How much are you worth to your college football team? For PAC-12 fans that may be just under a dollar, from the L.A. Times: SportsBusiness Journal reported that the Pac-12 is seeking more than 80 cents per subscriber to carry its channels. That’s more than CNN, USA and FX and about the same as Disney …
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I’m super excited that the PAC-12 is getting its own network. I love watching all sorts of college sports on TV and hopefully this channel will give me all I can eat. More fans will see more UCLA sports on more channels than ever before when the Pac-12 Networks launches on August 15. …
Here are the big events for Fri/Sat, with the full schedule available from the L.A. Times – 2012 London Olympics on TV Friday 2012 Summer Olympics 7:30 p.m. Friday, NBC: Opening Ceremony: London, the first city to host the Olympics three times, welcomes the world and Queen Elizabeth II officially opens the Games. (N) Saturday 2012 …
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Today may very well live in infamy as the day the cable companies died. Internet giant Google announced its new, groundbreaking Google Fiber, a broadband service that will bring breakneck 1Gbps internet speed to Kansas City — service far faster and far cheaper than that offered by traditional cable companies. How fast is Google’s 1Gbps …
This is Comic Store Heroes, a wild and wacky adventure into the subculture of comic book super fans, where dreams are everything… and with a bit of faith and spandex, they really can come true. Amid the dark and dangerous shadows of New York, the real life Gotham City, shines a bright light that lures comic fans …
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Think of it as TV’s Comic-Cannes. Since its inception 42 years ago, Comic-Con International has been a celebration of fanboy culture. When geek became the new cool, it also worked as a marketing platform for Hollywood and video game makers. Now, it’s the place where the television industry comes to build buzz for new shows …
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Just a month after we brought you news that Amazon Studios was calling for original comedy and children’s series projects, the company announced today that it has selected its first four projects, choosing three comedies and one children’s show. The company has switched its focus to four TV projects, they are: The 100 Deaths of Mort Grimley – Where …
The following is a press release from Goodwill of Orange County, California. It discusses the great success the company has had managing e-waste and creating green jobs. Check out your local Goodwill to see if they are also accepting e-waste, there is a good chance they are! Turn Your E-Waste Into New Opportunities. We all …
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The sale of Blu-ray players is going to peak this year or next, Roku CEO Anthony Wood predicted at the TV of Tomorrow show in San Francisco Wednesday. “Will people use Blu-ray players in four years? I don’t think so,” he said, adding that the streaming performance on Blu-ray players doesn’t compare to the experience …
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Here’s more evidence that Netflix is slowly chipping away at traditional TV viewing. According to a public Facebook post by CEO Reed Hastings, Netflix subscribers watched a total of 1 billion hours of video for the first time in June. Do a little back-of-the-envelope math, and that comes out to more than an hour of video per …