“CBS CEO Leslie Moonves says he’s not losing sleep over Aereo. But DirecTV could bring some restless nights with the amount of money it could ultimately deny broadcasters.”
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Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback Talks Broadcast, Broadband TV – VIDEO
The VideoMind team recently got an exclusive tour of the Revision3 studios.This is the second part of our two part video interview with Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback (you can watch part one of the inte…
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Aereo CEO predicts TV networks will go to Congress if lawsuits fail – theverge
Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia’s demeanor was downright subdued today, despite his win in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The court rejected a request from ABC, NBC, CBS, and other top broadcasters…
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Hulu’s content chief Andy Forssell officially takes over as acting CEO – paidcontent
Hulu has a new CEO — for now, anyway: SVP of Content Andy Forssell will take over as acting CEO when Jason Kilar leaves by the end of the month.
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Videoguys Blog – 5 questions for Sorenson on new relationship Q&A with Sorenson Media CEO Peter Csathy on Partnership with Sony Creative Software
“This partnership brings two leaders of innovation formally together for the first time — Sony and Sorenson Media. This is the first time that Sony is actually making available Sorenson Squeeze directly to its customers, making it easier-than-ever for them to gain the benefits of award-winning Squeeze.”
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Bewkes: Despite Online Growth, Pay TV Still Thrives – Multichannel.com
“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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Kaltura’s CEO shares his insight about the company’s past and future – @Kaltura Blog
Kaltura’s Chairman and CEO, Ron Yekutiel, discusses the company’s evolution to date and where it is heading at Beet.Tv’s Executive retreat.
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Which Giant Could Justify Acquiring Netflix? – Forbes
“Netflix adopted a ‘poison pill’ defense against a potential acquisition after billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed his stake of roughly 10% of the company setting off speculation on the fate of Netflix as a standalone company. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings commented recently that he think it could do better on its own clearly signalling his preference to go on alone.”
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Aereo Announces More Funding, For A Service No One Really Wants – Dan Rayburn – StreamingMediaBlog.com
“Anyone who has seen me write about Aereo in the past knows that I think Aereo is one of the most over-hyped companies in this space in a long time. [See: 'Barry Diller’s OTT Service Aereo Is Dead On Arrival'] Their CEO keeps talking about how Aereo is disrupting the traditional broadcast TV market even though as of May of last year, the company announced they had only 3,500 subscribers, many of which were still under the 90-day trial period. And in August of last year, someone inside IAC told me Aereo had less than 2,000 paying subscribers, a number I still have yet to see Aereo dispute.”
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App makers highlight TV’s utter failure to help you find anything good to watch – TheVerge
“”I have a fundamental belief that the 10-feet UI as concept sucks and is broken,” says Jeremy Toeman, Dijit CEO and creator of NextGuide, a modern TV guide app for iPad. “It doesn’t matter what kind of lipstick you put on a pig.”
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