After complaints from TV and cable networks, Time Warner Cable has pulled the plug on MTV and other popular channels that were being fed to subscribers' iPads. Time Warner wasted no time in launching more than 20 national channels for its iPad app over the next two days. The additions range from the essential -- AMC, CNBC, Disney -- to the … [Read more...]
‘Glee’ in tune with Netflix
Netflix's streaming video programming wheel continues to spin, with "Glee." Twentieth Century Fox and Netflix announced April 1 that their programming deal now includes the first season of Fox's "Glee" as well as the first two seasons of FX's "Sons of Anarchy." They will run on the Watch Instantly streaming video service, free of additional cost … [Read more...]
The case of Sherlock Holmes on Blu-ray
Many actors have tried, but none has surpassed Basil Rathbone's embodiment of Sherlock Holmes. The razor-sharp profile, hawk nose and cocaine eyes seem torn straight from the pages of Arthur Conan Doyle. This is, undeniably, one of the great pairings of actor and character in film history. Odd to think, then, that the first Holmes film with … [Read more...]
Google tunes in TV tags
Time to start tagging TV shows, Google says. The search behemoth now advises owners of broadcast content that appears on a web site to use new metadata fields (via video sitemaps or mRSS feeds) to identify "television or episodic content." That could mean anything from your crazy uncle's weekly rants to "American Idol." Google's video tag … [Read more...]
‘Last Tango in Paris’ dances in HD
"Growing old is a crime," the young and gorgeous Maria Schneider says in "Last Tango in Paris." Alas, the French actress eventually proved guilty of that offense, as must we all. Schneider died just days before the Blu-ray debut of the infamous 1972 film, a woman decimated by cancer and years of hard living. After "Last Tango," Schneider went … [Read more...]
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