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Al Jazeera Expanding Its Global Footprint

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2012

* Qatar-backed TV network uses sports to expand in Europe * To launch local-language sports channels in France in June *...

Record Numbers Ditch Their Pay TV

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.10.2011

NEW YORK — The weak economy is hitting Americans where they spend a lot of their free time: at the TV set. They're canceling or forgoing cable ...

Hollywood + Silicon Valley = Frenemies?

Daren Tsui | Posted 05.25.2011

Daren Tsui

Music labels fought change so hard that by the time they accepted it, fans had gotten used to pirating music. Hollywood needs to learn the same lesson. If it's going to stay viable, Hollywood needs Silicon Valley and vice versa.

TV Everywhere! Or Big Brother: The Beta Version

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Lurio

A few days ago, I was at DigitalWire's conference on the "Future of Television" and what I heard chilled me to the bone. The right to privacy is goin...

The Promise of On-Demand Viewing: From "What's Out" to "What's Great"

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

John Farr

With on-demand in full flower, consumers will confront a vastly larger universe of choice, representing the entire breadth of this century-old medium, not just the most recent theatrical releases.