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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

The Entire D6 Interview With Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes (3 of 4)

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May.

Here’s Part 3 of 4 of an interview I did with Time Warner’s CEO Jeff Bewkes.

As you will see, Bewkes is a live wire, sassing me about the hard time I was giving him about the rough road AOL has had as a Time Warner property.

In this video, Bewkes talks about the digitization of its HBO premium cable channel and also its television and movie businesses and the challenges of making of original content online.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007

ShameBob Unfairpants

OK, is it just me, or do media executives need a firm smack upside the head by consumers?
Yesterday, Walt Disney’s ABC broadcast network and ESPN cable sports channel announced a deal at the Cable Show in Las Vegas to provide free on-demand video of hit shows and other content to Cox Communications, one of the [...]

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

C-Span, Penthouse and a Nun: Kara Visits the Floor of the Cable Show

Speaking of experiments, posted below is my first crude video, shot on the floor of the Cable Show yesterday. I used the inexpensive Flip camcorder I wrote about last week in this post and just meandered around and recorded some observations. As you will see, the cable industry can rest easy in their worries about [...]

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Cable to Internet: Bring It On!

One of the most surprising things about coming to the annual Cable Show, taking place in Las Vegas this week, is how much it now really feels just like a smaller version of the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show that also takes place here in January.
Every booth seems to scream about interactivity and every single [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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