Warner Bros. Emphasizes Mobile, Hires Farsi To Head Efforts
Warner Bros. Entertainment is putting mobile higher on the agenda by hiring Natalie Farsi to head mobile business efforts. Farsi will report… Read more »
Playboy Reorg Promotes Vaickus To President; Digital Head Stephen Adds Print Duties
As Playboy (NYSE: PLA) Enterprises’ sale plans remain in a state of suspended animation, the company is making some internal moves as it loo… Read more »
Perlman’s OnLive Raises Double-Digit Funding From AT&T, Warner Bros., Others
OnLive, the connected gaming technology company founded by *Apple* alum Steve Perlman, just received a major dose of credibility in the form… Read more »
Warner Bros. Tests VOD Release Of Some New Movies Before DVD
Warner Bros. may be trying to keep its new DVD releases away from Redbox and *Netflix* until it’s had about a month to sell them in stores,… Read more »
Updated: Warner Close To Deal With YouTube, In Early Talks With Vevo
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Updated: Have Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) and YouTube finally negotiated a deal that will bring music videos from artists like Madonna an… Read more »
Cablevision Debuts Sub-Only MSG Varsity TV Network Online; Also Includes VOD Channel
Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) is trying a new tack with the launch of MSG Varsity, a network and VOD channel that doubles as an online video site.… Read more »
Zynga Accuses Playdom Of Stealing Trade Secrets, Gets Restraining Order
The legal drama between social gaming rivals Zynga and Playdom moved from claims of misleading ads to accusations of trade secret theft and… Read more »
Warner Bros. Launches DC Entertainment — Brings DC-Branded Comics, Movies, Games Under One Roof
Let Disney (NYSE: DIS) have Spider-Man … Warner Bros. wants to make sure that it’s generating the most revenue possible from icons like Ba… Read more »
The WMG Reinvention Continues…But Is Time Running Out?
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is continuing to dial back towards its content and marketing roots, a shift reiterated Friday by Atlantic Rec… Read more »
DivX, Film Fresh Get Studios' Blessings For Download-to-Own Movie Service
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Funny how certain Hollywood studios have chosen to embrace certain new movie distribution strategies, and yet fight hard against the evoluti… Read more »
Playboy Looked at Buying AdultFriendfinder Two Years Ago
Not that this matters in the scheme of things, but shows the opportunities that Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) squandered over the years th… Read more »
Redbox Tries For Trifecta, Sues Warner Bros. Too
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Maybe Redbox’s lawyers get a bonus when they hit a certain number of lawsuits but this is getting to be a bit much. Yes, like Chris Albrecht… Read more »
Warner Bros. Throws DVD Rental Gauntlet Down At Redbox — And Netflix
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The battle between the movie studios and new movie rental services (like Redbox and *Netflix* — but not Blockbuster) is quickly evolving in… Read more »
Tad Smith Joins Cablevision As President, Local Media; Overseeing Newsday
So this wasn’t in one of my guesses, but Tad Smith, the former CEO of RBI USA, is joining Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) as the president of local… Read more »
Is There a Case for Playboy + Maxim?
