TV everywhere

TV Everywhere’s Counting Problem

Peter Kafka in Media on May 22 at 3:30 am PT

The big-media guys know how to serve up video to you on any device, anywhere you are, anytime you want it. But keeping track of it is another issue.

Reed Hastings Is Just Like You — He Complains About the Cable Guys on Facebook

Peter Kafka in Media on March 30 at 5:13 pm PT

The Netflix CEO — and Facebook board member — uses the social network to gripe about Comcast.

Plans for “TV Everywhere” Bog Down in Tangled Pacts

Sam Schechner and Shalini Ramachandran in Media on March 5 at 3:00 am PT

It was dubbed “TV Everywhere.” But for many TV viewers, it has had trouble going anywhere.

More Free Web TV Disappears: Some March Madness Games Will Go Behind Paywall

Peter Kafka in Media on February 16 at 10:11 am PT

Last year you could even watch the games on an iPad app without paying a penny. That’s all over now.

News Corp.’s Chase Carey Says Phone Hacking Doesn’t Indicate a Culture Problem

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 4:55 pm PT

“It certainly has been a difficult year,” said News Corp. COO Chase Carey at D: Dive Into Media this afternoon.

HBO Go Is Finally Going to Be on Time Warner Cable

Peter Kafka in Media on December 16, 2011 at 6:02 pm PT

Time Warner and its former cable company figure it out. Finally.

HBO + iPad = More HBO-Watching, “Steady” HBO Subscribers

Peter Kafka in Media on December 6, 2011 at 11:12 am PT

People who have the on-demand service for iOS or Android love it. But it doesn’t seem to have brought Time Warner’s pay channel any new blood.

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Verizon Signs On for Fox’s Web TV Pullback Plan

Peter Kafka in Media on October 25, 2011 at 11:31 am PT

Another ally for Fox and its “authentication” strategy. Verizon will be adding its four million FiosTV customers to the Fox plan, which keeps most prime time shows off the Web for eight days except for Hulu Plus customers and certain pay TV subscribers. Also along for the ride, Mediacom, a small regional cable player. Disney’s ABC is expected to adopt a similar strategy. Fox is owned by News Corp., which also owns this Web site.

Microsoft Puts More TV in Your Xbox — As Long as You Keep Paying for Cable

Peter Kafka in Media on October 4, 2011 at 6:39 pm PT

Microsoft has a slew of announcements coming tomorrow. One of them: Xbox owners will be able to use the game system as a cable box/streaming video service. It won’t do cord cutters any good.

Using Fox’s New Web TV Plan Isn’t as Hard as Being Waterboarded

Peter Kafka in Media on July 27, 2011 at 8:42 am PT

Fox tells Web surfers how to get their not-really-free anymore Web TV. It’s not rocket science, but it’s going to take some work. Also: Hulu? What Hulu?