One week after jettisoning NBC from iTunes over a pricing dispute, Apple is now considering cutting the price of television shows in half, according to Variety. That would bring the cost of TV shows in line with songs at 99…
The Bush Administration’s Justice Department is going on record opposing network neutrality requirements on Internet providers. Justice on Thursday warned the Federal Communications Commission against listening to consumers, consumer groups and companies including Google, which are urging the agency to…
Video search service Pixsy partnered with Gray Television to use Pixsy’s technology across the group’s 30 TV station Web sites. Under the deal, Pixsy will combine Gray’s video content with Pixsy’s aggregated video content from across the Web, drawing search…
ABC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Group have partnered for an experimental deal on the streaming distribution rights of WBTV shows airing on ABC. “Pushing Daisies,” “Men in Trees,” “Notes From the Underbelly” and “Big Shots” will be available for…
Network Is in Transition to Fully High-Def News
HD programming picks for Sept 6-13: “Superman Returns,” “The Return,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “Superman Returns” (HBO HD). Saturday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m.: After a five-year absence, Superman returns to face his greatest threat from enemy Lex Luthor in the HD…
EchoStar, DirecTV Raise Concerns About Digital Conversion Deadline With the Feb. 17, 2009, transition to digital TV looming, satellite broadcasters EchoStar and DirecTV are warning the Federal Communications Commission that they might not make the deadline, TVpredictions.com reports. On that…
In the wake of a falling out between NBCU and Apple, NBCU will sell episodes of shows such as “The Office,” and “30 Rock” through Amazon.com’s video-on-demand service, Amazon Unbox, the company announced Tuesday. Episodes are available through Unbox for…
ABC Goes Online as Rivals Grow on TV
The Player: Brendon Mills, president and CEO of RipCode The play: RipCode does the heavy lifting for Web video. The company’s technology converts multiple video files simultaneously so they can be viewed across computers, mobile devices and iPods. That process,…