Month: August 2010

Apple Engadget, which started the latest round of rumoring about a new version of Apple TV, is back this morning with a new entry that advances the “story” in at least one important area (ironically a more important one than Engadget seems to realize). The thrust of the piece concerns the disappointing news that the Read More …

Deals The received wisdom on Netflix’s deal with EPIX is that Netflix is paying upwards of $1 billion over five years for subscription streaming rights to films from Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. The figure was unsourced at the time it was first reported and it has not been confirmed since. But that hasn’t stopped people Read More …

Piracy Here’s one you don’t see every day: Chinese film studio Dasheng International Media (DIM), in conjunction with the China Film Copyright Protection Association, has brought a lawsuit against China’s largest eDonkey tracker VeryCD and other sites for providing links to pirated copies of the martial arts film Ip Man 2. The suit was filed Read More …

Connected Devices Yesterday I flagged some stories speculating about Best Buy-branded tablet device and concluded that the electronics retailer was indeed preparing to introduce its own tablet as part of a broader media streaming and wireless strategy. Today brought another story that again underscores the growing scope of retailers’ — particularly electronics retailers — to Read More …

Net  Neutrality Now that Google and Verizon have come semi-clean about their ex parte discussions regarding net neutrality some of the more intriguing outstanding questions have been answered, even as some new ones have been raised. In the latter category is the matter of how much of what’s in the Legislative Framework Proposal the two Read More …