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Netflix, 1, Comcast, 0
Is Comcast getting into Netflix’s business? It’s a tempting argument, given Comcast’s launch this week of Xfinity Streampix, a service for streaming TV reruns and old movies. That sounds an awful lot like Netflix’s bread-and-butter. Both companies have 20 million-plus … Continue reading
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Tagged Comcast, Netflix, streaming
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Netflix’s Real Problem
Netflix has a BIG problem. Not because it angered customers by doubling its price or even because it enraged them by attempting to spin off its DVD business. Netflix’s problem is that it fundamentally has little leverage with the studios. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple, CBS, CW, Dish, Google, Hulu, Nertflix, studios, TV
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One More Thing….Does Jobs Have a Final Trick Up His Sleeve?
Steve Jobs always use to titillate audiences with his famous “Oh, and one more thing” line at the end of his product intros — saving the best and most groundbreaking stuff for when he was walking off stage. So how’s … Continue reading
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RIP, Steve Jobs
When I was growing up in Palo Alto in the 1960s, it was a town of engineers and Stanford professors. Today, it’s the capital of Silicon Valley, the home of venture capitalists, titans of industry and $1 million teardowns. More … Continue reading
AOL and Yahoo!: Fingers in Google’s Dike
AOL and Yahoo! both revolutionized the Internet. And both have completely lost their way. Back in the 1990s, AOL introduced millions of people to email and online content. Yahoo! taught people how to find things online. Now both seem reduced … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, Alibaba, AOL, digital media, Google, Huffington Post, Marketing, Media, Microsoft, publishing, Search, SEO, TechCrunch, Time Warner, Yahoo
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Lord of the Ringtones
Everyone’s focusing right now on whether AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile will give it too much power in wireless. But that’s only part of the worry. AT&T also wants to sell you a so-called “triple play” of cable, telephone and … Continue reading
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Tagged AT&T, broadband, cable, Comcast, Dept. of Justice, FCC, FIOS, Internet, IPTV, Merger, Mobile, NBC Universal, quad play, satellite, Sprint, Strategy Analytics, T-Mobile, telephone, Time Warner Cable, triple play, TV, U-Verse, Verizon
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Screen Time at CES
CES is supposed to be about tablets. Actually, it’s about screens. At a Pepcom press event this evening, tablets were everywhere, in every conceivable size. Of course, they offered what iPad doesn’t (at least for now): front and rear-facing cameras; … Continue reading
Google Makes Nice with Hollywood
Google to Hollywood: Don’t shut us out! We’ll play nice! Continue reading
COO Bruce Tobey Said Out at CBS Films; Lionsgate Exec In
CBS Films, saddled with flops like Extraordinary Measures and last weekend’s Faster — is sacking Chief Operating Officer Bruce Tobey, according to New York Magazine’s Vulture column. Tobey will reportedly be replaced by Lionsgate executive Wolfgang Hammer, who will report … Continue reading
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Tagged bruce-tobey, bruce-tobey-cbs, bruce-tobey-los-angeles, Film
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