The CES Lowdown: 1-10-12
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A look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES
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Stories for Jan. 10, 2012
YouView Spent Almost £20m In Nine Months
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The much-delayed video-on-demand service YouView spent almost £20 ($30.89)m in its first nine months of operation and paid more than £1 ($… Read more »
Guardian Starts Charging 280,000 iPad Readers From Friday; How Will It Go?
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Starting Friday, The Guardian, a stalwart of free content, will find out just how many people will pay to read its news on tablets. Read more »
@ CES: Microsoft Mails In Last Keynote Appearance, Wasting Everyone's Time
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) used its hallmark spot on the CES 2012 schedule to prove just how pointless it is to put on a million-dollar keynote… Read more »
@ CES: The Smartphones, They Are Everywhere!
The first day of CES 2012 was a mobile one: dozens of new smartphones and tablets were announced as traditional PC companies and rising smar… Read more »
Dish Super-Sizes The DVR As Part Of Turnaround Effort
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Struggling satellite TV carrier Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH) christened what it called a company “relaunch” with a new digital video recorder t… Read more »
@ CES: Nokia Determined To Battle In America With Lumia 900
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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop was long on the military metaphors during his company’s press conference at CES 2012, speaking of the nee… Read more »
Industry Moves: Discovery; Amazon; Turner Broadcasting; MediaBrix
– Discovery Communications: Andrew Warren, former Liz Claiborne CFO and GE/NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) Universal executive, joins as senior executive… Read more »
SEC Watch: Apple's CEO Cook Got $378M In 2011 As He Took On Jobs' Reins
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The late Steve Jobs famously drew a $1 salary when he was CEO of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), with other compensation coming in the form of millions… Read more »
T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom Inks Multiscreen Deal With MobiTV
MobiTV, one of the more established mobile TV companies in the market today with deals in place with several major U.S. mobile operators, to… Read more »
@CES: Samsung Hat-Tips Kinect On Smart TV Gesture Controls, Content Bonanza
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Samsung, on a high after releasing some strong mobile numbers last week, today became the latest consumer electronics brand to hang its name… Read more »
Can Tom Hanks Really Deliver The 'Comic-Con Crowd' For Yahoo?
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Looking to ramp up star power for a push into original video content, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) formally announced Monday that it’s teaming with ac… Read more »
New Patent Suits Target Starbucks, Expedia Mobile Payments
In a possible sign of trouble for the booming mobile payment industry, a semiconductor firm filed patent lawsuits against Starbucks (NSDQ: S… Read more »
Are New Tablets Slowing The Growth Of E-Readers?
Some reports today suggest that Kindle Fire sales will cut into sales of Amazon’s other Kindles. For a variety of reasons, though, it’s too… Read more »
@ CES: AT&T Hopes To Court Mobile Developers With HTML5-Friendly Push
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Could this finally be the year that HTML5 development takes off? AT&T (NYSE: T) plans to give those thinking about plunging ahead with a mob… Read more »
Interview Part 2: Netflix's Hastings Hurt By Criticism But Over Transition
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings tells paidContent the company has emerged from the “pain” of a consumer and investor backlash, after… Read more »
@ CES: Meet The Ultrabook: Intel To Make Sure You See An Ad In 2012
Intel (NSDQ: INTC) is determined to help shape the future of computing one way or another, and promised to put serious dollars behind the Ul… Read more »
Interview Part 1: Netflix's Hastings Aims To Challenge BSkyB
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) fancies bidding against News Corp-controlled BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) for Hollywood movies and TV shows, even though internati… Read more »
Stories for Jan. 9, 2012
Use of Brands In Video Games Is Free Speech — EA Lawsuit
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In a new lawsuit, Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) says free speech rights permit it to use brand name helicopters in the hit game Battlefield 3… Read more »
Univision Launches 'Noticias' Spanish-Language News App For iPhone, Android
