Vid-Biz: Playboy, RealNetworks, Puppet

By Nov. 5, 2009, 10:31am PT 1 Comment

Playboy CEO Says TV Business is Changed “For Good;” company expreiences a $2 million drop in domestic TV revenues, driven by shift to VOD. (paidContent)

RealNetworks Laying Off 4% of Staff; roughly 70 people of its 1,700 workforce. (CNET)

Puppet Walt Mossberg v. Ryan Block; a fight over the relevance of Flash makes this one perturbed puppet (NSFW). (Mr. Hogg’s YouTube Channel)

Orb Releases Mac Client; free app streams media (e.g. a live view from a webcam) to practically any device. (jkOnTheRun)

A Roadmap to OLED TVs? Reports peg LG creating 15-inch model this year, 20-inch next year and all the way to 40-inch panels in 2012. (The New York Times)

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