"Time, it's going to take what it's owed," we're told repeatedly in the latest reincarnation of the "12 Monkeys" tale. Perhaps time feels it's owed more camera time. Starting as a short but remarkable film by France's Chris Marker, the time-travel tale morphed into a full-blown Terry Gilliam feature starring Bruce Willis. Last season, "12 … [Read more...]
HBO cuts cord
The main event in streaming video looks to be HBO vs. Netflix. The veteran pay cable service confirmed plans to offer a standalone HBO streaming service in 2015. Time Warner's HBO currently offers an online-video service, but viewers must be subscribers via cable or satellite. "It is time to remove all barriers to those who want HBO," said … [Read more...]
Young Netflix subs dumping cable, pay TV
Cable companies that think they're on top of the threat from online video should think again. A survey by international bankers Credit Suisse found that 30 percent of young adults who subscribe to Netflix (ages 25-34) have dumped cable and broadcast TV. The news was worse for cablers in the pay TV arena, where 37 percent jettisoned their … [Read more...]
‘The Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert’ ditch Hulu
Issuing a "public and fond farewell," Hulu announced that "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" have defected from the online video streaming service. The news comes as Hulu failed to renegotiate a deal for content from Comedy Central, owned by Viacom. Update: The comedy news shows returned to Hulu a year later. /update Hulu cast the … [Read more...]
Cablevision slings online video to TVs
While Comcast is busy herding online video behind its TV Everywhere walls, rival Cablevision plans to help viewers watch streaming video in the wild -- via the new PC to TV Media Relay hookup. Cablevision says the service allows customers to transfer anything (their italics) that displays on their PC monitors to that widescreen TV. "We are … [Read more...]
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