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RFD-TV: How an Ex-Farmer Built a $25 Million Media Empire for Rural America

How a scrappy ex-farmer from Nebraska built a TV channel for rural America. Hee Haw? Yeehaw!READ»

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Sezmi Lets You Ditch Cable and Go "Full Hulu"

A new standalone streaming TV service called Sezmi has launched a pilot program in LA, after announcing it had raised another $25 million in funding. So what is this thing? The Sezmi plans to compete with cable and satellite TV ...READ»

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How Long Can Free Broadcast TV Last? Not Long, Perhaps

Though Time Warner's CEO Jeff Bewkes has his own agenda to push regarding the future of TV, speaking to the Daily Beast recently he mentioned the future of free-to-air TV. He thinks it hasn't got one, and he may have a point. Among ...READ»

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EPIX   |  1 comment

Epix Aims to Put HBO and Showtime to Shame; Try It for Free Here!

Last month we reported that a new cable channel called Epix was going to try to steal thunder from heavyweights like HBO and Showtime by also offering all their movies online at EpixHD.com. The channel, which is being offered first on ...READ»

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Epix Movie Service Challenges HBO and Hulu Alike

When MGM, Lionsgate and Paramount couldn't come to an agreement with Showtime for cable movie distribution, they went and created their own channel. But unlike the regular premium channels, which take about a year to get ...READ»

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Is Today's Wireless Charging Tech Kind of Useless? Nope

Wireless power. You've heard about it, you want it...but until we get our hands on it, there's just the existing wireless charging tech to please your wire-free urges. Except that, according to Strategy Analytics, it's kind of ...READ»

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Cablevision vs. Verizon FiOS: The Battle for Fastest Internet Speeds Continues

Say what you like about the benefits of fiber-optic communications, and the future of home broadband: Cable hasn't given up the ghost just yet. Next month Cablevision will unveil its top-tier broadband service that speeds along at a ...READ»

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BOXEE   |  3 comments

Boxee CEO Remains Optimistic, Even Without Hulu

Boxee CEO Avner Ronen has a big heart--big enough to feel compassion for the big bad cable guys who had Hulu yanked off of his social media center, which allows Web sites and personal media libraries to stream to TVs. At the ...READ»

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Breaking from Old Routines: Part 4 of the 12 Things I Learned about Business from Living in Asia

Across the street from my apartment is a barber shop owned and operated by a Mexican family. It is a place where people from all over the neighborhood, including children, come to talk and hang out. I see the roots of ...READ»

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Pace Yourself: Part 3 of the 12 Things I Learned about Business from Living in Asia

When there are many opportunities, it is best to choose the opportunities that speak to your personal interests. It is even better to manage the opportunities by only agreeing to accomplish what is reasonable and by taking on ...READ»

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Converging Multimedia

Any ideas on how the convergence between cable, entertainment, phone companies, cable companies, VOD, Cell Phones will turn out?  Who will be the major players?READ»

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