TV Guide Broadband said it inked two new distribution deals with Comcast.net and with Hulu, the Fox/NBC online video joint venture, to be one of its launch partners. TV Guide Broadband launched last year and by August had generated more…
Long before my wife and I purchased a TiVo, our television viewing experience was lacking. We would sit there passively watching a passive medium. Even worse, we were forced to keep our opinions to ourselves about what we had watched…
Speakers at Goldman Sachs Conference Optimistic About Outlook for Industry
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“With indecency such a hot button, it’s no surprise Fox censored as they did. Yet it’s hard to imagine [Sally] Field’s words in particular would be shocking to many people in the society in which we now live. Truth be…
The Walter Kaitz Foundation outdid itself last week with its annual fundraising dinner, collecting $1.7 million to be distributed to organizations that promote diversity in the cable industry. That’s a respectable bump from last year’s $1.5 million tally, and the…
The player: David Graves, chairman and co-founder of PermissionTV The play: PermissionTV is one of a handful of companies inking deals with content providers to power online video. The company offers technology for Internet TV that lets media companies and…
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration has issued its first approval of a digital-to-analog converter box, the device that will allow analog set owners to continue to watch free over-the-air broadcast TV after the national switch to digital-only broadcasting Feb….
To drive viewership of its new and returning shows, Fox is offering its series premieres for free on iTunes starting this week. That includes new shows “Back to You,” “Kitchen Nightmares” and “K-Ville” as well as returning shows “Prison Break,”…
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is throwing out more hints that the Federal Communications Commission would have a somewhat different focus if he wins the election. At Thursday night’s FCC media ownership hearing in Chicago, an aide read a statement…