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Hispanics, according to Nielsen, have the second-highest penetration of smartphone usage among U.S. ethnic groups, and today brings news of… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 1-9-12
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Buy A 1-Year Nook NYT Subscription, Get The Nook Free
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In Barnes & Noble’s largest Nook promotion yet, the bookstore chain is offering discounted or free Nooks to those who purchase one-year subs… Read more »
U.S. Consumers Cool Somewhat On iPhone; Remains 'Most Wanted' Handset
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) at the moment is not leading the rankings of smartphone vendors when it comes to shipments, but when it comes to mindshar… Read more »
How The FT And NYT Aim To Make Paywalls Pay
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(This version corrects an error in the percentage for the price increase of the FT)
Every newspaper, magazine or website is working on a pa… Read more »
Apple Gets Hit With $1.9 Million Copyright Lawsuit By Chinese Writers
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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is putting a big bet on China, where its products and services have proven hugely popular, but that could also leave it e… Read more »
HMV Sees Physical Content Crash Slowing Down, Despite Christmas Crunch
HMV’s CEO says the slowdown in plastic music and movie sales is itself slowing down – even though its Christmas was nearly a tenth worse tha… Read more »
Eight Slovenian Media To Start Charging For Some Online News
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Eight big Slovenian publishers are about to start charging for parts of their online content all at the same time, using a single payment ki… Read more »
@ CES: One Laptop Per Child Group Launching $100 Android Tablet
Nick Neogroponte’s dream of bringing low-cost laptops to children around the world is ready for its mobile version. The XO-3 is launching at… Read more »
BSkyB Buys Stake In Social TV Start-Up Zeebox
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News Corp-controlled pay-TV firm BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) is buying itself a foothold in the looming social TV field by acquiring 10 percent of the… Read more »
Netflix Has Launched In UK, Price War With Amazon's Lovefilm
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) executives launched the service in the UK and Ireland on Monday morning with pricepoints of £5.99 ($7.79) and €6.99… Read more »
Stories for Jan. 7, 2012
What To Expect At CES: Tablets, TVs, And Transition
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The biggest spectacle in the tech industry kicks off Sunday evening, when an estimated 150,000 people will flood into Las Vegas not to place… Read more »
New Yahoo CEO Makes Millions Even If He Does Nothing But Show Up For A Year
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All Scott Thompson has to do is show up as CEO of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) for the next year or so and he stands to make around $25 million. If he… Read more »
Google Dodges Lawsuit Over Ads On Undeveloped Websites
A federal judge in California turned down a would-be class action lawsuit that sought millions of dollars in refunds for companies whose ads… Read more »
Correction: Razr Ain't Cutting It: Motorola Mobility To Fall Short On Q4
Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been c… Read more »
Sprint Re-Org A Nod To Bring-Your-Own-Device And Piles Of Red Ink
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Sprint (NYSE: S) is retrenching a bit following an exhausting year for the company, combining its consumer and business divisions in a move… Read more »
Report: Sony's Hirai Promoted To President, Stringer Still Chairman And CEO
In a move that further sets up Kazuo Hirai as the heir apparent at Sony (NYSE: SNE), the company has promoted him to president, taking that… Read more »
Stories for Jan. 6, 2012
B&N CEO: 'The Nook Will Continue To Be Barnes & Noble's E-Reader'
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In a *CNBC* interview today, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch told David Faber, “Whatever we do, we will continue to have a tigh… Read more »
The Lesser-Spotted Android Magazine: Future's T3
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Here’s something you don’t see every day… a publisher putting aside grumbles about the platform and actually launching on Android. Read more »
Steve Jobs Doll Legal In Most States, Not Indiana
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Apple’s lawyers have a fearsome reputation for defending the company’s intellectual property. But it sure looks like they’re bluffing in the… Read more »
The New Laws Of TV Upgrading
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I’m fascinated by a recent Ryan Lawler post at GigaOm, which argues that longstanding beliefs about how often people get a new TV have been… Read more »
