Ed Zander is stepping down as CEO at Motorola, having overseen a boom time and a gradual decline. While there are probably many inter-twined reasons for Motorola’s lack of performance after it hit the big time with the Razr, many will point to the lack of innovation following on …
Original post by Adam Richardson
Today NBC pulled their lineup (including NBC owned sites, such as Sci-Fi and Bravo), and ended their deal with the iTunes Music Store after a little catfight they had with Apple and El Jobso. However, as Italian blog setteB.IT points out, some shows from NBC owned networks are still up on iTunes, leading some people to ask, WTF?
To clarify, this happened because NBC doesn’t own the distribution rights to all the shows they broadcast. In the world of television, networks and production studios are separate entities. It’s not uncommon for a studio such as NBC will produce a show that will air on another network like ABC or Fox. And generally, the production studios get the final say as to how a show is used after it airs on television (i.e. DVDs, syndication, etc…). In this case NBC didn’t get the say on all its […]
Original post by Adrian Covert