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MercuryNews.com | 06/26/2006 | Betting on the big bundle

Actually, the big cable and phone companies want to do it for you.
They’re hoping that by investing in businesses beyond what they’re
known for, they’ll be able to offer customers bundles, or what they
call the “quadruple play:'’ Internet, television and home- and
cell-phone service, all from one company. They’re banking that
consumers will prefer the convenience of getting one bill from one
provider rather than choosing from the growing number of phone, TV and
Internet options.

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TechCrunch » Blog Archive » AOL-Netscape Launches Massive “Digg Killer”

On Thursday, AOL’s Netscape property will no longer be just another portal - it’s being converted into a Digg-killer.

Telegraph | Entertainment | Farce that rose from the grave

What do you do if your favourite comedy series never comes out on DVD? You could do as Craig Robins has just done - buy the rights and release the thing yourself.

eMusic ha logrado montar un negocio vendiendo música sin licencias de protección. Interesante artículo sobre esta experiencia:

Making money selling music without DRM: the rise of eMusic : Page 1

Google to Distribute Online Video Ads - Yahoo! News

Google Inc. will begin distributing online video ads for the first time later this week, continuing the Internet search engine leader’s effort to diversify beyond the static written messages that generate most of its profits.

http://www.smssugarman.com/

Filmada con teléfonos Sony Ericsson, transferida a 35 mm…

Mejor que Jerry Springer???

Telegraph | News | CCTV channel beamed to your home

Big Brother, the reality television show that attracts up to seven million viewers, is old hat.

In the world of boundary-pushing television, it was surpassed yesterday by a group of Eastenders who have become the first to monitor their own neighbourhood via a home CCTV channel.

Why ABC’s ‘Lost’ Is the Future of Online Media

ABC’s “Lost” has done more than any other media before it to enable interaction around a brand on multiple platforms. It is the first truly pan-media experience, and that holds lessons for content producers everywhere.
“Lost” is everywhere. It’s a television show that was born in a traditional analog world but came of age in a digital world where the very idea of “television” is giving way to the idea of ubiquitous, platform-agnostic video.

But the show’s presence extends beyond just video. Viewers interact with the brand on multiple platforms. There are Web sites devoted to translating the whispers heard on the show. People track the literary works mentioned. ABC has even created fake Web sites for elements of the show, like for the band Driveshaft.

CBS launches entertainment Web site - Yahoo! News

CBS Corp. has launched a Web site that will offer new programming as well as some of its existing TV shows, as competition intensifies between broadcasters and Internet firms such as Google Inc.

The site, called innertube, was launched on Thursday and will be free to viewers and supported by advertising. Cadbury Schweppes, Chili’s, Pier 1 Imports Brinkmann Corp. and Verizon SuperPages.com are its initial advertising sponsors, CBS said.

MICROSOFT TO ANNOUNCE FIRST TWO VIDEO-PRODUCTION DEALS FOR MSN ONLINE

Microsoft will announce today a series of deals with independent production companies to produce video for MSN online.

The first two partnerships are with Reveille, creator of TV shows such as NBC’s “The Office'’ and “The Biggest Loser,'’ and Be Jane, which produces home-improvement videos for women. Microsoft expects to ink more agreements with different production companies in coming months.