August 23, 2010
Disney will offer a free preview of its Disney Family Movies service on Labor Day Weekend from Thursday, September 2 through Monday, September 6. The subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD) service will show films such as “Pocahontas,” “Muppet Treasure Island,” “A Bug’s Life,” and the Disney-Pixar animated short “Monster Truck Mater” during the preview.
Subscribers to Comcast, Charter, [...]
August 6, 2010
Earlier this week Reuters reported CBS in talks with Hulu to bring their TV content to the online service. Previously, CBS stayed clear of the popular website which offers content from (and is coincidentally owned by) the other big networks — NBC, ABC, and FOX. Now, with the launch of Hulu Plus (which charges a [...]
August 2, 2010
CBS and Comcast have signed a ten-year television distribution agreement that will last until 2020, the companies announced today. The agreement includes Showtime Networks, Comcast’s launch of the Smithsonian Channel (also a CBS network), and expanded distribution of CBS College Sports programming.
CBS has also given Comcast expanded video-on-demand (VOD) distribution of CBS and Showtime content, [...]
July 26, 2010
Comcast will be adding 58 HD channels later this week in parts of Central California including Fresno, Los Banos, Merced, Tulare and Visalia (see full list of areas below). The additional channels (totalling 75 if you count standard-def channels ) will be added as part of Comcast’s XFINITY TV upgrade. New HD channels soon to be available include [...]
July 5, 2010
Dish Network is still offering Alice in Wonderland, Green Zone, Hot Tub Time Machine and She’s Out of My League for .99 cents from July 1 through July 7 on their DISH Cinema pay-per-view service. The movies are available in both standard and high-definition at 1080p resolution and can be purchased on channel 501 or through the DISH On [...]
it’d great that you can now watch 24 on demand but what the’re not telling you is that it’s going to cost you .99 cents per episode to watch. WHY NOT FREE ???????????????
nothing is free any more…hah!