No more "Glee" the morning after. Unless you're a paying customer. Fox said that beginning in mid-August, fresh episodes of its shows will no longer be available for free online viewing the next day. That access will be limited to subscribers of cable and satellite distributors that partner with Fox. And the paid Hulu Plus service. "To watch … [Read more...]
TW iPad channels yanked
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...]
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...]
