The player: Bob Wilson, senior VP of programming at Cox Communications The play: Mr. Wilson has led closely held Cox Communications’ efforts to compete with satellite operators such as DirecTV by boosting high-definition programming options with both linear channels and…
CBS’ decision to let other programming providers show March Madness games and highlights may not seem so mad after all. CBS, which will broadcast the NCAA basketball tournament from today’s first round through the national championship game on April 7,…
Makers of next-generation DVD players may be thanking the Old World. While analysts debate whether Sony’s Blu-ray victory over Toshiba’s HD DVD format in the high-definition disc player war will unleash a torrent of U.S. customers who’d been waiting on…
HD programming picks for March 20-26: “Being John Malkovich,” “Warren Miller’s Impact,” “Tequila Sunrise” “Being John Malkovich” (Showtime). Friday, March 21, 2:30 p.m. John Cusack, Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener get downright existential by exploring a portal into the mind…
DirecTV, Dish Say Satellite Setbacks Won’t Dim HD Plans U.S. satellite television leaders DirecTV and Dish Network both said recent satellite-launch setbacks won’t hurt their plans for high-definition channel expansion. DirecTV’s newest satellite, which would expand its national HD channel…
Toshiba Corp. yesterday said fiscal 2007 earnings will be 31% less than previously forecast because of the discontinuation of its HD DVD next-generation disc-player format. Earnings for the year ending March 31 will be 125 billion yen ($1.26 billion), less…
Verizon signed video-on-demand agreements for its FiOS fiber-optic television service with networks including CBS, Discovery Channel and Ovation TV, Multichannel News reports. Verizon says it has an inventory of about 7,000 free VOD titles per month, Multichannel News reports.
Rentrak, an information management company, has entered into a multiyear deal with Turner Broadcasting System and its affiliate channels, the companies announced today. Rentrak’s On Demand Essentials service will provide metrics and analysis of on-demand viewing of Turner networks Adult…
Video discovery site Magnify.net introduced new social media tools to its service today, the company announced. Magnify.net is a video platform that is focused on creating communities around targeted videos and interests. Its new social media tools let Magnify viewers…
Video-sharing site YouTube said in a blog post Friday that it’s offering some of its videos in a higher-quality format now. The site did not specify the format or what constitutes higher quality. However, YouTube said in its posts that…