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Stream TV to Your iPhone with TWC TV 2.6.0

Time Warner Cable is responding to demand coming from the iOS ecosystem by providing iPhone support in its TWC TV application, allowing subscribers to watch live TV, manage their DVR, and change channels on their set-top box using only their Apple smartphone. “Now you can watch your favorite shows and control ...

20 January 2012
13:11 GMT

Time Warner Drags Anti-iPad Networks to Court

Time Warner Cable is asking the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to rule that its rights under carriage agreement allows it to deliver programming over its cable systems for viewing on iPads. Filed this week, the case comes after Time Warner was forced to pull a number channels fr...

8 April 2011
08:48 GMT

TWCable TV iPad App Loses MTV, Comedy Central, Discovery

Time Warner is telling the roughly 300,000 customers who downloaded the TWCable TV App for iPad that the network is forced to remove some channels from Discovery, Fox and Viacom, Softpedia has learned. Upon launch last month, the TWCable TV app promised iPad users the ability to watch their favorite networks on th...

1 April 2011
08:06 GMT

AOL Lost More than $160 Billion in Value in 10 Years

AOL is on the verge of a long-awaited spin-off from Time Warner and will officially begin trading as an independent company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) later today. Shares have already begun trading, but AOL will officially be on its own in a few hours as the market opens. It's been a crazy decade for...

10 December 2009
05:25 GMT

AOL Reveals Its New Logo as It Prepares for a Greater Rebranding Initiative

AOL is going through some rather painful changes, but changes that it has to make if it wants to survive. The biggest change, of course, will be spinning off from Time Warner to become a separate, publicly traded company, something that will happen in a couple of weeks or so. At the same time, it’s trying to r...

23 November 2009
04:20 GMT

AOL to Spin Off from Time Warner on December 9

AOL is approaching its final moments at Time Warner, as the companies are heading towards the spin off revealed earlier this year. Time Warner has now officially put a date on when this is going to happen and as of December 10, 2009 AOL will begin to trade as an independent company on the stock market....

17 November 2009
07:19 GMT

AOL Starts 'Project Everest' with 100 Layoffs

The expected layoffs at AOL are beginning today with a first small salvo. About 100 AOL employees will get the axe today as the company prepares for its spin-off from Time Warner and another massive wave of firings to come in the not-so-distant future. This is the first step of “Project Everst,” an effort...

10 November 2009
10:29 GMT

Thousands of Time Warner Routers Still Vulnerable

Time Warner has failed to properly address critical security issues in tens of thousands of routers distributed to its customers. The distributed patch is not only insufficient, but also disables the only option users had to properly configure the device themselves. Last week we reported that as much as 65,000 thous...

27 October 2009
06:31 GMT

AOL Cranks Up Content Creation as It Readies for Spinoff

AOL is going through some pretty big changes and with the impending spinoff from Time Warner trying times are ahead of the Internet company. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong talked about some future plans and the company's greater emphasis on content. Armstrong wants the con...

23 October 2009
10:56 GMT

Lack of Security in Routers Distributed by Time Warner

Time Warner is working to develop and deploy a patch to plug gaping security holes in thousands of home routers previously distributed to its customers. The devices' default and locked configuration allow hackers to go rampaging on local home networks.Customers of Road Runner, Time Warner's Internet service...

21 October 2009
04:31 GMT

Time Warner and Viacom Rumored to Be Interested in THQ

The share value of publisher THQ has grown by 13% in trading, as more rumors appeared that the company was being considered to be a ripe target for a take-over by at least two media giants. The Wall Street Journal, which knows a thing or to when it comes to business and acquisitions, was reporting that both Time Warn...

24 September 2009
14:41 GMT

Hulu Could Partner with Cable Companies

Hulu, the online video joint venture among thee of the big four US TV networks, is doing better than ever with viewers and revenue on the rise as the site gets ready for the start of the new programing season. At least that's what Hulu CEO Jason Kilar tells CNBC, but it also seems to be looking at new revenue so...

9 September 2009
07:14 GMT

Time Warner Might Be Interested in Electronic Arts

One of the most interesting developments in videogaming in late summer has been the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by Disney. The impact on videogaming might not be immediately apparent but consider that super hero games have been doing rather well lately and you might see how Disney can leverage properties like...

