
Smaller cable networks might see their negotiation leverage being stripped away, as cable companies commit more of their programming spend to "must carry" channels. That's one key takeaway from AT&T's recent negotiations with Crown Media for carriage of the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. 
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Tags: @SYN, AT&T, Biz, CNN Media, Distribution, Hallmark Channel, NYT Company News, retransmission fees
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One of the visions of tomorrow’s connected world is that people will be able to call up the TV show they missed from the night before and watch it while on their way to work from their phone. AT&T (NYSE: T) gets pretty close to this futuristic scenario Read more »
Tags: Apple, apps, AT&T, BlackBerry, cable-telecom, companies, iPhone, media-publishing, Mobile, RIM, tv
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AT&T is launching a new mobile app to let U-verse subscribers record content on their DVR and watch it anywhere with a WiFi connection on iPhone or Blackberry Torch. Replacing the Mobile Remote Access for iPhone app, it adds available content for download on mobile devices. 
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Tags: AT&T, BlackBerry, CNN Media, CNN Mobile, gadgets, iPhone, NYT Company News, SYN Straight News, U-Verse
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Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) has agreed to pay $111.6 million for the remaining 65 percent interest in PacketVideo that it did not already own to create new services that would allow users to share content easily between phones and other consumer electronics.
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A record for new iPhone activations--spurred by the iPhone 4--nets the telco another 860,000 new customers.
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Tags: Apple, AT&T, earnings, iPhone 4, Mobile, Peter Kafka, pre-orders, Revenue, Steve Jobs
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The online ad industry worries that people like you no longer pay attention to their pitches. But if you're holding an iPhone or iPad, you're much more likely to engage. At least for now.
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Tags: Advertising, Apple, AT&T, Citigroup, digital, Interactive Advertising Bureau, internet, iPad, JumpTap, Mark Mahaney, Media, Mobile, Peter Kafka, PowerPoint, smartphone
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Today on the Net: Adobe will add 3-D capabilities to an upcoming release of its Flash plugin, TiVo is working on developing a whole-home DVR that takes advantage of MoCA technology and AT&T could drop AMC, WeTv and IFC as part of a carriage dispute. 
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The new iAds that Apple launched yesterday are interesting. But they had better be: You're going to shell out part of your data budget to see them.
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Tags: Advertising, Apple, AT&T, bandwidth, data plan, digital, download, Google, Hulu, iAd, internet, iPad, iPhone, Media, Mobile, Netflix, Peter Kafka, Software, streaming, Video, Wi-Fi, wireless network
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Folks who’ve been griping about signal problems with the iPhone 4 might be thrilled to know Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is planning a software fix in the next few weeks. But don’t get too excited: it’s not meant to actually fix anything but the way signal strength is displayed. Turns out infallible Apple...
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Apple’s iPhone 4, which went on pre-order June 15 worldwide, represents “the most successful product launch in Apple’s history,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in a statement today.
The brisk sales of phones are despite a number of hiccups, including shortages of the white model, stores selling out, Read more »
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