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NBC tried to go long in promoting its TV Everywhere offering by using a free live stream of ysterday’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks to showcase its over-the-top chops. But like Seattle in its final, goal-line possession, the network might have been better keeping it on the ground. Instead of Read More …
Having failed to put forth a competitive consumer proposition to counter Redbox’s dollar-a-night DVD rentals, the studios are on the verge of accomplishing what, from the point of view of their own economic interests, is the next best thing: they have brought the rental kiosk operator to heel and effectively forced it to accept a 28-day window after Read More …
Here in Washington, DC, TV viewers are treated to an unusual array of commercials: a fairly steady drumbeat of obscure issue-advocacy ads sponsored by industry-funded front groups aimed at influencing Congress by showing off the group’s lobbying muscle. Generally speaking, the more blandly benign-sounding the group’s name, the more mendacious the policy proposal. Groups calling Read More …
Media Wonk readers who also happen to be paying subscribers to GigaOm Pro can read my take on the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal deal here.
The White House party crashers is not a subject that would usually occupy The Media Wonk. But here in Washington, with so many people running about, flapping their arms like frightened hens over the horror of it all, it’s a very difficult story to ignore. After the crashers themselves and White House social secretary Desiree Read More …