4 September 2009
18:01 GMT

Time Warner Short Videos Come to YouTube

YouTube is growing up from the mischievous little kid filled with webcam dramas and, truth be told, pirated videos to a young adult looking to build a future. Professional content has always been a weak spot for the site but that is beginning to change with several deals with content owners. The latest such deal is w...

20 August 2009
04:00 GMT

AOL Drags Time Warner Income Down in Q2

AOL may be planning for a greater restructuring of its businesses but it's not quite there yet and, looking at the financial results for Q2 2009, it's not hard to see why Time Warner has decided to spin off the company. Revenue for the Internet giant dropped 24 percent year over year and dragging Time Warne...

29 July 2009
11:19 GMT

Time Warner Buys Back Google's Share in AOL for $283 Million

The preparations for the AOL spin-off are going ahead as scheduled at Time Warner, with the media giant buying back Google's 5 percent share in the Internet company for $283 million. The deal was revealed in a regulatory SEC filing on Monday as part of the legal process for the spin-off. Google bought the 5 perc...

28 July 2009
02:55 GMT

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Marks 100 Days at the Helm

AOL is trying to reinvent itself as a media platform with hundreds of niche products covering every Internet user's wishes. While still raking in large amounts of money from its dial-up business, a reportedly $1 billion yearly, that revenue source is expected to dwindle in the next few years. While also facing a...

20 July 2009
05:23 GMT

Time Warner and Comcast Offer 'TV Everywhere'

As previously expected, cable companies Time Warner and Comcast have announced their new system for bringing content online. The idea is simple: users will be able to view TV content online for free as long as they are cable subscribers. Time Warner is calling it “TV Everywhere,” Comcast “OnDemand O...

25 June 2009
02:37 GMT

AOL's Online Properties Grew in May, comScore Reports

Whether it's the result of the recent Time Warner-AOL split or just the natural trend, new data released by the latter company shows some very positive results for both its homepage as well as some of its many online ventures. According to data from comScore, AOL.com has risen to 40.6 unique visitors in May 2009...

19 June 2009
06:00 GMT

AOL to Separate from Time Warner

Time Warner has finally decided to spin off AOL after years of speculation, a move that was announced earlier in the week and whose final details are now official. Time Warner originally bought AOL as an online outlet for its other divisions but it hasn't worked out as planed. AOL will be spun off in a separate ...

29 May 2009
07:08 GMT

Time Warner Embraces Flash, Not Silverlight

Microsoft has managed to grab precious audience away from Adobe, with its own technology dedicated to delivering web-based video and rich media and interaction experiences. In the Silverlight vs. Flash face-off, the Redmond company made inroads into what traditionally was Adobe's territory with projects such as ...

3 March 2009
08:44 GMT

Time Warner Closer to Acquiring Eidos

It seems that Time Warner is the front runner in the race to acquire Britain-based publisher Eidos Interactive. The latest sign is the fact that the American media giant has acquired another 10 million shares in the videogames company, even as rumors about its problems amplify. Time Warner already had a stake in Eido...

17 December 2008
05:03 GMT

Turbine Secures 40 Million for Future Expansion

Turbine, the company that publishes The Lord of the Rings Online, has revealed the fact that it has obtained some 40 million dollars in funding from several sources. The company says that companies like Highland Capital Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, Tudor Ventures, and Columbia Capital, that already have offere...

9 June 2008
14:06 GMT

Amid Talks With Time Warner, Yahoo! Extends Board Nomination Deadline

Yahoo!'s problems have grown to be a lot bigger than simply fending off the lawsuits from shareholders that want to see the money in their bank accounts. Not being to find an alternative to Microsoft's bid however hard they try is very worrying for the Sunnyvale based company's board. Several talks hav...

5 March 2008
10:46 GMT

AOL Splits in Half and Gives up on Subscriptions!

Time Warner's yearly and fourth fiscal quarter made it decide without very much trouble that it was about time to give the subscription business a well-deserved rest. It was a dying business ever since the early 2000s, but it was dragged along and, in turn, it dragged heavily every year. The split between the gr...

7 February 2008
16:36 GMT

New Usage Web Prices from Time Warner

The second largest cable provider in the United States has decided that the taxation employed to this day was actually not the best possible, so it announced through the voice of Alex Dudley, its spokesperson, that a new one will be implemented. The new taxation method will first be tested in Beaumont, Texas, and it...

18 January 2008
08:53 GMT


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