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As the NFL lockout continues, television networks — which spent billions of dollars to secure broadcasting rights to National Football League games — are scrambling to fill what could become a gaping hole in their programming schedules.

Continue reading What Will the Networks Show If There’s No Football?

What Will the Networks Show If There’s No Football? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:00:00.

Filed Under: Columns, Media, Comcast, Walt Disney

Worldwide mobile-computer owners will buy about $1.5 billion worth of augmented-reality applications in 2015, up from less than $2 million last year, U.K.-based Juniper Research said in a recent report.

Continue reading Augmented Reality’s Industry Prospects May Get Very Real, Very Fast

Augmented Reality’s Industry Prospects May Get Very Real, Very Fast originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:30:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Media, Google , Research In Motion, Apple, Retail

In its most simple interpretation, a “pain point” is exactly what it sounds like: something so unpleasant that one is likely to try hard to avoid it or fix it. But buzzwords sometimes shift meanings, and for some boardroom jargon-slingers, pain point now means something very different.

Continue reading Buzzword of the Week: Bringing the ‘Pain Point’

Buzzword of the Week: Bringing the ‘Pain Point’ originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:00:00.

Filed Under: Columns, People, Media, Deutsche Telekom

Warner Brothers’ The Dark Knight is the first flick to be offered directly via the social network. It’s a small test, but when Facebook enters a business, competitors get nervous: Here’s how this move could trigger a round of mergers among Netflix and other established players.

Continue reading Facebook Could Be Writing a Script for Online Movie Consolidation

Facebook Could Be Writing a Script for Online Movie Consolidation originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:15:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Investing, Media, Google , Netflix, Apple, Time Warner, Amazon.com, Facebook

The KISS frontman may still want to rock all night and party every day. But lately he’s been getting up relatively early, putting aside the makeup and fake blood and embracing financial responsibility — pitching the financial advisory services from Cool Springs.

Continue reading Gene Simmons Plants a KISS on Estate Planning for the Rich

Gene Simmons Plants a KISS on Estate Planning for the Rich originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:50:00.

Filed Under: Company News, People, Investing, Media