In the middle of watching Homeland season 2, but won’t have a WiFi connection on your next trip? No worries, you don’t have to pause your binge: Showtime now allows subscribers to download shows for offline viewing. [More]
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Amazon Adding Starz, Showtime, A Bunch Of Other Tiny Streaming Services As Add-Ons To Prime Video
By 12.8.15
Former Starz VP Says Network Manipulated Comcast Merger, Asked Him To Inflate Subscriber Numbers
By 10.30.15
As the saying goes, hell hath no fury like a former senior vice president of sales and affiliate marketing at a premium cable TV network. A recently dismissed Starz exec is now alleging that his former employer had been up to no good, manipulating the (since-failed) swap of markets between Comcast and Charter, and asking executives to inflate the network’s subscriber numbers. [More]
Cord Cutters: Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting For A Starz Streaming Service
By 7.30.15
Compared to HBO and Showtime, Starz may not be the biggest brand in premium TV, but the network isn’t without its many fans. And last year, Starz execs seemed destined to jump on the bandwagon of offering a standalone streaming service for people who didn’t also want to pay for cable TV packages. But now the network’s CEO is saying he’s in no rush to offer such a product. [More]
Premium TV Losing Subscribers? HBO, Starz and Showtime Say Recent Survey Is Wrong
By 1.22.14
It didn’t seem like much of a surprise when a survey released earlier this week showed subscription video-on-demand services were on the rise and that premium TV subscriptions had declined. But the results were a surprise, at least to the three largest premium TV networks. [More]
Netflix Woos Disney In Deal To Show New Releases Starting In 2016
By 12.5.12
If a company could crow with glee, we’re willing to bet Netflix would be doing so right about now. The company announced yesterday that it had snapped up a deal with Walt Disney Studios to show films from Disney, Disney, Pixar and Marvel beginning in 2016. To sweeten that deal, starting immediately, older Disney movies like Alice in Wonderland and Pocahontas will be available on Netflix. [More]
Court Denies Disney Injunction Against Dish Promotion
By 6.6.11
When Dish Network prepared a promotion to celebrate its 30th anniversary that provided free access to Starz, Disney and Starz cried foul, filing lawsuits to prevent Dish from giving its programming away. A New York District Court judge sided with Dish in Disney’s suit, blocking Disney’s attempt to stop the promotion with a preliminary injunction. [More]
Starz To Delay Putting Its Shows On Netflix
By 3.25.11
A day after hearing that Showtime will be pulling its show archive from Netflix comes bad news for fans of violent, orgy-filled TV shows about gladiators — Pay cable channel Starz won’t be rushing to put all of its original content on Netflix anymore. [More]
Time Warner CEO Is Talking $#!% About Netflix
By 12.13.10
Who isn’t scared of Netflix? Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, that’s who. The NYT says that although Netflix has been a successful business partner to the major studios for the past few years — the deals are expiring and they won’t get such an easy ride next time. [More]
DirecTV Install Imbroglio Makes Longtime Customer Want To Destroy Furniture
By 9.16.08
While we’re waiting on our video boys to harvest the clip of Whoopie’s rant against DirecTV on The View this morning, here’s a little reader-submitted DirecTV install nightmare to tide you over. Andy used to think DirecTV was pretty good, but his experience trying to get them to hook up an HD/DVR to his TV has felt him feeling like he is “going to explode, or destroy pieces of furniture.”
Cox: What, We Need Permission To Bill For Sports And Movie Tiers?
By 8.9.08
Cox apparently doesn’t understand that they need permission before billing for extras like sports and movie tiers. The cable provider surprised reader Adrienne with a $130 bill for a triple-play package that was supposed to cost $100 per month, including all taxes and fees. When Adrienne called to complain, Cox straightened out the situation by tacking on yet another unrequested charge, this time for Starz.
