partnerships

ZillionTV: Hollywood and ISPs Unite to Deliver Video over the Net

Stevie Converse — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:30:35 -0500

Full article: Wired
Elliot Van Buskirk
With peer-to-peer traffic gumming up the works at many ISPs, new ideas are emerging around content companies working alongside ISPs to ensure that they are able to deliver HD video at the expense of other types of traffic. The battle over Net Neutrality, no longer a vague concept, is beginning in earnest.

Media Setting Aside Rivalries in Fight to Survive

Stevie Converse — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:11:41 -0500

Full article: Chicago Tribune
Phil Rosenthal
NBC local media and Fox television stations unveiled a plan to launch a local news service in Philadelphia that is expected to become a template for similar joint operations in markets such as Chicago, where both groups own and operate TV stations.

Fox, NBC Local Markets Form News Cooperative

Stevie Converse — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:28:08 -0500

Full article: TV Newsday
The Fox Television Stations and NBC Local Media are teaming up to form local video newsgathering services in each of the six markets where they both have stations, starting with Philadelphia and rolling out the service later in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Dallas and Washington.

Google Scuttles Ad Deal with Yahoo

Stevie Converse — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:18:57 -0500

Full article: Washington Post
Kim Hart and Peter Whoriskey
Google pulled out of a proposed advertising partnership with Yahoo after the Justice Department signaled it would oppose the deal because it could help the dominant Web company become a monopoly.

FCC Approves Sprint-Clearwire WiMAX Combo

Stevie Converse — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:32:19 -0500

Full article: Fierce Broadband Wireless
Lynnette Luna
The FCC unanimously approved the merger of Sprint Nextel's XOHM WiMAX business with Clearwire, saying the combination would spur competition in the mobile broadband market and accelerate the buildout of advanced technology.

Google, Yahoo Under Pressure to Make Next Move

Stevie Converse — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:11:55 -0500

Full article: CNet
Dawn Kawamoto
Yahoo and Google are nearing a point where they'll have to decide whether to fish or cut bait on regulatory approval for their search advertising partnership. During the past two months, efforts to appease federal antitrust regulators have gotten bogged down with potential restrictions on the deal.

Los Angeles Times No Longer Has a Washington Bureau

Stevie Converse — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:24:43 -0500

Full article: Poynter Institute
The Los Angeles Times will no longer have a Washington bureau and will be under the control of the Tribune Co., much like how McClatchy newspapers are run.

St. Petersburg Times and Miami Herald to Develop a Combined Bureau

Stevie Converse — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:15:14 -0500

Full article: St. Petersburg Times
Eric Deggans
The <em>St. Petersburg Times</em> and the <em>Miami Herald</em> that will merge their Tallahassee-based staffs into a single statehouse bureau "in order to provide a new level of depth, enterprise and aggressive coverage of the Capitol."

Odds Dim for Alliance of Google and Yahoo

Stevie Converse — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:00:06 -0400

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Jessica E. Vascellaro
The prospects for a Web advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo have dimmed, with both sides considering walking away from the deal as early as next week.

Lawmaker Wants In-Depth Review of Google/Yahoo Deal

Stevie Converse — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:30:34 -0400

Full article: Reuters
A leading Republican lawmaker asked the Justice Department to "thoroughly investigate" antitrust and privacy issues in a search advertising partnership planned by Google and Yahoo.