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Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Netflix Surpasses HBO in U.S. Subscribers … Netflix reported 29.17 million domestic subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, surpassing HBO for the first time.  —  Netflix, which ended 2012 with 27.15 million domestic subs, added just over 2 million subs, according to first quarter results issued Monday.
Apr 22, 2013, 9:25 PMIn context
Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS Takes Stake in Syncbak, Eyeing Aereo Threat … CBS now owns a piece of Syncbak.  The Eye has taken a minority stake in the local TV streaming-video venture backed by broadcasters, one way the industry is responding to over-the-top startup Aereo, which refuses to pay retransmission fees …
Apr 22, 2013, 8:50 PMIn context
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Intel: The Big Bet That Could Change TV … Editor-in-chief: Digital  —  @awallenstein  —  Employees at Intel Corp. are free to roam almost anywhere across the vast Santa Clara, Calif., campus they call home.  Certain laboratories are off-limits of course; that's understandable …
Apr 4, 2013, 4:45 AMIn context
Ted Johnson / Variety:
It's Big TV vs. Big Telecom Over Broadcast Spectrum   —  The government embarks on an ambitious plan to entice flailing stations to put their spectrum up for auction.  — The government's plan to auction off broadcast spectrum to expand wireless services has pitted Big TV against Big Telecom at the FCC and in the halls of Congress.
Mar 31, 2013, 1:55 AMIn context
Ted Johnson / Variety:
Study Suggests Megaupload Shutdown Boosted Legal Movie Sales … Hollywood studios are quick to offer figures on the cost of piracy, but a new study sheds light on whether efforts to combat it is at all working.  —  A study conducted by Carnegie Mellon's Initiative for Digital Entertainment …
Mar 7, 2013, 11:25 PMIn context
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Sony in talks for virtual MSO service   —  Conglom could roll out over-the-top channels later this year  —  Sony Corp. will show off a wide range of new products at next week's Consumer Electronics Show, but one that will stay under wraps could be its riskiest: a multichannel TV service to rival cable.
Jan 3, 2013, 6:30 PMIn context
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Media bigs flock to YouTube power players   —  Why MCNs like Fullscreen, Maker are luring investors  —  Above: Fullscreen CEO George Strompolos, right, holds a meeting with staffers in Culver City, CA.  —  There may be no better sign that there's a hot Internet sector brewing than Peter Chernin choosing to invest there — repeatedly.
Nov 22, 2012, 7:25 PMIn context
Variety:
Amazon eyes original comedy series ‘Browsers’   —  Netco close to greenlight for project originally developed at CBS  —  In a sign that Amazon is getting serious about fielding original programming, the Internet giant is said to be close to greenlighting a musical comedy series dubbed “Browsers.”
Nov 5, 2012, 6:30 PMIn context
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
HBO cuts the cord for international launch   —  Nordic region won't need pay-TV subscription to get net  —  HBO will make the Nordic region the first market where its programming will be available to consumers without requiring that they have a pay-TV subscription.
Aug 30, 2012, 4:05 PMIn context
Andrew Wallenstein / Variety:
Hulu CEO faces big changes   —  Jason Kilar set for mega payday; owners to alter content deals  —  “Outline transition plan for new CEO.  Discuss potential candidates and process.”  —  These sentences are the topmost bullet points of a confidential internal memo regarding the business of Hulu obtained by Variety.
Aug 19, 2012, 11:10 PMIn context

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