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Future News: Google Acquires Sirius-XM

July 27, 2008

Today: XM + Sirius. But tomorrow…who knows? Here’s one theory.

Jay’s Last Bow

July 24, 2008

The King of Late Night Will soon get the night off. Or will he?

Will TV’s Loss Be Cable’s Gain?

July 23, 2008

Nielsen says that as over-the-air households go digital they watch more TV, and that most of that gain is cable programming. Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Inc. analyst Craig Moffett says “the digital TV transition could represent a once-in-a generation catalyst for cable stocks.” The analysis posits that digital signal coverage will be less than [...]

Arbitron Offers Sample Increase

July 21, 2008

Arbitron will increase their PPM sample size targets beginning in 2009.

Katana, Contessa, Ivanna and Anna: So many phones, so little airtime

July 14, 2008

Tyler Vickers says new phone tech doesn’t make breaking up any less difficult to do.

FCC Throttles COMCAST Over Internet Throttling

July 12, 2008

The FCC says NO to COMCAST’s interfering with P2P sites they feel are naughty and not nice to their network.

Ten Amendments and Seven Words

July 11, 2008

A recent Rasmussen Report says half of us don’t understand the concept of “Freedom of Speech.” Say what you want…well, 50 percent really can’t.

Turning Old Fat Into New Reality Programs

July 9, 2008

Brigitte Nielsen is recycling old fat into new audiences and German Reality TV gets a front row seat.

Perfect Programming Storm: Weather Channel + NBC

July 8, 2008

The marriage of The Weather Channel and NBC offers lots of programming possibilities. Here’s a list of shows you’ll probably never see.

A Solar Powered Prius Might Shine Bright in the Future

July 7, 2008

You can’t get much greener than this. Toyota plans to add solar panels to the Prius as early as next Spring, says the Japanese newspaper Nikkei. The sun soaking option, initially available on high end models, will offer solar panels on the roof to supply some of the 2-5 kilowatts of power used to run [...]