Home Media Magazine - March 9, 2009 - (Page 8) ELECTRONIC DELIVERY Time Warner CEO Wants More ‘Free’ Online Content By Erik Gruenwedel ust days after spinning off Time Warner Cable for $9 billion, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes wants to up availability of cable content for free on the Internet. Called “TV Everywhere,” Bewkes’ www.homemediamagazine.com The ad-supported content would be disseminated similarly to repurposed network TV via Hulu.com, MySpace, Yahoo TV and YouTube, among others, and earmarked for the PC and related portable devices. “It’s a natural extension of the existing business model,” Bewkes told Advertising Age. The campaign, which reportedly would be tested later this year, is designed to generate incremental revenue from the 15% of U.S. households not already using cable TV. Indeed, among people who watch TV programming on the Internet, most consume about three additional hours of online video per month on a PC, and four hours on mobile phones and other portable devices, according to The Nielsen Co. Weekly online TV viewers are more likely than average to subscribe to a premium service, have digital cable, use video-on-demand (VOD), or have an HDTV and subscribe to a bundle of services from a single provider, according to The Leichtman Research report. “It is clear that TV remains the main vehicle for viewing video, although online and mobile platforms are an See TIME WARNER, Page 18 J ambitious industry-wide plan would reportedly offer hit cable series such as HBO’s “The Wire,” “Entourage” and “True Blood,” and TNT’s “The Closer” and “Saving Grace,” among others, online as value-adds to cable TV and satellite subscribers. Secret Societies ILLUMINATI THE DARK MYSTERIES OF POWER REVEALED DisplaySearch Talks Digital By Chris Tribbey LA JOLLA, Calif. — A panel at the 2009 DisplaySearch U.S. Flat Panel Display conference was there to talk about Internet-connected TVs, but the topic shifted to digital downloads vs. packaged media. Dan Casey, former VP of consumer research for NBC Universal, said digital delivery is a double-edged sword for the studios. They love digital delivery, he said, yet they’re scared to death of it. The advantages are obvious: no packaging or manufacturing costs, See DISPLAYSEARCH, Page 18 SKULL AND BONES FREEMASONRY BRIEFS I HULU, DAILYMOTION INK STREAMING DEAL Dailymotion, a network of independent file-sharing video Web sites, inked a distribution deal with Hulu.com. In addition to licensed professional and indie content on Dailymotion’s channels, the agreement allows access to Hulu’s library. Dailymotion believes Hulu’s well-known broadcast TV content will link users to its own lesser-known fare. – Erik Gruenwedel DOWNLOADTO-OWN March 4, 2009 RANK TITLE LABEL 1 Twilight (preorder) 3 Australia 4 Sex Drive 5 Madagascar 2 Summit 2 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Disney Fox Summit Para./DW Source: iTunes RENTAL DOWNLOADS March 4, 2009 Behind closed doors, cliques of the world’s most powerful men form societies so secret and controversial that their very names spark fear in our hearts and minds: the Freemasons, the Illuminati, Skull and Bones. What are the intentions of these secret societies? Are the members of these brotherhoods the innocent victims of mudslinging conspiracy theorists or are they untouchable elitists who control the world? One way to find out is to explore their mysterious and covert histories in this illuminating DVD set. SPECIAL FEATURES: Quick Reference to the Connections between Secret Societies and Prominent Americans, the Design of Washington, D.C., the U.S. Dollar Bill and more. RANK Cat. #30923-D (2 DVD) approx. 184 mins. col. LETTERBOX UPC 0-66805-30923-6 TITLE LABEL TO VIEW THE TRAILER http://www.bfsent.com/trailer/secretsocieties 1 Vicky Cristina Barcelona Genius 2 Body of Lies 3 Australia 4 Changeling 5 W. Warner Fox Universal Lionsgate Source: iTunes $ SRP (Code T) 24 98 2 DISC SET Pre-Order Date: April 7, 2009 BFS ENTERTAINMENT & MULTIMEDIA LIMITED Tel (905) 884-2323 Fax (905) 884-8292 www.bfsent.com Street Date: May 5, 2009 These great titles and many more are available from: 8 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.Hulu.com http://www.bfsent.com/trailer/secretsocieties http://www.Hulu.com http://www.bfsent.com/trailer/secretsocieties http://www.bfsent.com http://www.bfsent.com
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