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What The Business Of Video Will Look Like In 2012

Expect big changes in how video is made, shared, and consumed in the coming year.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Female Cable Execs Talk The Future Of TV

Television is facing tumultuous times. Three of cable's most powerful women sit down to compare notes.READ»

Navigation Powered By Declassified Missile Tech (And Maybe Apple) Makes Sci-Fi Real

Navigation, thanks to a bunch of innovations, is about to get futuristic in a way Star Trek's Mr. Chekov would be impressed with ... and Google isn't necessarily along for the ride.READ»

FAST FEED   |  Comment

GoDaddy's New Hosting, UK LulzSec Arrest, Amazon Worth $100B, Fox Squeezes Net TV, First Mango Windows Phone, Facebook Business

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.READ»

Is American Express Creating The Future Of Small Business Communications?

Started in 2007, American Express began publishing OPEN Forum, a platform for small biz owners to share advice and get information about their trades-in-question. With a rise to mobile use, AMEX execs see a shift to business owners needing on-the-road information, and the OPEN Forum is following them there. READ»

Al Jazeera Launching English-Language Children's Channel

Al Jazeera isn't just news. Its next project? An English-language children's edutainment network on American TV by 2012.READ»

Al Jazeera in Talks With Comcast, Time Warner

Although Al Jazeera's reporting on the Arab Revolutions has won worldwide acclaim, the network is still near-impossible to watch on American television. However, new negotiations might change everything for the controversial network.READ»

IFC   |  Comment

Jennifer Caserta's Plan to Bring Original Programming--and Old Favorites--to IFC

Caseta wants to transform the fledgling cable channel IFC into a major media player by acquiring critically acclaimed, low-rated series such as Freaks and Geeks, while also producing original programs, including the soon-to-be-launched Onion News Network.READ»

Google TV - An Inside Out Review

The early reviews have been vicious. The buzz says it is DOA. But once you look under the hood, Google may have a winner. READ»

IPAD   |  Comment

Study: iPad Users (And Would-Be Users) More Likely to Ditch Cable TV

The Internet hasn't killed cable TV yet. The iPad just might.READ»

HULU   |  Comment

Cable TV Bleeds Subscribers, Internet TV Cleans Them Up

Cable networks have been losing subscribers at a growing rate in recent months -- and satellite providers haven't picked up the slack. It's the strongest indication yet that online services such as Netflix and Hulu are snagging an ever larger share of couch potatoes. READ»

GOOGLE TV   |  Comment

Google Changes the Channel (With Its Voice?)

Don't count out Google TV. The all-star collaboration between Google, Sony, Intel and Logitech is officially coming this fall, with a worldwide release coming next year. Better yet, it will offer voice control.READ»

CLICKER   |  Comment

Debunking the Debunking of the Cable Cord Cutters

Traditional TV services shouldn't get complacent just because online video hasn’t demolished its business yet.READ»

TV ADS   |  Comment

Deconfusinator: Google Ads on DirecTV? How Does That Work?

Remember when DirecTV and TiVo were best pals? It didn't last. But now DirecTV has a big, bad mother of a new best friend: Google. It'll be selling ad time on some of DirecTV's channels. But isn't this confusing?READ»

TV   |  Comment

Hulu Plus is Real: $10/Month for iPhone, iPad and TV Viewing

Finally! Hulu Plus has been made official, and it looks awesome. For $10 a month, you'll be able to stream in HD entire current seasons of shows Glee, Modern Family, The Office and 30 Rock as well as the entire back library of many ...READ»

SPORTS   |  Comment

Sony Lands Live Streaming MLB Games on PlayStation 3

As if we needed another bullet point in the "why you should get rid of cable" argument, Sony just announced that they're bringing live MLB games to the PS3.READ»

Minimizing Development Costs on Low-to-Mid Volume Products

My partner, Mike Deeds, has a new post on our company blog:You can’t escape the fact that it takes money to create a low cost product. It is estimated that the first version of the iPhone had COGS (cost-of-goods-sold) of around ...READ»

Sniffing iPad Traffic

 I thought it would be interesting to connect a network sniffer in-line with my shiny new iPad, so I could capture and analyze all the network traffic flowing to and from the device.Although I did this with the iPad, the ...READ»

SAN ANTONIO   |  Comment

Getting the Message Out to Cable Customers with PerfTech

Here's another in our series of interesting tech companies in San Antonio, Texas. Perftech makes technology that lets cable companies communicate with their customers in a new wayREAD»

POLICY   |  Comment

USA is Doing Fine in Broadband Race, NCTA CEO Says

In our trip through Washington DC, you’ll notice that lots of politicians are upset that the United States is ranked 15th out of all countries in deployment of broadband technologies. Here I visit Kyle McSlarrow, CEO of the National ...READ»