George Winslow

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LaunchPad: The Samsung Galaxy S4

The late-April U.S. launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 will make a notable milestone in the ongoing battle between Apple — which saw its stock hit two year lows April 18 — and Samsung, which has been running ads making fun of Apple users, just as Apple used to do with Microsoft. Here are a few things that TV executives need to keep in mind as the phones start hitting the... More

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Rating the BlackBerry Z10 for TV

The Jan. 30 launch of the BlackBerry Z10, a touchscreen smartphone that breaks with the company’s tradition of including a physical keyboard, bowed to generally positive reviews ( Los Angeles Times , New York Times , Engadget )   and some content providers, such as Univision, have already announced plans to offer BlackBerry 10 versions of their apps . Those with... More

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Dish's Hopper Slings More Controversy

The hoopla over Dish’s new Hopper with Sling whole-home DVR revealed at this year’s CES has once again shed a light on the tension between the TV industry’s business models, which funds the content Americans love to watch, and new consumer technologies, which can threaten the ad dollars and subscription revenue that make those shows possible. CBS-owned CNET withdrawing... More

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What's Behind Discovery's $2 Billion Euro Bet

Discovery’s Dec. 14 announcement that it would spend nearly $2 billion to acquire stakes in European channels is the latest in a series of big moves by big media companies to expand their holdings overseas - and we should expect to see more.The U.S. multichannel market is healthy and growing, but other parts of the world are seeing much faster growth. In contrast to the 90%... More

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Broadcasters Need to Look Beyond CALM Act

By George Winslow With the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, or CALM Act, going into effect Dec. 13, legislators, regulators and broadcast engineers will be eliminating a long-standing viewer complaint  –  that ear-splitting ads seeming to assume high decibel levels were, according to marketers, the best way to pitch products. But the TV industry... More