Why can’t we be friends? You may have read yesterday that Cablevision is suing Viacom for forcing it to take lower-rated channels along with its most popular networks, a practice the pay-TV company claims is illegal. Cable operators and networks...
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The lawsuit is the latest flare-up in what’s become an increasingly acrimonious relationship over affiliate fees.
Cablevision’s Viacom Lawsuit: How We Got Here
The Anti-Algorithm: Fuzz Enters Web Radio Market With Human DJs
Nobody knows what Jeff Yasuda’s online music startup is up against better than Jeff Yasuda. The 40-year-old San Francisco entrepreneur has spent more than five years trying to crack the market and along the way has suffered through numerous fits...
Read more »MobiTV Boosts Product Line, Plans to Revisit IPO Market in 2013
MobiTV, the software maker that pulled its initial public offering last week, is adding technology that lets users record programs on the go and plans to revisit the IPO market early next year. The company cited “unfavorable market conditions” in...
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There's no shortage of athleticism on Ooyala's team, which includes (left to right) Sean Knapp, Bismarck Lepe, Jay Fulcher and Belsasar Lepe.
Ooyala Raises $35 Million as It Picks Up the Pace in Digital Video
(Updated to correct amount raised by Ooyala in sixth paragraph.) If the migration of old media to the Internet is more of a marathon than a sprint, then the management team at Ooyala Inc. has the legs for it. Sean...
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Roku devices give subscribers access to a TV version of Rovio's Angry Birds game.
Roku to Raise as Much as $50 Million
Roku’s sales tripled to $100 million last year — in part because it bought radio and billboard advertising for the first time. To garner more brand recognition for its hockey puck-sized TV-set top box, the company intends to seek as...
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