Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:23:50 -0500
The Carlyle Group suffered a $330 million loss Thursday when a Japanese mobile phone company in which it had a big interest filed for bankruptcy protection, the second time in a little more than a year that Carlyle has taken a hit in the highly volatile telecommunications field.
McSlarrow: Google Network Test Is 'Great Experiment' (MultiChannel News)
Kyle McSlarrow, president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, suggested Wednesday, Feb. 17 that it might have been better for Google to put its money into broadband adoption rather than its just-announced 1 gigabit-per-second network tes...
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:25:18 -0500
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Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing?
Olympic TV coverage mind-blowing in scope, but also yields iffy moments: review (Brandon Sun)
Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? Making it easier? Companies like Irvine's Broadcom.
Olympic TV coverage mind-blowing in scope, but also yields iffy moments: review (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! The CTV-Rogers consortium broadcasting these Games has planned for close to 900 hours of continuous coverage.
Cable TV firms want better DVRs (Orange County Register)
Chances are high that your next TV ...
Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:23:49 -0500
slashed jobs and local news programming on Tuesday at its television stations inToronto,Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver--Winnipeg escaped the axe--it exposed the reality of our biggest ongoing media controversy.[...slashed jobs and local news programming on Tuesday at its television stations in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver -- Winnipeg escaped the axe--it exposed the reality of our biggest ongoing media controversy.
Cuts expose absurdity of CRTC (Orillia Packet & Times)
When cable giant Rogers Communications Inc. When cable giant Rogers Communications Inc. ]slashed jobs and local news program...
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:23:53 -0500
"Dad, are we there yet?” Road-tripping parents who hear that familiar plaintive wail from the back seat may soon have a wealth of new entertainment options to put in front of the kiddies.
How to Watch TV Without Watching a TV (Fox News)
Got an HDTV and a home network? Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse, whose networks are fiber-optic based, received top scores for Internet and TV service and were among the better phone providers.in a deal that adds support from a major satellite TV player for the technology of the Multimedia over Coax Alliance which to date has mainly been used in set-top boxes for Verizon...
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:23:56 -0500
Not even the free-to-air telecasts of four critical games will be shown here if the telcos fail to secure the rights from football’s world [...By Wang Meng Meng from Straits Times IF SINGTEL and StarHub’s joint bid to broadcast World Cup soccer matches fails, Singapore will face a total television blackout on the action from South Africa. To be fair, he...]
Steve Rosenbaum: Why Critics Of NBC Have It All Wrong (The Huffington Post)
The New York Times, in its cover story, has a hell of a good time painting Jeff Zucker into a corner. ...
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:23:49 -0500
"Q-Industries was an apt name given our roots ...The change better reflects the company's standing as a full-service digital agency that imagines, designs and delivers integrated solutions for a global portfolio of clients.
Report: Apple seeks e-book pricing plan for tablet (CNET)
Company is in secret negotiations with book publishers over a new e-books pricing scheme for Apple's highly anticipated tablet computer, The Wall Street Journal reports.WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - January 27, 2010) - D.C.-based interactive agency Q-Industries is entering 2010 -- and its second decade of business -- with a n...
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:23:44 -0500
Another DTV transition is coming soon, and advocates think it will be a hit with Americans. If broadcasters are lucky, it'll also be a hit with the FCC.
Some industry experts predict free TV is nearing its end, while others believe a new business model could save it (Quincy Herald-Whig)
The alleged death of free television has been greatly exaggerated.
Telegraph Special Reports (The Nashua Telegraph)
These are projects created by Telegraph staffers that cast light on life in and around the Nashua region.
The Right Kind Of 3D TV (Forbes)
The consumer electronics industry...
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:24:02 -0500
If viewership is going to shift online, they want to be the ones providing it—and that's not necessarily a bad thing . Until lately.
Apple tablet: What will it mean for your TV watching? I either pay the full fees and become connected to them by their cord (physical or wireless), or I don't get any service. (ZDNet)
No matter what shape Apple's latest poorly kept secret takes, it's going to be a game changer in terms of digital entertainmentââ¬"and that includes the kind for which your home theater is designed. News)
I don't like service providers.
Social Media Meets Online Telev...
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:23:49 -0500
Veteran executive Michael White, who had been in charge of PepsiCo’s international business, became DirectTV’s new CEO in January.
Want It or Not, TV Goes 3-D (The Hendersonville Times-News)
DAVID POGUE At the Consumer Electronics Show, some companies proclaim the coming of 3-D television whether you want it or not.
Want It or Not, TV Goes 3-D (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
At the end of each season of "The Amazing Race," the host always says something like: "Five continents, 14 countries, 21 days, 25,000 miles. His predecessor, Chase Carey, departed after six years to ...MARISA GUTHRIE...
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:23:56 -0500
Broadband puts 2,454,399 channels on my HDTV. My smartphone puts the world in my pocket. I can access the internet from a freaking airplane! This is his account of the disaster, and the days that followed.
The Subscription War: You're Bleeding to Death [Subscription War] (Gizmodo)
You know what's great? Wayne Cooperman of San Antonio was a passenger in a car driving down a side street of Port-au-Prince when the earthquake struck at around 4:55 p.m. Tuesday. You know what's unsustainable?......
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