S., as well as many major advertsiers — although these are under NDA and so the names cannot be disclosed, Schiffman said.
The search of Deutsche Bank offices was related to a long-running civil suit by the Kirch Group, a media company that was once one of Germany's largest broadcasters.
