Time Warner’s Bewkes: ‘Cordcutting Hasn’t Arrived’
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Warned by an interviewer at today’s Goldman Sachs conference hat he was about to talk about cordcutting, the subject that won’t go away, Tim… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-21-11
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» NYT Paywall: 12 Percent Of Subs Are International; IHT Paywall Coming (paidContent)
» Documentary Streamer Snagfilm… Read more »
Hulu Has Failed In Europe Because It Wanted To Own Ad Sales, RTL CEO Says
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The RTL chief executive, Gerhard Zeiler, said on Thursday the broadcaster had not done a deal with Hulu, the online TV service, because its… Read more »
Will Docomo’s New LTE Service Fan The Flames In The Apple vs. Samsung Fire?
We may be approaching the point where it’s fair to ask the following question: Where haven’t Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung sued each other… Read more »
Bitbop Pulls A Hulu, Goes Abroad With Ad-Free Mobile Video Offer In Germany
Bitbop, the mobile video service once owned by News Corp. (NSDQ: NWS) and then sold in a whirr of a divestment strategy, looks like it is fi… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-01-11
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» Hulu Japan Launches WIth Movies, TV From CBS (NYSE: CBS), Sony (NYSE: SNE), Fox (NSDQ: NWS) & More But No Ads (paidContent)
&#… Read more »
MobiTV Files For $75 Million IPO To Fund Its Growth [Video]
Big news for mobile TV pioneer MobiTV: the company has filed for an IPO worth up to $75 million, as it looks for funds to expand internation… Read more »
Hulu Japan Launches With Movies, TV From CBS, Sony, Fox & More But No Ads
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Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. Fo… Read more »
Hulu Plus Coming To Vizio’s 8-inch Android Tablet
Perhaps it’s fitting that a company best known for televisions would become the first Android tablet maker to offer Hulu Plus. Vizio’s 8-inc… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-24-11
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» Brightcove has filed a $50 million IPO (SEC)
» Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) to Subsidize Subscribers’ TV Device (NYT)
&… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-22-11
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» Newspapers Edit Down Outlooks (WSJ)
» Murdoch told me to have someone followed: Buttrose (ABC News)
» T… Read more »
Miramax Launching Multi-Title Facebook Movie App In U.S., UK & Turkey
Watching movies on Facebook isn’t new — Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Paramount and Universal each are trying variations on the theme. But toda… Read more »
Hulu May Think Of England But It’s Going To Japan First
The notion that Hulu would expand to the UK first has been around almost as long as the online video portal itself. But the joint venture of… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08-05-11
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» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Fires Back At Microsoft’s Patent Offer: ‘We Didn’t Fall For It’ (paidContent)
» With Negativity… Read more »
Rovi Sues Hulu, Expanding Its Patent Fights Over Online TV Guides
Rovi Corp’s moves to make money off its patents related to online TV guides are starting to look like an industry-wide campaign. In January,… Read more »
TV or PC? Study Highlights Differences Between Netflix And Hulu
With the race to transform the living room into a web-connected media hub accelerating, a new report shows the diverging viewer habits acros… Read more »
Has Stock Market Favorite Netflix Hit A Wall Or Just Stalled?
For the last year-and-a-half, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), the streaming video phenom, has seen its stock soar as it’s gobbled up new users. The co… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-27-11
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» Aegis Group is selling its market-research unit Synovate to France’s Ipsos for £525 million ($861.2 million) in a move that wi… Read more »
Fox Switches To Authentication For New Shows Online; Dish, Hulu Plus Get First Crack
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Counting on keeping up with Glee next season through next-day visits to Hulu.com or Fox.com? Count again — unless you subscribe through a v… Read more »
Updated: How Netflix, Hulu And Amazon Stack Up
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The latest in video on demand: Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) announced new pricing plans, charging separately for streaming video and DVD/Blu-ray dis… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-20-11
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» James and Rupert Murdoch Have Lunch At Parliament: A Grilling And Some Pie (paidContent)
» News International ‘Deli… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 07-14-11
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» Swedish freemium music service Spotify is finally live in the U.S. Invite-only access and subscriptions started this morning. (… Read more »
Netflix, NBCUniversal Extend Programming Deal But No More Next-Day ‘SNL’
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Programming from NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) and some NBCUniversal cable networks will stay on Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) under the terms of a new multi-yea… Read more »
Kilar: Hulu Plus Subs Will Pass 1 Million Ahead Of Schedule
It’s always nice to have a new sales point or two when your company is on the block. Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is out today with some of the exam… Read more »
Disney Programming Deal With Hulu Would Transfer In Sale
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A new agreement between Disney (NYSE: DIS) and online video joint venture Hulu includes transfer rights to a new owner, paidContent has lear… Read more »
Charting Hulu Through The Years
In less than five years, online video portal Hulu has gone from corporate idea to millions of users, a paid subscription model and CEO Jason… Read more »
Yahoo Board Backs CEO Bartz Amid Questions From Testy Shareholders
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The big question at Yahoo’s annual shareholder meetings over the last couple of years has been when the clock will run out on Carol Bartz. T… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-23-11: Foursquare; T-Mo iPhone; Hulu Android
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– Foursquare: The check-in app has signed a deal with American Express to offer special… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-22-11
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» Is Hulu In Play Or Just Jumping Through Hoops? (paidContent)
» Barnes & Noble: E-books Now Outsell Print Books 3 To… Read more »
Is Hulu In Play Or Just Jumping Through Hoops?
Someone wants Hulu to be in play — or at least the idea of a possible sale to be very public. The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-16-11
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» Cross Platform Report: Americans Watching More TV, Mobile and Web Video (Nielsen)
» NBCUniversal getting into super… Read more »
@ Cable Show: Netflix And Hulu On Cable Set Tops?
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Cable operators already deliver Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Hulu over broadband but could the services now perceived as competitors wind up as… Read more »
Judge Approves $2.4 Million Quantcast Privacy Settlement
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So-called “Flash cookies” got some headlines in the online privacy world last year, after some prominent researchers noted that they were so… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 06-01-11
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» It’s Official: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Will Kick Off WWDC With iCloud And New OS Details (paidContent)
» NYT Discounts i… Read more »
After Several Months Of Talks, TiVo Adds Hulu Plus
TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) Premiere subscribers were told in September that Hulu Plus, the online streaming site’s paid service, would be added to th… Read more »
More On Legal Threats To Apple Developers: Lodsys Explains Itself
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Lodsys, the company that has made legal threats against a number of independent iOS developers around their implementation of payments servi… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 05-13-11
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» Hulu, Networks Close To New Deal (MediaMemo)
» New App Rules Cause Ripples (WSJ)
» Alibaba CEO Lu Says… Read more »
FCC Commissioner Goes Through Revolving Door, Comes Out As Comcast Lobbyist
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A couple of years from now, if *Meredith* Attwell Baker showed up as a lobbyist at Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), it probably would elicit shrugs. B… Read more »
Iger on Hulu: Haven’t Lost Interest But Won’t Let It Get In The Way
Does the deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) mean Disney (NYSE: DIS) has lost interest in owning equity in video joint venture Hulu? An emphatic… Read more »
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Hulu Shuns PlayBook, Verizon Next?
They say progress is about making two steps forward and one step back, so maybe we should consider this a double turn for RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) a… Read more »
