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Bewkes on TV Everywhere: 'It's An Offer They Can't Refuse'
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes is always a good interview when you're talking about television, and today at the UBS conference at the Grand Hyatt in Midtown Manhattan, he had plenty to say."It is true,...
View ArticleFX to Launch New Network for the 18-34 Set, FXX
FX this fall will launch a sibling network designed to reach younger viewers. Set to bow Sept. 2, the new FXX service will assume the channel slot presently occupied by Fox Soccer. At launch, FXX is...
View ArticleYouTube SVOD Channels Hit With Hidden Cost
Launched in early May, YouTube’s paid subscription channels offer studios a low-cost way to monetize recycled content. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, one federal equal access law is tripping...
View ArticleDiscovery Walks Back Talk of Developing Streaming Service
Discovery Communications is reportedly developing its own streaming service modeled after HBO Go. The company wants to charge cable subscribers an additional fee for on-demand access to programming...
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Analyst: Netflix Deal Is Cannibalizing Cartoon Network’s Linear TV Ratings
The post-Netflix results are in and they ain’t pretty for Cartoon Network, according to analysts at Bernstein Research Group. Since the network put up programs on the over-the-top streaming service in...
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Sony Announces Streaming TV and Gaming Service PlayStation Now
PlayStation caused a stir at CES this morning when Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House announced that the company would be launching not just a new service with DVR, on-demand and live...
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SundanceTV President Is on the Lookout for Flawed Characters
SpecsWho Sarah BarnettAge 48New gig President and general manager, SundanceTV, just green-lit The Red RoadOld gig EVP and gm, Sundance ChannelThe Sundance Channel was recently rebranded as just...
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Cablevision Will Offer Hulu Plus to Optimum Customers
Cablevision has reached an agreement with Hulu to offer the company's streaming subscription service, Hulu Plus, to Optimum customers, making it the first cable or satellite provider to distribute the...
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With Upfronts and NewFronts Comes the Invasion of the Acronyms
As the 2015-2016 presentation season draws to a close, you've probably heard plenty of industry jargon to go along with all the cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. We're here to spell it out for you. First,...
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Nielsen Strikes a Digital Ratings Deal With CBS to Better Measure Viewership
On the heels of Tuesday's announcement that comScore will acquire rival Rentrak in a stock-for-stock merger so the combined company can take on Nielsen, Nielsen returned fire today with some news of...
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As Live TV Viewing Declines, How Can Networks Fully Monetize Their Viewers?
For years, NBCUniversal's ratings guru Alan Wurtzel has been criticizing the deficiencies of Nielsen's current ratings system—he says as much as 35 percent of NBC's audience for an average episode...
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With So Many Americans Dropping Cable, Will Cord Cutting Doom TV as We Know It?
Cord cutting is happening; that much is not up for debate. Some 300,000 Americans dropped cable service last quarter, and analysts are calling it good news for providers because the number was just...
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CBS Is Bringing Back Star Trek, but It Won't Air on TV
CBS is bringing back Star Trek, but the new series will boldly go where no previous iteration of the show has gone before: on a digital platform. In a first for CBS, the network announced this morning...
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Why a TV Veteran Says the Future of Advertising Is in Digital Media
As it approaches its fifth birthday, multichannel network Fullscreen has hired its first CMO. Jason Klarman will hit the ground running as the company prepares to launch its own...
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Why Buyers Aren't Panicking About All the TV Shows Getting Trimmed This Fall
Each year, a few familiar touchstones mark the passage of fall: trees shedding their leaves, the end of Daylight Saving Time and the ritual cancellation of broadcast's lowest-rated new shows. Yet for...
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Fullscreen Adds Former Hulu Chief as New COO
Fullscreen continues to gear up for a big 2016. Less than a month after hiring its first chief marketing officer, the multichannel network has added former Hulu executive Andy Forssell as its new...
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YouTube Debuts First Original Content, but Won't Say How Many Subscribed to...
YouTube Red launched last October, but the paid version of the popular video platform is getting its close-up today, debuting its first four original shows. As with any new subscription service in its...
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Launching a Subscription Service of Its Own, Fullscreen Joins a Crowded...
The past half decade has seen the rise of the multichannel network, where thousands of creators produce hundreds of hours of content to satisfy millions of subscribers. They are video collectives...
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Fullscreen Has Evolved Into a Full-Fledged Media Company in Just 5 Years
Five years ago, Fullscreen was just starting out as many multichannel networks have: as a conduit between YouTube stars who wanted to grow their own business and brands that wanted to reach younger...
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