Peter Kafka in Media on February 15 at 8:08 am PT
Yes, Netflix is playing around with new shows. But it is spending the really big bucks on old stuff — just ask NBC, which picked up hundreds of millions of high-margin dollars last year.
Peter Kafka in Media on September 26, 2011 at 6:33 am PT
Jeff Bezos adds (old) shows like “24,” “Arrested Development” and “The X-Files,” and says he’s now up to 11,000 titles in his catalog. Good to have before Wednesday’s event …
Peter Kafka in Media on February 3, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT
Did the Hulu CEO just channel Jerry Maguire? Or did he think his future as a TV manifesto would sway his network owners? It may not matter.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 3, 2011 at 5:13 am PT
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were two of Hulu’s biggest draws until they left the video site last March. And it will cost Hulu $40 million or more to get them back.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 4, 2010 at 2:21 pm PT
Little Boxee, the much hyped Web video service, played a cameo role at today’s Congressional hearings on the Comcast-NBCU deal. And as sometimes happens when Boxee and big media intersect, controversy ensued.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 2, 2010 at 2:41 pm PT
Amazon caved to Macmillan’s demands on e-book pricing, and now the online retailer is set to give News Corp.’s HarperCollins a new deal too, says Rupert Murdoch. Meanwhile, don’t hold your breath waiting for Conan O’Brien on Fox.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 22, 2010 at 8:35 am PT
NBC knows its problems are larger than its late-night talk-show lineup. That said, if you haven’t seen Conan O’Brien’s latest insult of his soon-to-be-former employers, you really should.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 3, 2009 at 12:16 pm PT
Hulu and its broadcast TV owners have been pretty clear about their interest in creating a premium/subscription offering for the free site. Does Comcast want to change that? I don’t think so, despite words to the contrary this morning.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 3, 2009 at 5:35 am PT
Comcast investors have been upset with the company ever since its plans to acquire control of NBC Universal from GE appeared in September. Now’s the time for the company to start wooing them back (at least publicly).
