Peter Kafka in Media on February 12, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
The Internet radio service is handing over half of every dollar it brings into the music industry. But things could be a lot worse. And the royalty system that taxes Pandora also allows it to thrive.
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.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 23, 2010 at 9:59 am PT
A couple of months ago AOL laid out $65 million for video distributor 5Min Media. What did it get for its money?
A lot of video! And a new executive, too.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 22, 2010 at 6:05 pm PT
The only surprise here is that it took this long: A federal court has put the kibosh on FilmOn, a Web site that served up programming from broadcast TV networks for free, without their permission.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 18, 2010 at 9:32 am PT
Gnip, which helps social media monitoring companies collect data, and yesterday became the first company authorized to resell Twitter data, has raised $2 million in funding.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2010 at 9:27 am PT
The broadcast networks only put their stuff on the Web under very specific conditions. So this is exactly what they don’t want: Free, live streams of their stuff delivered to your iPad, via the browser.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2010 at 12:43 pm PT
Cablevision would very much like its three million cable TV subscribers to keep subscribing. But while it fights with Fox over programming fees, it’s going to show its customers how to live without cable. Today’s lesson: How to get legal streams of the World Series over the Web.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 16, 2010 at 11:35 am PT
If the two sides don’t settle soon, Cablevision customers won’t get tonight’s great Phillies-Giants matchup via their cable box. But a credit card and a computer will let them watch a live stream, anyway.
Loretta Chao, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 12, 2010 at 11:35 am PT
Life after Google’s decision to stop censoring its Chinese search results has prompted some adjustments for its Chinese digital music partner, Orca Digital.
The search giant now has permission from authorities to link Chinese users to an uncensored version of its site in Hong Kong, but its China operations are still at the discretion of the government, a fact which continues to cast uncertainty over its businesses and partnerships here.
Peter Kafka in Media on July 2, 2010 at 7:41 am PT
Last month, after ABC announced plans to bump up the number of ads it runs on its online video, I predicted that the other networks would follow suit.
That was fast!
