Tag archive: Science Channel

Netflix has had better quarters. The instant streaming service has lost a million users in the last few months, is facing criticism for its decision to spin off its DVD-by-mail service as a new company called Qwikster, and will soon lose Starz content, which makes up as much as 8 percent of its content. Well, subscribers fear not. Netflix has renewed and signed an expanded deal with Discovery, which owns the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal… Read More

Marriott International announced today thatit plans to roll out high-definition digital televisions and digital “plug-in panels” for guests' digital devices. The high-tech amenities will appear in Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, and Renaissance Hotels & Resorts throughout the U.S. and Canada. The company expects the rollout will be 25 percent complete and encompass 40,000 rooms by the… Read More

Video search engine blinkx, on a tear lately as it indexes more video content, added a big notch in its belt this week as it was announced they would be adding Discovery Networks programming within their search tool. No specific financial terms of the deal, if any, were announced. These latest video search indexes, said blinkx, cover programming from Discovery's various networks, including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel… Read More

The production release is a follow-up to the successful Yahoo! Video Search beta launched in December 2004. Yahoo! Video Search offers comprehensive video search online through its next generationmedia crawling and ranking technology, Yahoo's key content and media relationships, and Media Really Simple Syndication (Media RSS) a self-publishing specification that enables publishers to promoteaudio and video content. This combination enables… Read More