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The New Cable-TV Guy: Intel

Sam Schechner and Don Clark, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 12 at 5:00 pm PT

Intel Corp. is developing an Internet-based TV service that it hopes to sell to U.S. consumers, a strategic shift for the chip maker that makes it the latest technology company to look at a foray in the pay-TV business.

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Dish in Talks for Internet TV

Sam Schechner and Matt Jarzemsky, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on November 8, 2011 at 10:22 am PT

Dish Network Corp. has approached several media companies about the possibility of licensing their TV channels for use on a new pay-TV service to be delivered over the Internet, rather than over Dish’s satellite system, according to people familiar with the discussions.

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Google Ponders Pay-TV Business

Sam Schechner and Amir Efrati, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on November 4, 2011 at 4:05 am PT

Internet giant Google Inc. is considering a plan to offer paid cable-TV services to consumers, a move that could unleash a new wave of competition within the traditional TV business.

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Comcast Takes Online Rivals’ Technology for a Spin

Jessica E. Vascellaro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on May 25, 2011 at 4:18 pm PT

Comcast Corp., facing a growing threat from online video services, is fighting fire with fire. The country’s largest cable-service provider soon will start testing a new way to deliver its television channels, co-opting the same technology standard that upstart Internet rivals have used to challenge traditional pay-TV business models.