Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up. Don’t Like Sports on Cable? Pay Up, Anyway.
Here's how your monthly cable bill gets split up. Spoiler: Disney and ESPN get a really big chunk.
Game On! ESPN’s New Boss, John Skipper, Debuts at D: Dive Into Media.
Time to introduce another D: Dive Into Media speaker, and this one's very timely: The first onstage interview with the new head of cable TV's MVP.
Regis Philbin’s Final Show: The Recap
Regis Philbin signed off after 28 1/2 years on television Friday morning, and right off the bat, things looked promising: a camera followed his "final walk" in black-and-white as some whimsical, sad piano music played as his soundtrack. He looked out the windows overlooking Manhattan on the fifth floor's elevator lobby and gave a sad...
Fox Starts Its Web Pullback, and ABC Gets Ready to Follow
Right now, The Great Free TV Web Pullback of 2011 only affects shows like "Master Chef." But soon you're going to have to start waiting to catch up on shows like "Modern Family," too.
Disney CEO Bob Iger on Apple, Social Networks and the Cloud
Disney sells some very analog forms of entertainment, like movies, broadcast and cable TV, and theme parks.But Bob Iger's company has also been willing to experiment with digital outlets.
Why ABC’s iPad App Is Free, but ABC Shows on Hulu’s App-to-Be Won’t Be
One of the benefits of the upcoming Hulu subscription service: The ability of users to watch shows from NBC, Fox and ABC on the iPad. But iPad users can already watch ABC shows on the iPad via the network's free app. What gives? Here's a sort-of explanation.
Would A Christiane Amanpour Hiring Drastically Change This Week?
In a surprise move, FishbowlDC is reporting longtime CNN anchor and foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour has been offered the ABC Sunday morning show This Week anchor job. She was initially thrown into the mix for the vacant role earlier this month.But thel hiring of Amanpour would signal a major direction shift for the future of...
Are You Ready for 3-D in Your Living Room? Hollywood Can’t Wait.
The movie studios--along with consumer electronics manufacturers--hope that "Avatar" has convinced you that 3-D is something you'd like to see at home, too. DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg makes his pitch.
Apple’s iTunes Pitch: TV for $30 a Month
Would you pay $30 a month to watch TV via iTunes?That's the pitch Apple has been making to TV networks in recent weeks. The company is trying to round up support for a monthly subscription service that would deliver TV programs via its multimedia software, multiple sources tell me. The industry finds it both tempting...
Vid-Biz: Iger, Real, Shark Week
Iger Talks Authentication; during Disney earnings call CEO expressed concern over TV Everywhere ideas that deliver content at no extra cost to subscribers. (paidContent)RealDVD Lawsuit Drags Down Real Earnings; company spent $4.3 million on litigation in the second quarter defending the controversial DVD ripping software; Real’s revenue dropped 11 percent to $135.7 million. (Video Business)Shark...
Who’s Joining Steve Jobs for the Tablet Launch Next Week?