In as big an executive earthquake as legacy media can still produce, both Richard Plepler, HBO’s Chairman and CEO, and David Levy, President of Turner Broadcasting, “ankled their gigs” almost simultaneously. This leaves the tantalizing question: what will be the leadership landscape to follow?
Membership warehouse chain Costco may become the latest company to launch a streaming-video service, in this case reportedly focused on "average Americans." With Netflix's U.S. subscriber growth slowing, and Amazon pivoting, is there an untapped market in an overstuffed entertainment sector?
Sinclair Broadcast Group launches STIRR, its free online video service featuring live and local news, sports and other content from its stations, as well as a wide range of on-demand and live programming from 20 partner channels, with another 30 to come.
Comcast-owned NBCUniversal will launch its own ad-supported video-streaming service, headed by one of its most successful executives. It will be ad-supported, and free to Comcast and Sky subscribers. The service faces stiff competition from Netflix and numerous other big media companies.
The women in entertainment on Forbes’ list of The World’s Most Powerful Women are the performers, tastemakers, executives and entrepreneurs who are making an impact. Our criteria is based on the reach of each woman's influence and relevance, and ranked by money and media momentum. The 11 women in entertainment [...]
Pictured: A "sophisticated male" It's rare that I'll make an entire quote into a headline, but that sentiment from NBCU Cable and Entertainment Studios chairman Bonnie Hammer made me roll me eyes so hard I thought I might pull a muscle. It comes in the wake of the announcement that the G4 [...]
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) All those jokes on "30 Rock" about selling microwaves are now officially dated. Comcast has agreed to buy out GE's 49% stake in NBC Universal. In the mostly-cash deal, the cable operator will pay $16.7 billion for the equity stake GE hung onto after the December 2009 sale that [...]