Category Archives: Television

Redbox plans to profit on Netflix price increase

By doris | Published: September 3, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is giving Redbox a golden opportunity to gain some ground. Beginning Thursday, Netflix, the largest U.S. video subscription service, will hit its nearly 25 million U.S subscribers with rate increases of as much as 60 percent. The sticker shock is expected to make Redbox, which rents DVDs [...]

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Los Angeles Dodgers file for bankruptcy

By doris | Published: June 27, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy court protection early Monday, less than a week after Major League Baseball blocked the team from signing a new television deal to provide it with the cash it needed to meet the team’s payroll. The bankruptcy filing also comes in [...]

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‘Happy Days’ actors claim fraud, money owed for merchandising

By doris | Published: April 19, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com Happy Days,” one of the most popular shows in television history, faces an unhappy legacy nearly four decades after it first went on the air.Four cast members, and the estate of Tom Bosley, who died last October, claim CBS (CBS, Fortune 500), which owns the show, has not paid them for [...]

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Pepsi to release new ‘skinny can’

By doris | Published: February 8, 2011

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Can a soda can be sassy? Pepsi thinks so. Diet Pepsi will soon be available in a “taller, sassier new Skinny Can” that the company says is a “celebration of beautiful, confident women.”The new can — which stands just more than six inches in height – will make [...]

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Want a better TV for the Super Bowl? Buy now!

By doris | Published: February 2, 2011

Full Story atmooney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — If you’re looking for a flat-screen TV deal, this week is a good time to buy — but extreme bargain hunters may find even better deals next month. The week before the Super Bowl typically brings sales of up to 10% off the listed price for flat-screen TVs, [...]

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PepsiCo hopes to revive Quaker with new products

By doris | Published: August 24, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – PepsiCo Inc. is hoping to revive its Quaker division with new types of cereal, a reformulation of its instant oatmeal and a new marketing campaign. The brand’s trademark hot and cold cereals have been hurting in the down economy as people shift away from name brands to save [...]

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One in eight to cut cable and satellite TV in 2010

By doris | Published: May 2, 2010

Full Story atmoney.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite rising cable and satellite TV prices and easy access to streaming TV and movies on the Internet, few consumers have cut the cord. But that looks like it’s about to change. One in eight consumers will eliminate or scale back their cable, satellite or other pay-TV service [...]

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