ESPN isn't offered on TW Cable's iPad app because the app is presently unable to comply with blackout restrictions, network SVP of Digital Distribution for Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and ESPN Media Networks Matt Murphy explained yesterday in New York at an event hosted by Multichannel News.
More details have emerged regarding Jason Gaedtke's departure from TW Cable. He tells Multichannel News that he will be joining YouTube Inc. as director of technical solutions, where he will be "leading an international team focused on strategic partnerships." (See TW Cable's Gaedtke Gallops to Google.)
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)'s 1-Gig fiber-to-the-home network in Kansas City, Kan., may cause headaches for large incumbent service providers TW Cable and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), but it could affect the little guys too. James Nelson, the CEO of local ISP KCnet Inc., tells GigaOm that the project is cause for both optimism and concern. (See Google's 1-Gig Fiber Winner: Kansas City, KS.)
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) accuses Google of "walling off access to content and data" in an antitrust suit filed today in Europe.
DirecTV Group Inc. (NYSE: DTV) added two channels to cover The Masters tournament. Its "Masters Mix Channel" allows subscribers to choose from six camera angles, and it also has a "featured group" channel tracking the best pairings each day.
— Steve Donohue, Special to Light Reading Cable, and Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable