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What to know before giving up on cable
Need more proof that the world is changing? Last week, the president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Michael Powell, told the Senate that "the largest subscription video provider in the country today is Netflix." If you haven't...
Tags: Google Play, ABC (tv network), Netflix Inc., Amazon Kindle Fire, Hulu
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'Zombieland' writer announces the series is dead at Amazon
Amazon hasn't yet announced which of the 14 pilots it released last month will be getting series orders, but there's already been one confirmed casualty: "Zombieland." Co-creator and co-writer Rhett Reese, who also co-wrote the hit film the pilot was...
Tags: Jesse Eisenberg, Bill Murray, Entertainment, TNT (tv network), Movies
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DirecTV Mulling Hulu Bid
VarietyDirecTV is the latest party said to be looking at acquiring Hulu, the Internet TV venture owned by News Corp., Walt Disney Co. and Comcast's NBCUniversal, according to published reports. Hulu and DirecTV declined to comment. The No. 1 satellite operator...Tags: The Walt Disney Co., NBCUniversal, Time Warner Cable Inc., Television Industry, DirecTV Group Inc.
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Online sales tax bill should be improved, and passed
The U.S. Senate recently passed a bill that would allow states to require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes on behalf of local governments. This bill has flaws, but they could be fixed in the House. It should be passed. I don't like the idea...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace, E-Commerce Industry
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Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...
Tags: Carnegie Hall, American Idol (tv program), Castle (tv program), Leslie Moonves, Crime, Law and Justice
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All hail our smart TV masters, but not just yet
After many false starts, television is becoming an interactive medium. In a sense, it's always been one — even two channels require a choice. Long accustomed to the illusion that the screen is a window through which we are sometimes directly...
Tags: Media Industry, Television, Entertainment, Netflix Inc., Marketing
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Jaron Lanier takes a hard look at the wired world
Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specfics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions. Lanier is a longtime Silicon Valley insider whose primary occupation has been to imagine, think and ask...
Tags: Mexico City, Music Industry, Music, Medical Specialization, Media Industry
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Google unveils $10-a-month 'All Access' music plan
SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee. The streaming service, called All Access, is available in...Tags: Google Play, Genres, Pandora Media, Inc., Apple iPhone, Radio Industry
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New Anti-Piracy Software Uses Power of Suggestion
VarietyThe power of suggestion is about to be deployed to combat film piracy. Verance Corp,, a developer of anti-piracy technology, introduced Cinavia Level 3, a new piece of software on Wednesday that determines whether a film has been illegally obtained and...Tags: Piracy, Sony Corp., Networking, Rentals, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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MPAA launches website to promote legal access to movies, TV shows
Hollywood studios are employing a new tool in their efforts to fight piracy: persuasion. After waging an unsuccessful effort last year to introduce legislation that would crack down on websites offering illegal copies of movies and TV shows, studios are...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Christopher Dodd, Entertainment, Netflix Inc., Movies
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Don't Worry, It's Hollywood-Approved: MPAA Posts Online Video Whitelist
VarietyAre you trading in pirated online video content because you don't know how to obtain it legally? The MPAA is here to lend a helping hand. Trade group has launched WhereToWatch.org, a single-page directory comprising info on and links to 67 services...Tags: Entertainment, Netflix Inc., Movies, Hulu, Apple iTunes
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2013 TV upfronts: CBS unveils schedule with six new shows
NEW YORK -- Wrapping up a season in which it will finish first in both viewers and the crucial adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers favor, CBS unveiled a fall television schedule with four new comedies and two dramas. For CBS, the win in adults 18-...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Leslie Moonves, Netflix Inc., The Big Bang Theory (tv program), CSI (tv program)
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