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DirecTV: Apple TV won’t “obsolete our technology”
While we in tech and gadget land are trying to read the tea leaves of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent cryptic comments on the future of Apple TV, for the media world the uncertainty “is causing a boatload...
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Why Twitter’s move into TV could be a recipe for disaster
There’s been plenty of debate recently about the extent to which Twitter is a media entity and/or a technology business, but there is little question that the company sees its future as controlling...
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Pay TV subscriber losses just “seasonal,” analyst says
Is the increasing frequency in which the pay TV industry finishes quarters with net subscriber losses a sign the business will soon be overrun with over-the-top competition? Not really, says Bernstein...
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Should Twitter charge users, or pay them — or both?
Twitter’s emerging business model continues to be a hot topic in social-web circles, including the debate over whether the company is taking the wrong path by trying to control more of the content that...
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How India’s favorite TV show uses data to change the world
Every Sunday morning, millions of people in India tune in to watch Bollywood star Aamir Khan host one of the country’s highest-rated television shows, Satyamev Jayate. Only unlike so many popular...
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Dick Costolo says being the ‘second screen’ is the future of Twitter
As Twitter has been evolving over the past year or so — an evolution that has caused some upheaval in the company’s ecosystem of developers and power users, many of whom seem to feel slighted by...
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Dick Costolo says Twitter is a reinvention of the town square — but with TV
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo gave a lecture earlier this week at his alma mater — the University of Michigan — where he talked to a crowd at the Ford School of Public Policy about how the...
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Hey, Twitter, Hawaii Five-0 wants you to pick the killer
CBS is touting the upcoming Hawaii Five-0 episode "Kapu (Forbidden)" as a television first -- the ending will be picked by those watching in real time, via Twitter and site voting. It's an interesting...
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Don’t like television? Then you’re not going to like the future of Twitter...
According to a number of anonymous reports, Twitter is in the process of buying Bluefin Labs, an analytics company that specializes in broadcast media — an acquisition that would be its largest ever....
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Aereo’s big bet to break the TV industry: CEO Chet Kanojia explains
The digital age lets us consume media how and when we want, and in the format of our choosing. If we want to hear a song, for instance, we no longer have to wait for it on the radio or buy a CD stuffed...
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Zombies vs. Lazarus: The digital resurrection of canceled television
Used to be, when a TV show got canceled, it was dead and it stayed dead. But with the rise of the digital age, shows are coming back from the grave right and left. This week, news broke that the...
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Two deals that make it obvious where Twitter’s heart lies: inside your...
There were a number of reports last week that Twitter was looking to do TV-related content deals with broadcast networks such as Viacom and NBC so that it could add video clips to its real-time stream,...
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ESPN and Twitter plan to announce partnership for tweeting sports video clips
Twitter and ESPN (dis) are planning to announce a partnership that will allow the social network to tweet out video clips of major sports highlights and sell ads specifically around those clips,...
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Aereo expands south and west: TV streaming service announces new launch dates
Aereo, the controversial start-up that lets subscribers watch and record over-the-air TV signals on computers and mobile devices, is ramping up its expansion plans and will be live in at least five new...
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Why the TV industry won’t go the way of newspapers and the music business
Digital forces blew billions of dollars away from the music and print advertising industries, and many predict the TV business is in for the same fate. Terry Kawaja, a well-known media and advertising...
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Twitter’s biggest challenge post-IPO: Optimising for advertising is a...
As Twitter tries to get its financial house in order prior to going public at a multibillion-dollar valuation, one of the aspects of its business that will be under an intense spotlight — as it was...
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Why getting married to the TV industry may not be the road to success Twitter...
Ever since Twitter filed the official documents for its initial public offering, there has been a spotlight on the company’s growth plans — and one big component of those plans revolves around being...
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Netflix revives The Killing for a short final season
Much like detective Linden, Netflix just can’t let go: The streaming service just revealed that it has renewed crime drama The Killing for a final, six-episode fourth season. This is actually the...
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Sling, TiVo and the problem with TV Everywhere
EchoStar’s Sling Media unit launched a revamped mobile app as well as a Roku channel Monday to give Slingbox users more ways to watch TV remotely and on the go. The app revamp comes as Sling is looking...
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Sharknado is now on Netflix
There are good movies, there are bad movies, and there’s Sharknado. Missed the trashiest but also most-tweeted-about movie of 2013 when it aired on Syfy in July? No worries, Netflix is giving you...
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