Internet company Yahoo has agreed to buy online advertising network Interclick for $270 million in cash. The deal announced Tuesday is expected to help Yahoo target advertisements to its online audience. Interclick’s technology will allow Yahoo to “expand its targeting and data capabilities to deliver campaigns” more effectively, Yahoo said. Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., […]
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Time Warner Cable close to TV app for Android tablets
Following up on its iPad app release from March, Time Warner Cable is putting the finishing touches on a similar app for Android tablets. Following on the heels of Comcast’s Android app, Time Warner Cable’s TWCable TV app will serve as a remote control for its Mystro Digital Navigator and OCAP Digital Navigator set-top boxes. […]
Fox, DirecTV sign retrans accord
On the day their extended retransmission contract ran out, Fox Networks and DirecTV reached an agreement for the latter to continue carrying all of the former’s cable network channels. The retrans negotiations between the two got bitter, with Fox taking out newspaper ads aimed at inducing DirecTV subscribers to either complain to DirecTV or churn […]
Bright House’s iPad app hits iTunes store
On Friday, Bright House Networks’ iPad app hit the iTunes store, although a spokeswoman for the company said it won’t officially launch until tomorrow. Bright House Networks’ iPad app lets digital basic service or higher subscribers watch up to 100 live channels on their iPads via Wi-Fi connections. Customers also need to have a Bright […]
YouTube launches broad entertainment venture
YouTube is making a bold step into original programming in an entertainment venture with some 100 content creators, from Madonna to The Wall Street Journal. The Google-owned video site said Friday that it’s launching more than 100 new video channels. The partners include an array of Hollywood production companies, celebrities and new media groups that […]
Cablevision’s profits sink 65 percent in Q3
Cablevision’s shares were smarting this morning after the cable operator reported that its profit dipped 65 percent in the third quarter, but the company’s revenues did get a boost from the inclusion of the former Bresnan Communications customers. After its earnings report was issued earlier today, Cablevisions’ shares were down 13 percent. On the plus […]
Retrans negotiations get ugly with ad claims
DirecTV is accusing Fox of creating misleading advertising as the two renegotiate their retransmission contract. Fox is running print ads and TV commercials informing DirecTV subscribers that “on Nov. 1, DirecTV will drop,” and then it lists a number of Fox channels, including Fox Sports, FX, Speed and others. The ads also mention that Fox […]
BigBand draws a bead on targeted ads for IPTV
BigBand Networks has taken the wraps off of a targeted advertising application that lets IPTV video providers use “virtual zoning” to deliver ads to ad zones over linear TV. BigBand has added virtual zoning to its Media Services Platform (MSP), which enables the delivery of ads to groups of devices based on demographics or to […]
Broadband, business services shine in TWC’s Q3 results
To borrow a phrase from an infamous actor, Time Warner Cable’s high-speed Internet services were “winning” in the third quarter. Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt had previously said that data services were going to be the company’s anchor product going forward, and that point was driven home during this morning’s earnings call. “Broadband is […]
Cisco serves up wireless boxes to AT&T
Cisco is laying claim to an industry first with its new wireless IPTV receiver, which AT&T will offer across its entire footprint on Monday. Cisco’s ISB7005 wireless receiver allows U-verse subscribers to send standard-definition and high-definition programming around a home via 802.11n Wi-Fi. The system also features Cisco’s VEN401 Wireless Access Point, which, along with […]
