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As I Was Saying
As I Was Saying
By: Gary Arlen
Dish CEO Clayton Chastises Cable, Broadcasters
Washington -- In rostrum-thumping remarks complete with “Hallelujahs” and “Amens,” Dish president and CEO Joe Clayton criticized “incumbent broadcasting, cable and content companies” for refusing “to challenge the status quo.” He said such
BIT RATE
BIT RATE
By: Todd Spangler
The Unwatched Masses
You meant to watch Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl on PBS on your DVR, right? So did I -- but I never got around to it. A whopping 41% of recorded content on Americans’ DVR is never watched, according to Motorola Mobility’s fourth Media Engagement Barometer report.
Capital Letters
Capital Letters
By: John Eggerton
Running Tally of the Walking Dead
Zombies were the most frequently killed “demo” on TV’s show with the highest body count, according to a study of television body counts by Funeralwise.com, an online funeral planning service, which says that the study is meant to “stimulate discussion about how people deal
Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals
By: Jimmy Schaeffler
Norwegian Telecom: Facing The Same U.S. Obstacles?
A recent business trip to the wealthiest of the four Nordic countries in Europe (i.e., oil-rich Norway, joined together with brethren Denmark, Sweden, and Finland), proved another eye-catching observation of the future of video distribution.
My Turn
My Turn
By: Kent Gibbons
Help Hold Up 'Half the Sky'
The same day last week the WICT executive women’s luncheon talked up the value of women’s voices in making corporate decisions, over at the Ford Foundation, reporter Nick Kristof was talking about even bigger challenges facing women and girls around the world. Things like being forced
On The Money
On The Money
By: Mike Farrell
What If They Held A Price War And Nobody Came?
It seems that ever since Verizon and AT&T seriously began entering the video market, Wall Street and investors have been bracing for what they thought would be the inevitable price war between cable companies and telcos. But according to a report by Sanford Bernstein cable and satellite analyst
Picture This
Picture This
By: R. Thomas Umstead
Going Retro, Over the Top
Over-the-top content distributors like Hulu Plus and Netfl ix are looking to boost the value and appeal of their brands by developing original programming — even if some of that content looks familiar to a legion of television viewers.
REYNOLDS RAP
REYNOLDS RAP
By: Mike Reynolds
Bama-ND: BCS Title Game Could Tackle Cable's All-Time Audience
Whether you put stock in quarterbacks A.J. McCarron or Everett Golson, believe that head coaches Nick Saban or Brian Kelly have zero interest in manning NFL sidelines, that the stoutness of the Alabama defense will let the Tide roll, or that the luck (and skill) of the Irish will turn the BCS title
TV Crush
TV Crush
By: Mary McNamara
Television Critics Association: NBC Executive Session Triggers Merciless Twitter Sniping
Beverly Hills CA - Television Critics Association/Summer Tour 2012 Some of the bloom is off the Robert Greenblatt rose, the newish Chairman of NBC Entertainment. Greenblatt landed at the network in January of 2011, smack in the middle of a development cycle he didn’t entirely control.
Translation Please
Translation Please
By: Leslie Ellis
What the Charter Waiver Means to Cable
Once upon a time, consumer-electronics companies wanted to sell digital TVs that were “cable ready.” That means one attaches the TV to power and cable, and it works. No set-top required. Federal regulation ensued, which brought us the “CableCard” — an expensive,
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
By: Mark Robichaux
Alive and Kicking
With all the pontificating over the death of print, I sometimes feel that reports of our demise are exaggerated.With today’s issue, I hope you’ll agree we’ve never delivered a more vibrant print product about a purely digital world. At almost 31-years-old, the magazine just got
The Bauminator
The Bauminator
By: Jeff Baumgartner
CenturyLink’s Percentage Play
If Google Fiber’s grand plan is to needle other...
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