Ex-HBO Head Albrecht Joins Starz As CEO; Albrecht spent more than 20 years at HBO and was credited with a string of successes during his stint as president of HBO Original Programming. (paidContent) ESPN360 Scores Bangladesh Cricket Rights Deal; ESPN and Nimbus Sport International have reached… Read More »
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The industry is abuzz with news that Disney and CBS are in the early stages of negotiations with Apple to join an online video subscription service that could launch as part of iTunes as early as next year, as reported by the Read More »
Our subscription research service GigaOM Pro just published its list of Connected Consumer winners and losers for 2009, and while some choices may be obvious, there are actually a few surprises on the list. For instance,… Read More »
Move over, Lybia: YouTube has chosen Belgium’s .be top-level domain for its new URL-shortening service. Google clearly decided to go for memorability vs. the shortest URL possible with this service — using simply http://youtu.be — which it describes as a secure URL shortener that… Read More »
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello spoke with FOX Business Network’s Liz Claman today about Tiger’s relationship with the company and his private life, saying it’s “private” and he can’t do anything but “stand by” him. EA has made nearly $500 million selling its Tiger Woods game. Read More »
I’ve had a rant building up for a few weeks. A rant about developer’s treatment at the hands of the App Store submission procedure. However unlike many rants on the topic, mine is not directed towards Apple. It is directed towards the iPhone developers who complain… Read More »
The premise “A young woman meets the man in the mirror” might be more likely to get a Michael Jackson song stuck in your head than inspire viewing. But Lumina, written, directed and produced by independent filmmaker Jennifer Thym, takes that idea and twists… Read More »
Riot Games has raised $8 million from Tencent and returning investors Benchmark and FirstMark Capital, said the Culver City, Calif.-based publisher, which develops free-to-play, digitally distributed games with a microtransaction/virtual goods revenue stream. Such a model has worked extremely well in Asia,… Read More »
Smith & Tinker, a Bellevue, Wash.-based game company, today announced it’s raised $29 million from Alsop Louie Partners, DCM, Foundry Group, Leo Capital Holdings, and Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital. The money will primarily fund Nanovor, an ambitious kids’game that will extend across multiple… Read More »
When we talk about the biggest smartphone companies and platforms, Research In Motion with its BlackBerry is always at the top of the list. RIM has experienced phenomenal growth over the past few years, largely due to producing popular BlackBerry models. It has successfully expanded its… Read More »
We’d like to say thanks to this week’s jkOnTheRun sponsors. Best in Cell Phones: The Best Cell Phone Deals are Here! Fuze Meeting: Share everything you see with everyone in high definition, anywhere on any device. Read More »
When you run a news site and you get your hands on a video that you know is going to be huge — potentially-breaking-your-site huge — what do you do? In two recent cases, companies turned to new video platform providers that promised they could handle… Read More »
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