I’ve been satisfied, and complacent, with my Tivo (i think its a series3), but I’ve kept my eye on both Roku and Boxee as alternatives. It definitely seems that the pace of innovation at Tivo, measued in years not months, may turn into a liability for them. Once I can get MLS Live, FSC, and […]
I had to go with the wholly unoriginal headline, but this news (thanks to JL) makes my day. I’m glad they are reviving Futurama, hopefully it’ll replace the crap that is Drawn Together The ‘Futurama’ is Now: Comedy Central Revives Series (TVWeek) Five years after Fox canceled the animated comedy, 20th Century Fox TV has
I was a big fan of Satellite TV going back to grad school. Back then, you could get a decent channel package for around $30/month, easily beating the price of cable. Even factoring in buying the Dish and Receiver, the savings at the time paid for themselves in under two years (at least in Blacksburg
MLS had to pay to be on ESPN2 for so many years, because that’s what gets and keeps you on the general sport fan’s radar. On the other end of th spectrum, the NHL refused a revenue-sharing agreement, one without a big fat rights fee, with ESPN last year and chose to go to the
Soccer America looks at what impact, if any, Soccer United Marketing (S.U.M) has had on our domestic league. They’re very shrewd promoters, including clauses in contracts that teams coming over to play in friendlies, like Mexico or Manchester United, have to bring their first team regulars. It sounds like the impact on MSL is fairly
NBC’s Olympic ratings in the US just made the guarantee to sponsors. An analysis of the ratings is posted at the Sports Economist “Olympic TV Ratings in the US“ I’m posting this here for future refrence as it’d be interesting to compare the Olympic’s ratings with those for the World Cup this summer. I don’t
Two quick recommendations of TV shows that are worth checking out. First, the Sci-Fi channels reincarnation of Battlestar Galactica is shockingly good. I knew they’d respect the source material since they did an admirable job with the Dune mini-serieses but I didn’t expect it to be as good as it is. There are throwbacks to
I’m coming to realize that satellite dishes are just a lot less evil than cable companies. Not that I have any legitimate beefs with Dish Network beyond not being able to get certain channels – Fox Sports World, GolTv, Telemundo – without subscribing to their largest packages. The American Customre Satisfaction Index shows that Customer
Explanations why channel bundling may actually be good, since you get more channels for a lower price, over at . This doesn’t address how some channels are only availble in high priced bundles. Maybe it’d be possible to pick what N (5, 10, 30) channels you get? More plausibly, price discrimination is at work. Consider
Doc Searls has a good summary about Viacomm and Dish Network settling their recent spat over carrying Viacomm’s bundle of channels. Unfortunately, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Why not? I think it’s because nobody who makes most of their money on advertising wants to see consumers become customers. Viacom, for example, is