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CBS Won't Buy Hulu, Might Terminate Free TV
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 12:56pm | 625Read More...New York residents might soon have to pay for their favorite CBS (NYSE: CBS) TV shows. According to Bloomberg, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said that the network will switch to cable if Aereo wins the right to re-transmit shows without permission. Moonves did not stop there. He also told...
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Intel's TV Plans Include a Search for "Weird" Employees
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 11:12am | 904Read More...Can Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) hire its way to the top of the entertainment industry? The company is about to find out. Starting with less than 100 employees in 2012, Intel Media (a new division created to build a TV service and an accompanying set-top box) has grown into a team of more than 300...
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Disney's Home Page Surfaces, Forgets ESPN & ABC
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 9:21am | 473Read More...Gearing up for a fun-filled "Monstober," Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) has unveiled a new home page for its ever-evolving website. Sticking mostly with a Halloween-esque theme, (including promotions for "Frankenweenie" and interactive game Monster Maze Mania), the company is striving to provide...
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Disney Trades Up on The Avengers Profit
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 3:16pm | 426Read More...The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) traded slightly up on Wednesday after the company reported third quarter earnings on Tuesday after market close. The company's third-quarter results exceeded expectations for earnings, but revenues came in lower than anticipated. Disney reported third-quarter...
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Is Dish Network the Most Hated Company in Television?
Friday, May 25, 2012 - 12:27pm | 1019Read More...Three of the four major TV networks have sued Dish Network for copyright infringement. There's just one catch -- Dish hasn't copied a thing. Rather, the satellite service provider has gotten into trouble for giving consumers an easy way to skip commercials. From a business standpoint, Dish's (...
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Will Disney Ruin The Avengers 2?
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 2:37pm | 789Read More...Is the Mickey Mouse studio destined to ruin Marvel's leading film franchise? Based on the quality of the first film, viewers might think that The Avengers is in goods hands. All parties involved (director Joss Whedon; the writers, Whedon and Zak Penn; Disney and Marvel; the great cast; the...
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Apple's First TV: Would You Pay $12 a Month to Watch Free Content?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 1:38pm | 857Read More...It could be the most Internet-friendly television in history. But would you pay more to enjoy it? There's a new startup in town that might attempt to answer that question. Aereo is attempting to bridge the gap between traditional TV viewing and Internet streams by combining the two, allowing it...
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Three Scary Mistakes Investors and Corporate Execs Make
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:39am | 817Read More...Even the most brilliant minds in finance can make terrible mistakes. And when they do, the results are usually as bad as a lame summer blockbuster that ultimately flopped. 3. They Don't Know When to Quit Is there anyone left that believes that MF Global (NYSE: MF) will make a comeback? It's not...
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Hulu's Latest Deal is One Vampire Fans Can Really Sink Their Teeth Into
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 3:46pm | 441Read More...Fans of The Vampire Diaries and other CW shows will soon have a reliable source for next-day video streams. In a Hulu blog post penned by Andy Forssell, SVP of Content and Distribution, the growing video site has announced that it has struck a five-year deal with The CW. Formed after UPN and The...
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YouTube to Finally Receive Original, High-Quality, Non-User-Generated Content?
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 9:45am | 555Read More...After a mountain of speculation, the Wall Street Journal is providing us with MORE speculation! Last March, word started to spread that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was looking for Hollywood talent to bring fresh and original (and presumably scripted) content to YouTube. The news quickly died down after...
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Fox Business Network's Liz Claman Talks Jobs On ABC's "This Week"
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 6:43pm | 105Read More...This morning in an appearance on ABC's "This Week" FOX Business Network's Liz Claman discussed President Obama's upcoming job's speech and what solutions might help improve the economy. Claman said American's are looking for a national project to put people back to work, "people are saying where...
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Why the World Will End if Google Buys Hulu
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 2:58pm | 913Read More...R.E.M. once sang about this moment. “It's the end of the world as we know it,” Michael Stipe sang loudly. He repeated those words a few hundred times, just be certain that we got the message. Today, we're getting that message loud and clear. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants to take Hulu off the hands...
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Google-Eyed For Hollywood (GOOG)
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 1:44pm | 767Read More...It seems that YouTube users' homegrown shtick is no longer enough for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). According to the Financial Times, the company is prepared to pay “cash advances against future advertising revenues in return for lending their name to these channels and overseeing the content.” That's an...
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Stephen Clark Teases WDIV's Tweeting Skills
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 5:15pm | 219Read More...“Pay no attention to that big red/white 4 in your stream,” WXYZ anchorman Stephen Clark (@sclarkwxyz) tweeted this morning. “They don't understand twitter. They'll learn.” Clark is a Michigan anchorman for the Detroit-area ABC affiliate. The “big red/white 4” he refers to belongs to WDIV, the...
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How To Trade The Oscars...For Superior Entertainment
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 10:38am | 178Read More...I'm no stock market expert. I couldn't tell you how to bank on the financial success of Columbia's (NYSE: SNE) The Social Network or the critical acclaim of The King's Speech. But I can still tell you how to trade the Oscars…for superior entertainment. That's right, folks – if you're sick of award...





