Sentences with phrase «us cable channel»

According to John Crabill, an executive with Mohu, the company's sales doubled during the January and February period when Dish (DISH) announced Sling, which lets consumers buy a bundle of cable channels over the internet.

The grand plan is that the company will eventually have content available on the full range of media platforms anywhere in the world, from traditional print publications and cable channels to snappy websites with streaming video suitable for hand - held devices, as well as downloadable digital magazines.

But in others, the expansion across platforms began somewhere else: the outdoorsy niche began with the purchase of Cottage Life magazine and two other smaller publications, which have been used to build a cable channel (how - to videos and sponsored content figure prominently).

YouTube announced on Wednesday that it struck a deal with Time Warner's Turner entertainment division to get access to TNT, Adult Swim, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, and other cable channels for its paid TV service.

For only $ 35 a month, I can watch dozens of cable channels plus HBO and all of my local stations (except puzzlingly PBS, but more on that in a second).

But in an age of endless cable channels, binge watching and YouTube, this carefully controlled distribution model looks increasingly antiquated.

Now, YouTube TV, which is owned by Google, can offer subscribers a fuller lineup of cable channels.

Back in the old days of television programming — say, 15 years ago — most standup specials like Black's ran for a limited time on one of the three main cable channels that aired comedy (HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central) before being shuffled off to the archives.

And in 2007, Netflix launched its streaming service, allowing viewers to watch movies via the internet instead of renting a DVD or waiting for the show to appear on a cable channel.

Increasingly, their network and cable channel partners are refusing to license their shows to the independent streaming services — historically the active licensers of that content and now their chief competition for subscribers.

Today, Volk - Weiss licenses programs to established «real - time,» or «linear,» cable channels, like HBO, Showtime, and Epix; streaming video on - demand channels, like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Seeso, NBCUniversal's new comedy subscription service (and increasingly, services from the linear channels); over-the-top-device companies like Roku, Microsoft (which makes Xbox), Sony (PlayStation), and Apple (Apple TV); and satellite - radio channel Sirius XM.

Anime peppers cable channels like IFC, Spike and, of course, Cartoon Network, whose Toonami block features Japanese animation every Saturday night.

After YouTube TV's debut last year, Fortune noted that the service was incomplete compared to most cable offerings because of its lack of cable channels from the likes of Turner and Viacom.

Huge «s debut on ABC Family attracted the cable channel's largest - ever audience of women between the ages of 18 and 49.

Produced in association with cable channel OutTV, the spot allowed Starbucks to tap both the large social media following of its stars as well as targeted access to the LGBT customers it was looking to reach:

Changing the cable channel on the TV in reception from NY1 to CNN (since Peppercom is a global communications firm).

Mark Cuban, owner of the HDNet cable channel, holds 5.4 % of Lions Gate and appears to believe the company is worth more than Icahn's valuation.

Stewart expects that Canadians may be surprised that unbundling cable channels, or paying for an over-the-top service, may be more expensive than they assume.

* But there is also a valid policy argument that companies that own both cable channels and cable wires have excessive power over pricing, and that blocking such a merger is a good use of anti-trust power — even if it's an argument you'd usually hear from the left side of the aisle.

The Centric Network, a spinoff cable channel of BET Network, immediately pulled reruns of «The Cosby Show» from its schedule, but it was only the latest in a long series of blows to Bill Cosby, whose net worth was once estimated to be $ 400 million.

The new report comes a few months after WSJ also reported that Facebook would be willing to pay up to $ 3 million per episode for potential high - profile shows — an amount that rivals the price of top shows on premium cable channels — as well as smaller outlays for original sitcoms and other scripted shows.

CB: With several major sports and cable channels now carrying substantial amounts of MMA, where does Fight Network fit into this increasingly - crowded landscape?

Smaller cable channels such as Esquire are finding themselves vulnerable as more consumers cut back on pay - TV services, dropping their packages entirely or opting for a so - called «skinny bundle» of fewer channels.

They say he wants to start a right - wing media outlet of his own, a cable channel and digital - media platform based on the Trump brand, like a cross between Fox News and the website Breitbart News.

However, it was a bridge the Conservative government initially seemed reluctant to build, despite what Harper told U.S. cable channels.

Comcast's NBCUniversal is shutting down its Esquire Network cable channel, one month after it was dropped by DirecTV, and will re-launch it this spring as a digital - only brand, the company said on Wednesday.

How much of this fear is genuine, however, and how much of is stoked by the cable channels?

The cable channel giant just unveiled the teaser poster for the highly - anticipated seventh season of its overwhelmingly popular show, Game of Thrones.

A monthly fee of $ 34.99 per month will let subscribers stream about 70 cable channels.

When asked where they go to consume sports - related video content, the 25 to 34 - year - old group still predominantly says ESPN (the cable channel or the company's apps): 58 % list ESPN and 52 % list Facebook.

Meanwhile, Discovery, which runs cable channels such as Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel, saw its share price plummet in 2014 even though full - year revenue increased 13 %, as domestic ad sales dropped.

Only one week after Caitlyn Jenner revealed herself on the cover of Vanity Fair and nearly broke the Internet, the cable channel ABC Family on Monday aired its own reality show about a transgender man.

Stillerman arrives at Hulu from AMC Networks, where he served as president of original programming for the AMC and Sundance TV cable channels.

Many professional standup comedians in the past might have signed big - money deals for comedy specials on HBO or some other cable channel.

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

So to review: This is the year that you'll be able to get HBO on the Web, without paying for any other cable channels, and ESPN on the Web, with just a handful of other channels.

Building on the original deal with Nelvana, the entertainment division established partnerships with U.S. cable channel giants Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

The cable channel once known for its boxing and old movies did more than any other to usher in the era of prestige TV.

She stumbled, however, with Lifetime, a title based on the cable channel, which folded a year and a half after its debut.

I told them the collective reach of National Geographic was around 100 million households across its magazines, websites, cable channels, etc..

Sources told Reuters last week that Disney was in the lead to acquire the assets, which include Fox's FX and National Geographic cable channels, its movie studio, the Star network in India and stake in European pay - TV provider Sky.

Now she has a tougher TV gig: heading up all of Disney's nonsports cable channels, plus the struggling ABC broadcast network.

With the traditional magazine industry hurting, I knew they were on the hunt for new revenue streams with which to pivot their business (e.g., cable channel).

Vice, which is aiming for 50 staff in Dubai by the end of the year, will launch a website and digital channel this summer and is in active discussions about a 24 - hour regional cable channel to be broadcast from the emirate.

A deal could combine CBS's broadcast network with Viacom's cable channels and film studios.

The service, which provides access to more than 100 cable channels, had 328,000 subscriber in its first two months after debuting at the end of November, Bloomberg reported.

After a third quarter of nearly wall - to - wall Trump coverage, Fox News went from being the top - rated cable - news network to the top overall cable channel for the first time in its history.

Also, many cable channels post shows online legally for free.

It remains to be seen whether Vice's audience will watch a traditional cable channel.

Now, Vice is on the verge of getting its own cable channel, which would give the company a traditional outlet for its slate of non-news programming.