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Online TV, a graveyard or life after death for cancelled programming?

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Online TV, a graveyard or life after death for cancelled programming?

Posted on 09 May 2013

Audiences obviously weren’t ready for love with Eva Longoria and her harem of handpicked hunks. NBC cancelled the show after only two episodes of abysmal ratings. But fans need not despair; the “Bachelor lookalike” isn’t completely dead as the remaining six episodes are breathing on their own and resting comfortably in the warm loving arms of the Internet. Online [...] Continue Reading

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Time Warner Cable CEO eyes TV content from public airwaves

Posted on 09 May 2013

Time Warner Cable’s chief executive said his company may consider capturing television content from public airwaves and delivering them to customers over an Internet connection, a practice that has shaken the entertainment industry. The idea was pioneered by a Web start-up called Aereo, whose business model sparked lawsuits from all of the nation’s broadcasters, including [...] Continue Reading

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China’s Baidu to Pay $370 Million for Internet Video Business

Posted on 07 May 2013

HONG KONG – Baidu, China’s biggest search engine company, announced on Tuesday that it would pay $370 million for the online video business of PPStream. Baidu, which is listed on the Nasdaq, said it planned to fold the PPS Internet video business into its iQiyi unit, an advertising-supported online television and movie portal, to form [...] Continue Reading

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Online TV firm Aereo battles legal challenge by CBS

Posted on 07 May 2013

New York-based technology company Aereo Inc. is fighting back against CBS Corp. by asking a federal court to stop the media conglomerate from suing it in new markets where it plans to expand. The online television venture backed by media executive Barry Diller brought a complaint in Manhattan federal court to seek a ruling that [...] Continue Reading

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Valuing Post-Network Television  Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University

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Valuing Post-Network Television Aymar Jean Christian / Northwestern University

Posted on 06 May 2013

The age of new television has arrived   It looks like the new television is here: a flexible, open industry more responsive to consumers and producers. Henry Jenkins’ textual poachers have become textual producers. Twenty years ago, audiences struggled to get power in production. Fans orchestrated large, coordinated campaigns to revive shows like Beauty and the [...] Continue Reading

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Aereo sues to block more CBS lawsuits

Posted on 06 May 2013

Web TV service Aereo filed a lawsuit on Monday aimed at preventing future lawsuits from CBS. CBS and other broadcast companies have already sued Aereo in New York, claiming the service steals their copyrighted material. But two federal courts have rejected their initial requests to shut down the company. Aereo recently expanded to Boston, and [...] Continue Reading

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10 Classic TV Shows You Still Can’t Watch Online

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10 Classic TV Shows You Still Can’t Watch Online

Posted on 06 May 2013

Online television offers a truly dizzying array of choices. Viewers of services like Hulu and Netflix, as well as customers of iTunes and Amazon Digital Services, can stream, rent or purchase episodes of television shows from every era. But not every show that ever aired is legally available online. Surprisingly, there are plenty of high-profile shows that [...] Continue Reading

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Media Company CEOs Outearn Other Industry Chiefs by $10 Million

Posted on 05 May 2013

Seven of the 20 top-paid chief executives are employed by media conglomerates, according to a report in The New York Times. Media chiefs are among the nation’s highest-paid CEOs, and as a whole, they earn on average $10 million more than their counterparts in other industries, according to a study conducted by The New York Times. [...] Continue Reading

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The move to Internet TV, by the numbers

Posted on 03 May 2013

FORTUNE — We can examine the strategies of Netflix (NFLX) and Comcast (CMCSA) all we like, but the speed at which television moves off of cable and onto the Internet will be determined largely by what people decide to do in their living rooms. Now that they have the hardware and software tools to access [...] Continue Reading

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The Smart TV Is Dead. Long Live The Second Screen

Posted on 03 May 2013

People want their television to work like a TV. Sending tweets on Twitter, posting photos on Facebook and browsing the Web are best left to smartphones and tablets. Indeed, more than 40% of U.S. households with Internet-enabled TVs haven’t even bothered to hook them up to the Web, according to market researcher NPD Group. This is not [...] Continue Reading

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