Tag archive: Mark Cuban

Micky Arison, the owner of the Miami Heat, got a nasty surprise on Monday from officials at the NBA. Arison was hit with a half million dollar fine for using his Twitter account to respond to fans about the lockout. Arison, also the CEO of the Carnival cruise line, has about 25,000 followers and the account has been verified by Twitter. The tweets that caught the attention of NBA officials occurred on Friday when Arison fired off a series of… Read More

Billionaire American financier Carl Icahn isn't pleased that Yahoo didn't accept Microsoft's unsolicited offer to buy the company, even after a protracted and surprisingly public courtship dance. He's so upset, in fact, that he's sent a letter to Yahoo's chairman Roy Bostock that he has formed a 10-member group that he hopes to install on Yahoo's board of directors, who will in turn push the company… Read More

Last week's speculation is this week's fact: Google has just announced it plans to purchase the popular online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion. According to Google, YouTube will continue to operate independently under its own brand to preserve its identity and maintain the loyalty of its user community, while the two companies aim to provide a “better, more comprehensive” way for users to find, watch, and share… Read More

Dallas Mavericks' owner and all around outspoken guy Mark Cuban is coming to satellite radio, satellite radio provider Sirius announced today. They've exclusively signed Cuban to do a new "wide-ranging weekly talk show" for them. Radio Maverick, the name of Cuban's new show, will start airing this summer Sundays from 12-2 pm ET on Sirius's channel 102 (Sirius Stars). He will reportedly take calls from listeners… Read More

Akimbo Systems today made two announcements related to content offerings for their subscribers. One involves high definition programming and the other is focused on a partnership with Major League Baseball. With regards to high definition programming, said Akimbo, users of the Akimbo Service for Windows XP Media Center Edition will be able to download select titles from the library of HDNet, a 24-hour all high definition network co-founded… Read More

“The Supreme Court expressed concerns Tuesday over allowing entertainment companies to sue makers of software that allows Internet users to illegally download music and movies, questioning whether the threat of such legal action might stifle Web innovation. During a lively argument, justices wondered aloud whether such lawsuits might have discouraged past inventions like copy machines, videocassette recorders and iPod portable… Read More

The two channels will accompany iN DEMAND's two INHD channels on a high definition destination tier, available to Time Warner Cable HD customers at an incremental retail cost. Time Warner Cable continues to deliver the most robust HD lineup in the industry with high definition programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS, WB, UPN, HBO, Showtime, Discovery HD Theater, NBA-TV and select Fox Sports Net regional sports networks.… Read More

Currently, DirecTV's HD channels include HDNet, HBO and Showtime. All but HDNet require additional monthly fees and this proposed new HD offering would be an additional fee above those charged forHBO and Showtime. Would subscribers with HDTV receivers pay the fees? Absolutely, they have invested in a new TV system along with a $700 receiver but they complain they don't get enough in the termsof great HDTV content. HDTV early adopters… Read More