Disney (NYSE: DIS) says it has reached an “agreement in principle” with Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) “that recognizes the fair value of ABC7 with… Read more »
Last-minute dramatics this afternoon as the next “deadline” approaches for Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Cablevision: tonight’s Academy Awards. Dis… Read more »
If I’m already fatigued by the extended PR volley between Disney and Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) over retransmission fees, just imagine how Cabl… Read more »
Playdom, which said it would use some of its recent $43 million funding round for acquisitions, is following through on that pledge. The soc… Read more »
During last month’s earnings call, *Disney* CEO Bob Iger couldn’t have been clearer about his willingness to shut off access to distributors… Read more »
Cable operators are looking for ways to enter the wireless business as consumers disconnect their landline phones in favor of cell phones, a… Read more »
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) Systems said it will begin rolling out its controversial Remote Server-Digital Video Recorder in April, and plans to… Read more »
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) had another relatively solid quarter, as it returned to profitability and Q4 revenues rose 5 percent on the strength… Read more »
At the Digital Music Forum East in New York today, Thomas Hesse, President of Global Digital Bus., US Sales & Corp. Strategy at Sony (NYSE:… Read more »
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) customers who subscribe to both digital cable and broadband from the Long Island operator may get the chance next qu… Read more »
Spotify has reportedly raised further venture funding from Facebook and Friendster backer Founders Fund, for U.S. expansion. The company won… Read more »
Already an investor in TT Games, Snowblind Studios and Midway Games assets, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) Home Entertainment is buying further in… Read more »
Redbox has ended its lawsuit against Warner Brothers Home Entertainment and will give in to the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) unit’s demands for a… Read more »
In a previous post I explained how free music services such as Spotify were making premium rental services such as Rhapsody and Napster incr… Read more »
Updated to include Newsday’s response. It sounds like Newsday is fulfilling at least one part of its paywall plan: not selling online subscr… Read more »
Much-hyped music service Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek took to the stage at music-biz conference Midem and again tried to remind onlookers – it’s… Read more »
Spotify has over 250,000 paying subscribers, SVP Paul Brown confirmed on stage at Midem, as streaming services fall over themselves to downp… Read more »
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) have reached an agreement that paves the way for the return of the Food… Read more »
Music streaming service Spotify is still yet to launch in the U.S., but it already has big ambitions for revolutionising the market there.… Read more »
No signs of movement in the contract spat between Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), which means more tha… Read more »
There’s a bit of a hole in the pay wall set up by Newsday, the Long Island newspaper owned by Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) Systems: users with de… Read more »
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) got at least $9 million back of the $20 million it invested in online music service Lala.com, after the latte… Read more »
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) have reached new content distribution terms — with Netflix agreeing to a 28-day delay on… Read more »
Licensing deals for some Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) channels ended at midnight New Year’s Eve for Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC… Read more »
Hulu is looking more and more like a mini-Vevo competitor: after a deal with EMI, done last month before Vevo’s launch, Warner Music (not pa… Read more »
Update: From a source, no more immediate buyers are on the table for Playboy (NYSE: PLA) at this point. So back to the drawing table for Sco… Read more »
Doon School alumnus Nikhil Deogun will start the new year as the managing editor for business day programming at CNBC (NYSE: GE), Media Deco… Read more »
Debby Krenek, who led the recent switch of Newsday.com to a subscription-only site, has been rewarded with a promotion to editor in chief of… Read more »
Playdom has a former EA star as its CEO, a fresh round of $43 million in funding, and now a well-known financial analyst as its CFO. Christa… Read more »
Redbox’s latest claim in its lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Home Video is that the two studios are encouraging retailers l… Read more »
Amid ongoing plans to sell its media business piece-by-piece, comes news that Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) has promoted Jimmy Jellinek, e… Read more »
Before I drop off as my jetlag digs deeper in India, some new details I have gathered on Playboy’s sale process, some of which will be borne… Read more »
Updated: From a Playboy (NYSE: PLA) SEC filing, some more details on the deal terms: it will pay AMI a “flat rate fee in consideration for t… Read more »
Update: 30 minutes later, WSJ is also reporting along similar lines on outsourcing of print/publishing to AMI, though it doesn’t have anythi… Read more »
Layoffs, an executive team reorg and other cost-cutting helped Playboy (NYSE: PLA) narrow its Q3 losses — but the company’s media businesse… Read more »
Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA), still clinging on to the hope that it can be turned around, has reported its Q309 results, and while the lo… Read more »
It isn’t his problem anymore but former NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) Chairman and CEO Bob Wright has a few thoughts on whether Vivendi (EPA: VIV… Read more »
Updated: Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is testing the power of its combined ownership of Newsday and the dominant Long Island broadband provider w… Read more »
Reports have been flying around about Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) potentially buying hot social-gaming company Playfish — with sources tel… Read more »
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a vision for how it’s going to make money with digital content this time around — and it includes a few… Read more »
