Monthly Archives: January 2010

Bizmology The merger messageLos Angeles Times… of two rivals for the new Live Nation Entertainment by enabling AEG and Comcast Spectacor to lease or buy key ticketing assets from Ticketmaster. …Concert merger misserves fansBoston GlobeUS punches Live Nation's ticketVarietyNew Jersey … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Comcast and NBC Universal said the cable TV operator’s plan to take control of the NBC media empire shouldn’t raise significant antitrust concerns because the companies operate in separate and highly competitive markets. Original story here.

Comcast Corp., already the nation’s largest cable TV operator and now poised to become a major entertainment company, reports its fourth-quarter results before the market opens Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion… Comcast – … Continue reading →

Comcast acquisition of NBC Universal stake to overshadow 4Q results NbcUniversal – Comcast – Cable television – Games – General Electric Original story here.

New York Magazine Earnings Preview: Comcast to Report 4Q EarningsABC NewsAP Comcast Corp., already the nation's largest cable TV operator and now poised to become a major entertainment company, …Comcast, NBC promise local and specialty programming in bid for merger … Continue reading →

Comcast Corp., already the nation’s largest cable TV operator and now poised to become a major entertainment company, reports its fourth-quarter results before the market opens Wednesday. Original story here.

Comcast Corp., already the nation’s largest cable TV operator and now poised to become a major entertainment company, reports its fourth-quarter results before the market opens Wednesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to … Continue reading →

PC World – Amazon has always been cagey about releasing sales figures for its Kindle e-reader, but maybe it’s opening up a bit. Rather than simply crow about Kindle’s growing popularity with Amazon customers–the device was reportedly a best-seller during … Continue reading →

NewsFactor – After weeks of back-and-forth negotiations between Internet search giant Google and the Chinese government, Google says it will continue to oppose China’s efforts to censor information on the Internet. For the past several years, Google has censored results … Continue reading →

Net Neutrality Wont Prevent BitTorrent BlockingTorrentFreak (blog)Ignited by the Comcast fiasco in the US, the concept of Net Neutrality has been brought into the mainstream resulting in planned government interventions. …The FCC's net neutrality rules are a shamInquirerCould P2P blocking … Continue reading →

AFP – Twitter’s co-founder and the head of Google on Friday addressed concerns about Internet censorship in China, speaking at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Original story here.

Ars Technica Comcast Seeks Volunteers for IPv6 TrialsPC MagazineComcast is seeking volunteers to help it with the upcoming transition to IPv6 addresses, an inevitable shift as the supply of the current …Comcast sees end of IPv4 tunnel, beginning IPv6 trialArs … Continue reading →

AFP – The boss of US Internet giant Google on Friday expressed concern that youngsters growing up in the mobile instant information age will develop a “deep reading” problem. Original story here.

Man faces 20 years in prison for selling hacked Comcast cable modemsCrunchGear (blog)The guy, 26-year-old Matthew Delorey, was selling hacked Comcast cable modems that enabled users to obtain free Internet access. … Original story here.

iPodweek, iLounge’s weekly newsletter recapping the last seven days in news, articles, reviews, and more, will be sent out to our email subscribers later today. In addition to rounding up the week’s top stories, iPodweek also features giveaways and accessory … Continue reading →