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Stephen Colbert breaks down AT&T's latest moves

The comedian seems to have a handle on the AT&T-T-Mobile situation.

Copyright: Comedy Central

By the way, this aired all the way back in 2007 when SBC was absorbing AT&T wireless and the brand.  It seems even more applicable now that that T-Mobile is the latest mobile carrier to get's sucked into the "new" AT&T (T).

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Netflix buys its first original show, starring Kevin Spacey

Reed Hastings' disruption tour continues as Netflix weighs ploughing its profits into an original series. "It's not TV, it's HBO" may soon be "It's not HBO, it's Netflix."

Update: 24 hours later, it's official. "Netflix has committed to a minimum of 26 episodes," the press release reads, of "House of Cards." That sounds like 2 seasons worth, and it should begin, um, "airing" in late 2012. Kevin Spacey and David Fincher MORE

The $56 billion Ad question

Advertisers want TV's large audiences with all the benefits of the web. But how?

Advertisers will spend $56 billion putting ads on TV this year, but they'll invest just $1.4 billion in web video ads. Few are more eager to see that ratio shift -- and web TV take off -- than Irwin Gotlieb, CEO of WPP's media-buying arm, Group M. Gotlieb happens to be one of advertising's biggest technophiles. (He has MORE

Report: Logitech suspends the manufacture of Revue GoogleTV

Logitech is having some issues with its GoogleTV.

Update: In some press releases, Logitech denies that manufacturing has or would need to stop production due to software concerns.

Digitimes reports that Logitech(LOGI) has stopped production of its Revue at Gigabyte, the company who builds Revue units.  The report says that December and January are off the table and building Revue units in February is conditional on Google (GOOG) delivering an updated version of MORE

From laughing to judging in fifty years: The evolution of televised emotion

A new study from NBC reveals how emotions generated from TV shows have mirrored American society. And 'judgment' is the current king of the charts.

By Daniel Roberts, reporter

If you're on TV, whether in a drama or reality show, chances are that Americans are sitting on their couches, silently judging you. Those are the findings from a new study conducted by NBC Universal, which examined the top 20 broadcast programs (via MORE

GoogleTV gets put on hiatus at several manufacturers

The poorly-reviewed TV platform is going to miss its coming out party at CES.

According to the New York Times, Google (GOOG) has massively cut back its GoogleTV product's planned releases from CES, which is to take place from January 6-9.  Toshiba, LG Electronics and Sharp were all set to announce products at CES running GoogleTV but will hold off until a newer version of the software, which will run apps, hits the MORE

Who to blame for your dropped calls: Try local TV

Entrepreneurs and consumers desperately need access to more spectrum; it's time for the FCC to stop coddling the current hoarders of the airwaves.

Last summer, when the federal government ordered all local TV stations to begin sending out digital signals, the promised benefits were supposed to be huge. Upon the switch, spectrum once reserved for Good Morning Louisville! or People's Court reruns would instead carry valuable wireless data, voice, and MORE

I love 60 Minutes on the iPad

To me, this is one piece of shovelware that makes a lot of sense

Unlike, some old-line media giants, CBS's (CBS) 60 Minutes isn't looking to Apple's (AAPL) iPad to save its skin.

The longest continuously running prime-time show in any format, 60 Minutes is still the most successful broadcast in U.S. television history. It was a top-10 rated show for 23 seasons in a row -- from 1977 to 2000. For MORE

Facebook Like-buttons MySpace

MySpace CEO Mike Jones announces profile data sharing and login via Facebook. And yes, there are Like buttons.

On Thursday, Facebook and MySpace announced "Mashup with Facebook," a new partnered product that lets MySpace users with Facebook accounts port their Facebook interests and likes into their MySpace profiles, allowing for personalized MySpace media streams.

"MySpace is very committed to this new direction social entertainment," said MySpace CEO Mike Jones during the announcement. MORE

There's a Sesame Street app for that

It's not the Sesame Workshop's most inspired parody (an iPhone and a pogo stick?). But it aired, ironically, less than a month after Apple (AAPL) won trademark approval for the tagline "There's an app for that."

We suspect that it was Verizon's (VZ) stinging "There's a map for that" ad campaign, not a scat singing pogo stick, that Apple had in mind when it filed for trademark protection last May. Guy MORE