Nat Worden

RIM Seeks Hulu Access for PlayBook Users

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 22, 2011 at 12:55 pm PT

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Friday it’s in talks with Hulu LLC about gaining paid access to the video website’s content for users of its new tablet device, the PlayBook.

Blu-ray's Time Comes as DVDs Fade

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 24, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Blu-ray is emerging as a holiday hero for Hollywood as the film industry grapples with the rise of online video and a persistent slump in its most profitable source of revenue: DVD sales.

Time Warner Cable Offers Cheaper TV Package Without ESPN

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 18, 2010 at 10:15 pm PT

Time Warner Cable Inc. is rolling out a lower-priced cable TV package called “TV Essentials” that excludes major cable networks like ESPN, Comedy Central, TNT, Fox News, MSNBC, Fox regional sports networks and MSG.

'Monday Night Football' Goes Online for Subscribers

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 26, 2010 at 7:15 am PT

Time Warner Cable Inc. and ESPN are planning to serve up a bold cable-TV experiment in making programming available online behind a paywall, starting with this week’s “Monday Night Football.” The two companies say they will make ESPN’s flagship channel available online for TV subscribers of Time Warner Cable.

Apple TV Splits Networks

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 24, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Media executives gathered this week at a conference here sounded a note of caution on Apple Inc.’s 99-cent digital-rental service for TV shows amid a division in the industry on whether to participate. Apple earlier this month announced the service when it unveiled a revamp of its Apple TV device, which delivers programming over the Web.

Comcast Unlikely to Boost Investment in Clearwire

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 22, 2010 at 11:35 am PT

Comcast’s Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis said Wednesday the cable giant is unlikely to increase its investment in Clearwire, the mobile-broadband provider.

FCC Chairman Defends Broadband Regulation Strategy

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 14, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski told a skeptical audience of cable executives on Thursday he is pursuing a “narrow and tailored” approach to regulating broadband networks to promote adoption, competition and innovation.

Cablevision Plans Service to Display Web Content on TV

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 24, 2010 at 9:55 am PT

Cablevision Systems Corp. will give subscribers to its broadband Internet and video services their own channel where they can watch online content from their personal computer on their TV without any cords or additional fuss.

Wal-Mart Scales Back DVD Displays

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 5, 2009 at 8:11 am PT

A recent shift in merchandising strategy by the world’s largest retailer spells more trouble for DVD sales and the entertainment industry that depends on them for profits. As part of a larger effort to clean up its aisles and appeal to higher-end shoppers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is doing away with display cases to promote the latest hot movie titles.

Diller on AOL: No Thanks

Nat Worden, Reporter, Dow Jones & Co. in News on September 16, 2009 at 3:23 pm PT

Barry Diller, IAC’s chief executive, said Wednesday that he’s not interested in acquiring AOL after the Internet business is spun off from its parent company, Time Warner. “I have no interest in purchasing AOL, but there are kinds of alliances that are possible for us,” Diller said at an investor conference in New York. “Those maybe will happen, or maybe they won’t happen.”