Time Warner reported lower first-quarter earnings because of big losses at AOL, but said profits were up at what it called its “Content Group.” Net income was $661 million or 55 cents a share, down from $771 million or 64 cents a share a year ago. Revenues fell to $6.9 billion from $7.5 billion. Time...
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Time Warner is shaking up its AOL subsidiary and longtime NBC executive Randy Falco, its current chairman-CEO, is departing. Time Warner Chairman-CEO Jeff Bewkes today announced that Google Senior VP Tim Armstrong will become the new chairman-CEO of AOL. “Tim is the right executive to move AOL into the...
On soap operas, the sexy leads will often kiss, date, mate, hiss, throw things, break up, make up and kiss again. And that works on a soap. But the whole on-again-off-again thing isn’t quite so cute when it comes to the digital television transition. Many consumers are fed up with the mixed messages...
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AOL will lean on online television technology provider Brightcove to deliver video throughout the AOL network, the companies announced today. When the deal kicks in early next year, AOL and its programming partners will use Brightcove’s technology to deliver video across the AOL sites, such as AOL Video...
SlamBall has signed a series of multiplatform content-distribution agreements for the 2008 SlamBall Championship Series. The title SlamBall game will be broadcast exclusively on CBS on Nov. 2. Eight regular-season games will be available on national sports network Versus on Sundays Aug. 31-Sept. 14 and...
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