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Big Media Tells Big Media That Hulu Is Hurting Big Media

Peter Kafka in Media on January 5, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

“Modern Family” is a hit online, but that popularity may hurt its value down the road.

NBC Keeps Part of the Hulu/Boxee Story a Secret

Peter Kafka in Media on June 16, 2010 at 3:36 pm PT

Remember the great Hulu/Boxee controversy of 2009? It’s not going away. In response to questioning from the Federal Communications Commission, NBC has described its version of the incident–but the broadcaster doesn’t want everyone to see what it has to say.

Time Warner Cable Shows Subscribers How to Cut the Cord

Peter Kafka in Media on December 31, 2009 at 8:41 am PT

The nightmare scenario for cable companies is that customers drop their TV subscriptions and grab their video directly from the Web, turning the cable guys into mere providers of “dumb pipes.” But here’s a comprehensive set of instructions from a big cable company showing its customers how to do just that.

Report: Comcast Buying NBC for $35 Billion. Comcast: “Inaccurate”

Peter Kafka in Media on September 30, 2009 at 6:23 pm PT

Here’s the big media deal everyone has been waiting for. Or at least, here’s the report: Sharon Waxman of TheWrap reports that cable giant Comcast is buying all of NBC Universal from GE for $35 billion. Comcast says the report is “inaccurate.”