Amongst the topics that connects the business of traditional television and our new broadband video market is this: there is a clear division between the owners of content and the portals that want to...
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Traci Patterson, CED News/Web Editor, reports that Fox, Fox Interactive Media and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. have given their broadcast affiliates the green light to offer some of Fox's top...
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The rich are indeed different in many ways, one of them being what they like to watch on TV. Among the favorites of the well-heeled set are ABC's "Saturday Night Football" and "What...
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Cautioning that the data is preliminary and may not be "projectable," a source deep inside the TV ratings giant said. Hmmm. You think? And you want to know what the second most watch...
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An article in USA today reminded me to comment on something potentially significant this year that could change things in television forever. Cable companies have dictated what our television...
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Over the past year, Tandberg Television has acquired a number of television infrastructure companies. The list includes VOD infrastructure provider N2 Broadband, interactive TV technology and services...
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There it is in Media Life, an article that points out how syndication's sitcoms are sinking in popularity. "It's been years since 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' 'Seinfeld' and...
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Sex-less husband? Upgrade him! Online video has changed the equation of what can be created and distributed economically. Basically, it has broadened the base what we can watch -- and some of it is...
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Spiegel Online via ross Fadner "We have replaced MTV," MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson said flatly in a recent interview with the German paper Der Spiegel. That bold statement comes just a...
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Even if the old bones are creaking, it's still wise to keep running. CBS is doing that right now with two new ideas this week. I must preface that I don't think either of them will be game...
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Hmmmm. A year ago, Apple single-handedly forged a new paradigm into the heads of television network executives with their iTunes/iPod platform. It almost seems historic now, but prior to the...
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Question: How many DVR's has B-Sky-B sold? Answer: last week they announced that more than two million digital video recorders have been sold. The British appear to be embracing DVR technology in...
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CBS: the more you connect with shows digitally, the more you'll watch traditional prime-time TV. Is the Internet taking viewers away from TV? No. At least according to a study from CBS. CBS says...
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This little factoid surprised me. When it comes to 'adult entertainment' the Internet continues to trail DVD's. This according to the AVN Media Network. Their report says that American...
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There has been a big tug-of-war this last year about whether time-shifted television viewers should factor into a show's ratings. I don't write much about it because on its surface it may...
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This year's lineup yields the strongest signs yet that some sort of life force is returning to network television after years of absence; at least that is what the Wall Street Journal says....
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We have to erect a statue in honor of the person who first figured out that people hesitate to pay over a $1 to purchase a song but will pay 4x that to purchase just a portion of that same......
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The Comcast systems in Pittsburgh and Denver are running a little experiment: letting people rent films on demand for $4 simultaneously with their release on DVD. VOD is in 30 million homes, and the...
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Condensed from a Broadcasting & Cable article PBS is trying a little science experiment. On January 1st, PBS will stream pilots/specials for three potential new science series at PBS.org then air...
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