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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John Malone is one of cable's fabled cowboys. He is an entrepreneur, visionary and deal-maker and the man who built up a cable company called Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) into the largest system...
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In today's New York Times is an article about the "year that wasn't." In other words, things that were supposed to happen but didn't. First on the list: High definition TV,...
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How would all you tivo customers feel if Apple Computer acquired them? How about Google owning them? There has long been speculation that a variety of companies might buy TiVo. I attribute that to the...
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Disney's iTunes deal had reaped $25 million in revenue in its first year. Walt Disney Cos.' chief financial officer, Tom Staggs said the offering was clearly not cannibalizing DVD sales....
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C-SPAN is encouraging consumer generated content. If you go over to C-SPAN's new Viewfinder web site, it says: "C-SPAN's latest venture supports our commitment to hearing (and now...
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"Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States" is a political parody show that airs on cell phones. It is produced by start-up wireless carrier Amp'd Mobile. Now, Comedy Central has...
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Verizon's clearly pushing hard to convince people to subscribe to its $15-a-month V Cast service. This week the company announced deals with YouTube and Revver. As MediaPost points out: "......
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I suppose that if my core business was stagnant, I'd look around for new sources of revenue, too. Now put yourself in the shoes of today's cable network owners and would you develop more...
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Excerpts from today's New York Times: WANTED Digital media genius to guide a nimble - or at least we like to think we are - media giant through transformation from analog to digital in all its...
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Do you want more evidence that the viral nature of user generated media (UGM) is becoming a more serious business? How about this: Steven Bochco is getting into the viral video business. Variety...
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Variety noted that "after a long illness, the groundbreaking home-entertainment format VHS has died of natural causes in the United States. The format was 30 years old. No services are...
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Why is this woman smiling? "This is now three years; it's a huge story," says Andy Donchin, executive vice president of national broadcast for Carat USA. "Network TV is still...
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Marco Greenberg asked a good question earlier this week: "with the explosion in Internet video ... has the time arrived for the much-maligned corporate video to get an 'extreme...
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What's better than winning the gold medal in the Olympics? Good fortune is smiling down upon NBC's Olympic coverage from Beijing. Last week the broadcaster learned that two of the most popular...
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no truth the rumor that Mr. Softie wants to issue individual bar codes to each player and scan them before consuming any digital media. Anthony Sarni at the XboxSpace blog noted that Microsoft...
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Yesterday, CBS had an analysts call to talk about the companies earnings. Les Moonves said that he expects the Internet to generate "hundreds of millions" in revenue next year. Also, he...
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at the risk of sounding like the economist that has predicted the 7 of the last 2 recessions, here is my analysis An often debated topic is this: will Google continue to rise forever or will it...
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company would have compared its current size to Jabba the Hut but realized it did not own that particular copyright There's nothing like a large, bloated media empire saying to the FCC that it...
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