Staci D. Kramer
Oct 7, 2010 12:04 PM
With the recent Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) deal as a template, Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Verizon FiOS TV have agreed to extend and expand distribution across platforms. The expanded package covers the Disney and ESPN Media Networks Group and includes:
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 15, 2010 5:15 AM
Through some quirks of scheduling, I got my first taste of Olympics action on a laptop through in-flight wireless—not the big screen in our living room—and watched the winning ski jump late at night on demand using the NBC Olympics iPhone app. The 2010 Winter Olympics may not be the…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 27, 2009 12:55 AM
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) is on the verge of expanding its online video efforts from a small-scale HBO trial to a small-scale national test of its version of TV Everywhere with some of the same networks involved in Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) On Demand. The WSJ reports that the plans…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 6, 2009 11:14 PM
DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) managed its second-best quarter for subscriber additions in four years, giving the satellite company some bragging rights. But that didn’t translate into a great Q2 when it comes to making money: net income dropped 11 percent to $407 million compared with Q208 and the company missed analyst…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jul 30, 2009 5:55 PM
Updated: *Disney* CEO Bob Iger describes his take on authentication as a “healthy amount of skepticism but open minded.” That said, he also expressed more than a few concerns about the idea during the Disney (NYSE: DIS) Q2 earnings call. For instance, he’s not thrilled by the idea linked to…
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