Starting tomorrow, fans of Japanese animation can now get their fix on iTunes. Starz Media let it slip at a conference in Hollywood that some of its Manga catalog, as well as other Starz originals, will be available on Apple’s download service. NewTeeVee has the scoop, and a video interview with Marc DeBevoise, Starz senior vice president business development and strategy.
Archive for March, 2008
Starz Brings Manga to iTunes:
VC Investments Rising In Russian WiMax Service Providers
Russians, like many other emerging telecom markets seem to be quite enamored with WiMAX wireless broadband technology. In past three months, three different WiMAX operators have raised close to $75 million in venture investments. The latest to get a bag full of VC cash is MetroMax, that has raised $20 million from Volga One River Capital Partners. Last month, Quadriga Capital Russia invested $15 million in Tascom, after a competitor, Enforta announced a $40 million round from Bessemer Venture Partners. All I have to say is raising $75 million in three months still pales in comparison to the $1.6 billion raised by Clearwire to get its WiMax network running. Continue »
Google’s White Space Proposal
Google has issued to the FCC its plan for what it would like to do with the airwaves freed up by the upcoming conversion from analog to digital television, and it’s pretty optimistic. You may recall the 700 MHz auction that decided the fate of licensed spectrum and raised $19.59 billion for federal coffers, but there’s the matter of what to do with the space between the digital TV channels known as white space. Continue »
Cisco Sued Because of Employee Blogging
Don’t mess with lawyers, and especially don’t poke fun at them for bad behavior or allege that they may have committed improprieties with a court. You’d think Richard Frenkel, a fellow lawyer, would understand this rule, but the Cisco IP director still attacked a few patent lawyers in a blog called Patent Troll Tracker. He and Cisco are now part of a lawsuit alleging defamation. Continue »
Do We Really Need More Mobile TV?
The Financial Times suspects that DISH Network is building a mobile television service thanks to its relationship with Frontier Wireless, the winner of a $712 million hunk of spectrum offered in the recent 700 MHz auction. Frontier walked away with nationwide licenses to the E block of spectrum, which is good for one-way service. It’s something Om had prophesied, but does it really make sense? Continue »
Another Celebrity Launches Video Site! Is The End Near?
At the turn of the century, when the first Internet mania was raging, one could see the party ending when sports stars, Hollywood actors and musicians started setting up some kind of dotcom shop. Does anyone remember MVP.com, which raised $150 million [and change] from John Elway, Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky among others? Why this trip down memory lane? Continue »
What you can learn from the sad fate of OLPC
LESSON: Your mission is the goal. Your model is the method. Do not confuse these two things. Continue »
Question of the Day: Bebo & Profit Sharing
Question of the Day: Do social networks exploit their user-content generators? Continue »
Question of the Day: Bebo & Profit Sharing
Question of the Day: Bebo & Profit Sharing
