CURRENT TV will officially relaunch its website on October 16, and Al Gore has promised that the site will "take interactivity to a new level." As part of the change, Current TV will drop the "TV" - and simply become "Current." Current.com will act as a user-generated hub, accepting links to news stories, videos, and even ...
MediaBytes 09.10.2007
on 9.10.07
WARNER BROTHERS will announce 24 new web productions today, in formats ranging from games to episodic online TV. Projects include a neurotic minivan-driving mother who starts a talk show, a puppet show for adults, and a mockumentary about a digital production studio. About 6 additional projects are in development, including ...
MediaBytes 06.29.07
on 6.29.07
NEWS CORP. and NBCU announced that Jason Kilar would be CEO of their joint venture into online video. During a conference call, News Corp. COO Peter Chernin backed off claims of a September release for the still-unnamed service, saying it "might not happen" in September. JAMAN, a P2P movie download company that focuses on ...
Verizon Music Phone on the Horizon
on 6.29.05
The Los Angeles Times Reports: Technophiles predicted that the PDA would go the way of the dinosaurs, and it looks like the prediction is about to come true. Thanks to the success of the MP3 player generally and the iPod specifically, cell phone manufacturers are turning PDA/phones into music-playing ...
Bill says, “Apple’s just lucky!”
on 5.13.05
This article appeared in the New York Post. It's priceless. There's Sabre rattling and then, there's Sabre rattling. On a more specific topic, you can be sure that the cell phone purveyors are thinking about a phone-based MP3 world. But, as history has so often shown -- thinking doesn't mean you going to get it ...
NAB Floor Tour 2005
on 4.19.05
The 2005 NAB/Emmy Advanced Media Floor Tour started with an overview of Motorola’s latest offerings. AMC member, Marty Stein, showed us why you love to say, “Hello Moto!” Next, AMC member and presenter extraordinaire, Steve Jacobs of Sony, gave us an overview of the world of HD television production Sony ...
Moto “Skype” Mobile Phones … strange bedfellows!
on 2.22.05
Anton Shilov reports: Motorola, a leading maker of mobile phones, and Skype, a leading Internet telephony company, said this week at 3GSM World Congress that Motorola would launch a lineup of products that are dubbed “Skype Ready,” including cell phones and handsets. The two companies will explore ...
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