CBS College Sports Network has picked up an additional 4 million subscribers through a new carriage deal with Verizon’s FiOS TV and upgraded distribution deals with other cable operators that now put it in a total of 29 million homes….
VOD Service Sets Launch Date, Adds FiOs and DirecTV
The Internet has a new designer drug and its name is Boxee. Sure, the name is clunky. And yep, the service is even clunkier. But consider what Boxee does: It brings Hulu to your television set. Boxee is a new…
Video Providers Try Various Aspects of TV Model to Win Users
Possibilities for Growth Are Many
Improved Handsets, Pricing Seen as Main Drivers of Usage
Adding Visual Enhancements, New Organization Can Boost Engagement
When Barack Obama was elected president of the United States less than two weeks ago, a seismic shift took place. It was a cultural shift, a shift in power, but also a shift in strategy as the country witnessed the…
The election of Barack Obama as president will bring new leadership to the Federal Communications Commission. With that housecleaning, we hope the movement to switch the cable television industry to channel-by-channel pricing falls by the wayside. Current FCC Chairman Kevin…
What do you hope the Obama administration will do for the TV industry? “We’re confident that an Obama administration will recognize the value of free and local broadcasting during these challenging economic times, and will appreciate the lifeline role that…