Three more movie studios to offer VOD movies to TiVo customers. More »
Fox Mobile Group today announced Bitbop, a wireless subscription service that brings “premium” video content to US smartphone users. It’ll cost $US10 per month, and it’s the next best thing until a Hulu app gets here. Which, hey, still waiting! More »
Comcast and GE are in the “midst of due diligence” for a deal that would give a Comcast 51 per cent stake in NBC Universal, and GE 49 per cent. It would merge with its own cable networks. The sticking point, for now, is Vivendi’s 20 per cent stake and its asking price of $US6.3 billion. But, since GE and Comcast both “appear to favour” the deal, we can still probably expect 30 Rock cracks about having Comcastic days next season. [WSJ]
