News Byte
Peter Kafka in Media on August 9, 2011 at 6:31 am PT
Like to watch TV in your house, but don’t want to watch on your TV? Cablevision subscribers have already been able to watch live TV on their iPads, via an app the New York-area cable provider introduced in April; now the company is offering the same service for iPhones and iPods. The apps now function as remote controls as well. The service still won’t work once you leave your house, and Viacom is still suing Cablevision over the app.
Peter Kafka in Media on May 29, 2011 at 5:20 am PT
Your iPad can do lots of things, but live TV generally isn’t one of them. Here’s why Bamboom could work–and why that will freak out the networks.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 29, 2011 at 12:28 pm PT
All the “Sopranos” and most other great HBO shows you can eat–as long as you’re already paying for the TV service. Works on iPhones and some Android models, too.
Peter Kafka in Media on April 7, 2011 at 2:00 pm PT
Finally: A free, legal, TV app that does what you think it should do: Lets you watch live TV, wherever you are. (Unless you want to watch “Monday Night Football.”)
Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 7, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
The television is channeling you.
Data-gathering firms and technology companies are aggressively matching people’s TV-viewing behavior with other personal data—in some cases, prescription-drug records obtained from insurers—and using it to help advertisers buy ads targeted to shows watched by certain kinds of people.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 27, 2011 at 11:01 am PT
Time Warner Cable and Comcast appear to do just fine in Reed Hastings’s rankings.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 18, 2011 at 2:47 pm PT
If you were hoping that the government restrictions on the NBC U-Comcast deal would make it easier for you to stop paying for cable, you’re out of luck. The government is forcing the new company to
offer its stuff to online outlets like Netflix and iTunes. But it won’t happen in the way that cord cutters would like. If it happens at all.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 10, 2011 at 8:44 am PT
Even if cord-cutting is real, very few of you are actually going to do it. Your reward from the cable guys? A bigger bill in 2011.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 30, 2010 at 12:45 pm PT
While plenty of people are using their iPhones and iPads to watch video, a unit of Comcast is betting that the devices can also play a role in helping professional video get onto the Internet. Though a niche product, it is the kind of application that many expect to see more of as businesses find ways of incorporating mobile devices into their office workflow.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 2, 2010 at 10:58 am PT
San Francisco lawyer Jennifer Granick, until recently civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is joining the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Zwillinger Genetski. Granick gained a reputation as a lawyer willing to defend accused computer hackers.
