Reuters – Comcast Corp, the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, became the latest major name to take on Netflix Inc on Tuesday when it announced plans for an online video service offering a library of TV shows and movies.
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AP – Cable TV giant Comcast is launching a new subscription video service that will enable its customers to instantly view movies and TV shows both in and out of the home.
Reuters – Lionsgate’s most recent quarter was hardly cause for celebration — revenue fell 23 percent at the company — but its digital and video-on-demand revenue was certainly impressive.
Appolicious – While there is no shortage of video to consume online and via mobile devices – 60 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute! – finding clips and programs most relevant to you is challenging.
Reuters – Mel Gibson’s next movie, “Get the Gringo,” will debut on DirecTV, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, DirecTV and Gibson’s Icon Productions said Tuesday.
Reuters – DirecTV and Sunbeam Entertainment have broken bread and ended the carriage dispute that caused customers in Boston and Miami to miss both the Packers-Giants NFL playoff game and the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Reuters – Disney will launch Disney Junior, a 24-hour basic cable and satellite TV channel targeting kids 2 to 7, on Friday, March 23.
AP – Netflix’s streaming-video audience of more than 20 million subscribers has led many to label it a kind of digital TV network, and one that may grow into an HBO rival — if it’s not already.
Reuters – What do Ben Roethlisberger’s Super Bowl choke and “Two and a Half Men’s” send-off to deceased cad Charlie Harper have in common? They were the most-TiVo’ed moments on television in 2011.
Reuters – Satellite television channels are widening the divide between Arabs and Iranians by airing alleged calls by Iran for revolt in Gulf states and what Tehran sees as Western-driven cultural propaganda aimed at toppling its Islamic theocracy.
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