News tagged with subscription
Charges drag DirecTV to 4th-quarter loss
(AP) -- DirecTV Inc. on Thursday reported a fourth-quarter loss after absorbing a hefty merger charge. The nation's largest satellite TV operator also added 60 percent fewer new subscribers as discounted bundles ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Verizon FiOS customers to get online access to HBO
(AP) -- Premium cable TV channel HBO is offering online viewing of its movies and TV shows to its subscribers through a new Web site.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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Content is 'electronic emperor' says Murdoch
Buoyed by a box office hit in "Avatar" and better-than-expected profits, News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch has predicted a rosy future for content companies such as his media and entertainment giant.
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Comcast CEO says law protects rivals in NBC deal
(AP) -- Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts says existing law would prevent the cable TV operator from denying satellite TV companies and other rivals access to NBC Universal programming on reasonable terms.
Jan 27, 2010 |
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HP launches digital music venture in Europe
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it was partnering with U.K. mobile music startup Omnifone Ltd. to launch a subscription music service on its personal computers in Europe, moving into a market dominated by Apple Inc.'s ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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EGG-energy brings power to Africa with battery subscription service
(PhysOrg.com) -- By applying the NetFlix model of movie swapping to batteries, a team of researchers and students from MIT and Harvard is hoping to provide electricity to thousands of homes in Tanzania. Their ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Comcast unveils online viewing of cable TV shows
(AP) -- Comcast subscribers can now watch several cable TV shows and movies on the Internet.
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Swedish service performs your last online wishes
(AP) -- Sunniva Geertinger was devastated when her boyfriend took his life early this year.
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Comcast aims to reshape entertainment with NBC
(AP) -- Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover
(AP) -- Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.
Nov 16, 2009 |
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US newspaper circulation slide accelerates
Daily circulation figures for US newspapers released on Monday provided more bad news for an industry battling the flight of readers to the Web and battered by a steep decline in advertising revenue.
Oct 26, 2009 |
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News Corp. exec sees Hulu charging fees for access
(AP) -- Hulu, the free online video site where television shows and movies can be watched in their entirety, will start charging fees at some point, one of its owners said.
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Music blog to offer high-quality song streaming
(AP) -- Consumers seem reluctant to sign up for online music services that charge subscription fees, yet a music blogging site is hoping to reel in music lovers by offering unlimited access to a catalog of high-fidelity ...
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Twitter to offer business accounts with expanded features -- and fees
Without advertisements or subscription fees, the micro-blogging service Twitter has had many wondering how the site makes money.
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Want to read all about it online? It may cost you
(AP) -- With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some of the material they run in their shrinking ...
Sep 20, 2009 |
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