Voices
Shalini Ramachandran, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 10 at 2:16 pm PT
Dish Network Corp. released a feature on its digital video recorder Thursday that automatically removes commercials from shows aired by major broadcast networks, threatening to seriously undercut billions of dollars in broadcast television advertising.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 6 at 6:22 am PT
Here’s the Netflix-style video service that Verizon wouldn’t talk about a couple months ago — a joint venture with Redbox, which has an uneasy relationship with a lot of big media companies.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 9 at 1:43 pm PT
No new paradigm shifter from the satellite TV guys. But their new autorecording DVR seems like it’s trying to steal some thunder from Hulu, at the very least.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 6 at 5:08 pm PT
Warner Bros. wants to keep its DVDs out of the hands of renters for an extra month. Blockbuster and Redbox don’t want to play along.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 5 at 2:21 pm PT
Want to watch a new movie just out on DVD from Warner Brothers? You’re going to have to buy it, or wait even longer to get it from Netflix or other disc renters.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 5 at 4:24 am PT
According to a new Deloitte survey, a staggering nine percent of the population say they cut the cord recently. Say what?
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 4 at 12:13 pm PT
TransGaming, a Canada-based distributor of games for set-top boxes and computers,
has acquired the interactive TV division of Oberon Media, a New York-based games distributor. TransGaming will pay up to $7 million, including $3 million in cash on closing, $2 million in earn-outs and four million TransGaming shares. Oberon’s network, which in North American includes DISH Network and DirecTV, distributes games to nearly 50 million households.
