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Sony To Test Cloud-Based Cable Television
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 2:49pm | 537Read More...In a move that could increase competition and give consumers more cable TV choices, Sony (NYSE: SNE) said Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it planned to start testing a cloud-based TV service in 2014. The company said the yet-to-be-named service would include live...
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Apple Might Become A Cable Company (AAPL)
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 8:53am | 593Read More...Another day, another threat to the cable companies. Tuesday’s Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumor mill produced an interesting idea where Apple could move forward with its TV plans by essentially forming its own cable company. The fact that Apple is interested in the TV space is nothing new. Steve...
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DreamWorks is About to Get More Awesome
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 11:20am | 638Read More...DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA) is on the cusp of acquiring AwesomenessTV, a rising star in the world of YouTube. Created by Brian Robbins (who served as executive producer of several teen and tween hits, including One Tree Hill, Smallville and What I Like About You), AwesomenessTV was started...
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DirecTV, Viacom End Dispute, Bringing 17 Channels Back to Subscribers
Friday, July 20, 2012 - 8:09am | 624Read More...After a lengthy dispute that left millions of viewers without Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, Spike, CMT, and TV Land for 10 days, DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB) have announced that they have reached a new long-term agreement that will ensure viewers can keep up...
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DirecTV Blackout Boosts Disney's Ratings
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 8:27am | 477Read More...As the monetary dispute between Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) and DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) continues to heat up, young viewers of now blacked-out television stations such as Nickelodeon are flipping the channel elsewhere to get their daily small screen fix. While Viacom's Executive Vice President Denise Denson...
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Time Warner Cable, Others Back DirecTV in Viacom Dispute
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 8:28am | 476Read More...DirecTV (NYSE: DTV), which is currently in a program-fee dispute with Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB), has received the support of three major cable providers, including Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). Viacom has been seeking a new contract with DirecTV that would raise its rates by as much as...
