Google TV’s announcement on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, may be most telling in regard to which companies have not yet partnered with Google for the service, the New York Times reports. "[T]he announcement underscored the difficulties companies face as they…
Qualcomm will shut down its direct-to-consumer FLO TV operations by the end of the year after failing to convince consumers to pay for a mobile-television subscription, reports PaidContent.org. The decision comes after Qualcomm said in June that it was exploring…
Comcast and NBC Universal have been asked by the Federal Communications Commission for more information, reports the Associated Press. The FCC is asking Comcast for information about its distribution agreements for several of its cable channels, while the agency is…
"Broadcasting & Cable [B&C] and Multichannel News have erected pay walls around previously free Web content that could have been causing a drain on print subscriptions. Until Monday, the full contents of the weekly print products had been available gratis…
Michael Ausiello of EW.com wrote in an item on his online column that he’s leaving Entertainment Weekly to start his own television site with Jay Penske’s MMC Corporation, the company also behind Deadline.com. "Although I know there will probably be…
Google revealed Monday that it has partnered with some high-profile content providers for the anticipated rollout of Google TV, which the Web giant is calling a “multimillion-channel” TV system, CNN reported. HBO, Netflix, Pandora and the NBA are among the…
With personalized Google alerts, online news aggregators and opinionated news sources, Brian Steinberg asks in Advertising Age just who today still needs CNN. His answer: Advertisers. The reason advertisers still love the cable-news network is because local news programs are…
Internet sensation Susan Boyle has canceled an appearance that was scheduled for this week on “Dancing With the Stars,” the Web site Extra reported. The singing star who rose to fame last year on “Britain’s Got Talent” and YouTube reportedly…
A new segment of the ESPN brand, espnW, is the centerpiece of an effort by the sports network to attract women, reports SportsNewser.com. The project has been in the works for two years. Laura Gentile, the vice president of espnW, told…
"During his modest introduction of the device, Jobs called the Apple TV ‘one more hobby.’ But a closer look at the code and the hardware powering the Apple TV reveals that there’s a lot more going on under the hood…