ESPN, Discovery Rank as Favorite Cable Channels
US viewers see ESPN and the Discovery Channel as the most indispensable cable networks, Multichannel News reports. A poll by Solutions Research Group asked 1,200 TV viewers which channels they thought...
View ArticleKimmel Rips ABC to Shreds
Jimmy Kimmel took the stage yesterday at a network presentation for advertisers, and promptly bit the hands that feed him—ripping into ABC, its advertisers, and even Jay Leno, writes Dave Itzkoff in...
View ArticleNBC, CBS At Odds on How to Survive
America’s oldest TV broadcasters see very different roads ahead as they navigate today’s world of splintering audiences, Advertising Age reports. NBC is carving a new path, dropping five hours of...
View ArticleWorldwide Outage Stymies PayPal Customers
Online pay service PayPal was down for about five hours today, the Wall Street Journa l reports, potentially derailing millions of transactions. A rep for parent eBay attributed the outage to an...
View ArticleiPhones Plod Along on Crowded Network
The iPhone has a slick package and a supercool image--but when it comes to speed, the gadget can be a clunker, the New York Times reports. Customers are fed up with the long waits that stem from heavy...
View ArticleAT&T Resumes Web Sales of iPhones in NYC
AT&T has lifted its ban on selling New York City residents iPhones online, but the reason for the shutdown remains unclear. Customer service reps at first said New York was not "ready for the...
View ArticleUK Network: Dropped Calls? Blame iPhone
Slammed for poor signal and dropped calls, AT&T has blamed its troubles in part on the iPhone’s heavy data usage—and now UK provider O2 is also pointing a finger at the gadget, PC World reports. O2...
View ArticleShame on Showtime for Ditching Gay Shows
Showtime, which has an openly gay president and used to be the home of “the two most sexually explicit gay dramas ever,” has failed its queer audience completely, Aymar Jean Christian writes. Sure,...
View ArticleGoogle Is Building a Private Wireless Network at HQ
Google is creating its own, experimental wireless network for its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., leaving tech watchers wondering what it's up to. Last week Google asked the FCC for permission...
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