Archive for February 9th, 2010
Music Television is now just MTV
Over nearly three decades on air, almost everything about this cable network has changed. It certainly does not just play music anymore, including its sister channel CMT. They say they’re changing with the times, although people outside MTV don’t quite see it the same. MTV was known for its famous tagline, “Music television.” So, the [...]
Go Ringo Go!
Ringo Starr has a new star to his name… on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. At the ceremony, The Eagles’ Joe Walsh, now married to the former Beatle’s sister-in-law, paid tribute to his long-time friend.
Let’s Get Sirius
SIRIUS XM Radio today announced the availability of a free application for BlackBerry smartphones, giving consumers access to over 120 channels of sports, talk, entertainment, news, comedy and commercial-free music on compatible models of the popular BlackBerry devices — the BlackBerry Storm, Bold, Tour and Curve.
Hulu
Disney’s EVP Kevin Mayer spoke at the DeSilva & Philips Dealmakers conference and though he said many things, it was his words about paid Hulu content through Hulu and Apple that have got everyone intrigued. Paid online content is a huge topic right now, as many industries slowly wake up to the impact that widespread [...]
New City – Cisco Style
Cisco’s Wim Elfrink and developer Stan Gale plan to standardize many elements of New Songdo (see above) in other cities. Photograph by James Whitlow Delano Ten years ago, Gale was a builder and flipper of office parks. Gale’s fate began to change in 2001 with a phone call from South Korea. The Korean government had [...]
Loopt Goes Stalker Style
Loopt’s Location-based Ads Hit the iPhone, ‘Minority Report’ Here We Come! We also hear that Apple is going to be getting into the mobile ad game itself, as they recently purchased Quattro Wireless. It’s also recently forced developers to strip any location-based ad powers out of apps. Although Loopt escapes this injunction for now.
