Time Warner Cable just pitched the major Hollywood studios a new idea: “home theatre on demand”. It would allow people at home to watch movies just 30 days after they’re released in the cinemas for $US20-$US30.
Late last night, Time Warner Cable and Fox Networks Group reached an agreement on subscription fees, ending their very public stand off and guaranteeing Time Warner subscribers their American Idol, Glee and House in 2010.
PSSSSST! Hey, Time Warner Cable! If you tell everyone how to watch Fox shows from their PC, they’ll probably start doing it for all your other programming, too! Self-defeating bitterness really is the perfect way to say goodbye to 2009.
This ad campaign from Time Warner Cable is making the battle over Fox’s demands for subscription fees very public. But unless one side flinches, a lot of folks could be starting 2010 off without America’s most-watched network.
The WSJ already said most of this stuff yesterday, but the Financial Times has a few more tidbits on the situation that seems interesting – namely, Apple’s relationship with network giants, and a plan to launch the fabled tablet soon.
A vulnerability in their modems and routers has left 65,000 Time Warner customers vulnerable to having their admin menus remotely accessed by evil-doers. Time Warner says they’re aware of, and working on the issue as we type. [Wired]
