News Corp. and Walt Disney Co. are in talks that may lead to one of the partners in the Hulu.com video website buying out the other, two people with knowledge of the situation said.
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“Time Warner Inc. chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes said that fears that the rising cost of pay TV would price a growing number of consumers out of the multichannel universe have proven unwarranted, adding at an industry conference that the ay TV bundle is more attractive now than it has ever been.”
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“Roku is launching the third generation of its trademark Internet set-top boxes, with an overhauled user interface, a speedier processor and a 750-plus channel lineup that now includes access to Time Warner Cable’s TWC TV service.
And among other enhancements, the $99.99 Roku 3 includes a remote with a headphone jack for private listening.”
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“Our goal at Ooyala has always been to build the best online video solutions for our customers — from cross-device delivery and content management to advanced analytics and recommendations.
Today, we were recognized by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan with its 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Enhancement for our clear focus on creating value for our customers.”
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“The future of TV is supposed to involve streaming video, and it’s also supposed to involve 4K TVs – but melding the two has been difficult. Telefonica wants to show that the feat is at least possible with mere mortal connections: it’s been using Mobile World Congress to show 4K video streaming on a 100Mbps fiber-to-the-home link.”
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“To keep pace with change, marketers must ditch their traditional TV playbook. Here’s how to meet the demands of a world beyond the main screen.”
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Since we have a number of customers that have developed iPhone and iPad apps using their VidCaster video site (as the main hub of content feeding native and web apps), I figured I would create my own…
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Vimeo, the IAC-owned user-generated video site with 15 million members that competes against YouTube and others like DailyMotion, is getting down to the business of making money, and to that end it today announced that it would be appointing Mark…
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