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Help for Watching TV (The Wall Street Journal)
The biggest broadcast and cable-television channels are racing to launch tablet apps linked to their broadcasts and used simultaneously with the TV shows. The hope is that viewers ... More
Game On: Comcast, FiOS TV Coming to Xbox (Multichannel News)
Microsoft, looking to fatten its living-room footprint, is working with Comcast and Verizon Communications to bring TV to the software giant’s Xbox 360 broadband-connected game c... More
Don’t Hold Your Breath for A La Carte Cable (Los Angeles Times)
Is the cable industry starting to change its mind about the idea of letting consumers decide what channels they want? A recent story from Reuters says cable operators are working o... More
Amazon’s New Kindles (Daring Fireball)
The Kindle Fire’s slogan says it all: “All the content. Ultra-fast web browsing.” That’s the best sort of marketing message: simple, appealing, and true....... More
The Key To The Kindle Fire: It’s Not Taking On Apple Directly (paidContent)
[A]t $199, Amazon has chosen a price that only a company that’s not dependent on hardware profit margins can hit in 2011....... More
Class Action Lawsuit Targets Pandora (The Hollywood Reporter)
Peter Deacon, a Michigan resident, is leading the lawsuit with claims that Pandora is breaching customer privacy by making users’ profile pages, including favorite songs and list... More
Spotify Launches ‘Private’ Mode in Response to Facebook Backlash (Billboard)
For all the praise Spotify’s integration with Facebook received from music industry chin-strokers over its benefits to music discovery, it received no shortage of complaints from... More
Survey: Top 20% Of iPhone Devs Make 97% Of iOS Game Revenue (Gamasutra)
A survey carried out by a Canadian independent developer has found that, in terms of lifetime revenue from iOS releases, the top 20 percent of iOS developers earn approximately 97 ... More
Theater Owners Blast Sony’s Decision to Stop Bankrolling 3D Glasses (Los Angeles Times)
The National Assn. of Theatre Owners, the country’s largest trade group of exhibitors, has lashed out at Sony Pictures concerning its plans to stop footing the bill for 3D glasse... More
In Switch, Cable Operators Want To Go ‘A La Carte’ (Reuters)
U.S. cable operators are privately working on a plan to force programmers to unbundle their networks and allow customers to subscribe to channels on an individual basis. The plan r... More
iTunes Music Store Coming Soon to 10 New European Union Countries? (MacRumors)
Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reports [Google translation] that Apple is set to launch the iTunes Music Store in ten new European Union (EU) countries. While the exact timing of ... More
Public Media Works Seeks Bankruptcy Protection (Self Service World)
Just six months after Public Media Works rolled out its "Spot. The Difference," DVD kiosks, the company announced today [Sept. 27] that it has filed a voluntary petition under Cha... More
‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Blu-rays Scheduled for 2012 (Blu-ray.com)
Fans of the popular sci-fi series, which is set to celebrate its 25th anniversary next year, will be treated to a sampler disc of three remastered episodes in January and a full Se... More
On Wednesday, Amazon Will Unveil the ‘Kindle Fire’ (TechCrunch)
On Wednesday morning in New York City, Amazon will unveil the Kindle Fire. Yes, this is the name Amazon has settled on, to help differentiate the product from the e-ink Kindles, wh... More
Study: iPad Takes 80% North American Share in Q2 (TWICE)
Apple’s iPad captured an 80 percent share of the 7.5 million tablets shipping in North America in the second quarter, Strategy Analytics announced....... More
Apple’s Next iPhone Very Likely to Be Released on October 14th, iOS 5 on the 12th (The Next Web)
Apple today announced that it will be holding its next iPhone event on Tuesday, October 4th. This is where we will see Apple’s next device announced, but when will we see it arri... More
Studios Seek New Model for Output Deals (Variety)
With DreamWorks Animation signing an exclusive streaming deal with Netflix — two years before the studio’s output deal with HBO is due to end — the biz got a glimpse Monday i... More
Angry Reaction to Spotify’s New Facebook ID Requirement (The New York Times)
On Thursday, after the announcement that it was one of about a dozen digital music services that were becoming closely integrated with Facebook, Spotify began requiring that all ne... More
Guess Who Made the Highest Bid for Hulu (Business Insider)
Two sources tell us that satellite TV provider Dish was the highest bidder, coming in around $1.9 billion. It beat out both Amazon and Yahoo....... More