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We’ve been doing our channel checks for some time on the fates of two iconic brands in the men’s magazine industry. One is more troubled tha… Read more »
Spotify Close To Getting Between $33 Million And $50 Million In Funding
Spotify’s recent PR tightrope walk has paid off. We understand the streaming-music app has now closed the funding round it was looking for,… Read more »
Spotify Close To Getting Its Funding, Between £20 Million And £30 Million
Spotify’s recent PR tightrope walk has paid off. We understand the streaming music app has now closed the funding round it was looking for.… Read more »
Earnings Call: Time Warner’s Bewkes Brings Up The ‘A’ Word — Acquisition
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Updated: With the *Time Warner*Cable separation in the past and the AOL spin on the way, *Time Warner* Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes very, ve… Read more »
Spotify Is Already Out For iPhone (Unofficially)
While Spotify crosses its fingers Apple will approve its client for iPhone’s App Store, some folk are already using Spotify on the handset.… Read more »
Google Flames Tory MP Davis On Privacy Claims
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) had better hope former Tory shadow minister David Davis doesn’t return to a senior role in a future Conservative governm… Read more »
Interview: Blyk, Orange Chiefs Plan To Sell Ads Together
Orange UK says it will form a single mobile ad sales team with Blyk, which has now abandoned its ad-funded virtual mobile network (MVNO) mod… Read more »
Interview: Blyk Targeting US Operators After Shifting Direction
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Europe’s Blyk is rebooting its American ambitions after ditching its original MVNO model in favour of carrier partnerships. The startup had… Read more »
Spotify Waves iPhone Buzz Under Apple’s Nose
Streamed music service Spotify is trying to gain Apple’s acceptance for its iPhone app by simultaneously whetting users’ appetites and fla… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: We7 Stats, Music Royalties; ITV Friends Reunited Sale Reports; BT Vision
– We7: Is We7 finally hitting the right note? Two weeks after saying it’s getting two million monthly uniques, the site has leapfrogged Las… Read more »
Earnings: FT Profits Hit By Ad Downturn, Online Subs Up
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Free and paid subscriptions are still growing, but not by enough to keep Financial Times profits in the same direction. FT Publishing’s Janu… Read more »
Apple, Labels Jamming On Ways To Boost Music Sales
“Don’t it always seem to go you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” … Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) didn’t pave paradise but it helped kill o… Read more »
Playdom Tries For iPhone Success With ‘Mobsters: Big Apple’
Social gaming company Playdom is making its first mobile foray with the launch of Mobsters: Big Apple, an iPhone-based offshoot of its popul… Read more »
Warner Bros. Busts Digital, Traditional Silos With ‘One Eskimo’ Project
Big media companies talk about “breaking the silos” all the time, but often, it remains just that — talk — while content gets incubated an… Read more »
Verizon FCC Complaint Seeks To Force HD Programming Access From Cablevision
The battle between Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) FiOS is going to the Federal Communications Commission, as the telco says… Read more »
Midway Sold To Warner Bros. For $33 Million — But Two Studios Left Out
And now it’s done. Midway Games has been sold to Warner Bros. for $33 million — ending about six months worth of financial turmoil and head… Read more »
AMC Buys Two Movie-Related Websites
Cablevision-owned AMC has made two small online acquisitions: it has bought filmsite.org, a site for classic movie reviews and commentary, a… Read more »
MLB’s In-Market Streaming: 50-50 Rev Split; Padres-Cox Coming Next
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Updated: The Padres deal has been announced officially: customers who subscribe to Cox Read more »
More on Cablevision Remote DVR Decision: Advertiser Fears; TiVo Patent Issues
Some more reaction and analysis of Cablevision’s remote DVR win, which we wrote about earlier today:
– a statement from Cablevision (NYSE:… Read more »
Cablevision’s Network DVR Wishes Come True: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal
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The media companies got one on the chin, sort of: The U.S. Supreme court has rejected an appeal by the Hollywood studios and TV networks to… Read more »
Social Gaming Gets Litigious: Zynga Sues Playdom Over Mafia Wars Ads
The social gaming boom has resulted in a legal spat between two of its biggest players: Zynga is suing rival Playdom over the way Playdom is… Read more »
Pleasants To Leave EA, Join Playdom As CEO
Social gaming startup Playdom has scored its most high-profile new hire yet: EA COO John Pleasants, who’s taking the reins as CEO. Pleasants… Read more »
Cablevision, Yankees First With In-Market MLB Live Streaming Rights
The New York Yankees may be able to claim another first: in-market live game streaming. MLBAM and the YES Network have agreed to a streaming… Read more »
Industry Moves: Playdom Hires Away Zynga, EA Execs
Money isn’t the only thing flowing into the social gaming business — these app-based startups continue to attract new talent. The latest so… Read more »
Yes, You, Too, Can Manage A Playboy Playmate (Virtually, At Least)
E! has got the Girls Next Door, but Irish video-game firm Jolt Online Gaming is making the *Playboy* Playmate experience even more interacti… Read more »
Yes, You, Too, Can Manage A Playboy Playmate (Virtually, At Least)
E! has got the Girls Next Door, but Irish video-game firm Jolt Online Gaming is making the *Playboy* Playmate experience even more interacti… Read more »
