Here’s an interesting New York real estate story: we’ve heard that Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S will be vacating its long-time 50th St. and Broadway offices this fall and will move a block and a half east to the *Time* Life Building. So far, some Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) staffers don’t…

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes isn’t dismissing the possibility of a partnership between CNN and a broadcast news operation but he took pains in the Q1 earnings call not to single out CBS (NYSE: CBS) as the likely partner. Bewkes mentioned the new 14-year partnership with CBS Sports…

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) handily beat revenue and earnings estimates for the first quarter of 2010, with a profit increase of nearly 10 percent boosted by the ad recovery, higher affiliate fees and a strong film slate. It’s a far cry from the same quarter last year, when the company…

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FreeWheel has added $16.8 million in strategic funding from several top investors. The online video monetization startup says its fourth round of funding is coming from Walt Disney’s Steamboat Ventures, as well as existing backers Turner Broadcasting System, Battery Ventures and Foundation Capital (It’s the first time that FreeWheel has…

Caught up with a frenetic David Levy long enough to get some answers on the digital aspects of the blockbuster $10.8 billion 14-year deal Turner Broadcasting and CBS (NYSE: CBS) just signed with the NCAA. “Some” being the operative word because the details literally are still being worked out between…

*CBS* Sports will keep the NCAA mens’ basketball championships in its lineup with a deal that marks the end of an era on the air and online. CBS (NYSE: CBS) and new partner Turner Broadcasting will pay the NCAA $10.8 billion over the course of a 14-year deal that starts…

Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group is buying Turbine Inc., the heavily-backed massively-mulitplayer online gaming company. Financial details weren’t released, although The Boston Globe puts the sale price at $160 million, including earn-outs. Turbine had raised more than $88 million in funding from investors, including Time Warner,…

Sports Illustrated has been the Time Inc. (NYSE: TWX) tablet poster child for months but Time is first to market with an app. Time for iPhone is free but iPad Time runs $4.99 an issue, same as the newsstand price and available on Fridays. That’s not a misprint although some…

YES Network has found a fourth hitter for its “TV Everywhere” lineup of live streamed New York Yankees games: Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable. The regional sports network and the nation’s No. 2 cable operator have reached an agreement whereby the MSO’s customers will be able to watch Bronx Bombers’…

Pleased with early “TV Everywhere” returns from its relationships with Verizon FiOS and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), HBO is moving toward deals with other distributors. Eric Kessler, co-president of HBO, told an audience gathered at Multichannel News/B&C’s “TV Everywhere & Anywhere” breakfast event here March 24, that the premium programmer is…

This surely isn’t the four weeks of Advent, but nevermind, at least Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) gets some breathing space it desperately needs. It has a new windowing deal with Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) where DVDs and Blu-rays will be available to the customers four weeks before they get released on…

One of the favorite sports of most media conferences these days involves trotting out Wired editor Chris Anderson’s “freemium” idea—which is predicated on balancing free online and paid premium content—and kicking it to the ground. The topic served as a introduction to discussing the problems associated with paywalls and display…

It’s the Bloomberg BusinessWeek Media Summit now, but the two-day conference is still at the McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP) Building. CNN President Jon Klein led off in a Q&A with Bloomberg BW Editor Josh Tyrangiel, talking about the magic—and often illusory—word “synergy.” Klein talked about the ties that the Time Inc.…

Cable operators are looking for ways to enter the wireless business as consumers disconnect their landline phones in favor of cell phones, and seek ways to connect their laptops while on the go. Cox Communications is building its own cellular network from the ground up; and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time…

If Sports Illustrated (NYSE: TWX) wasn’t already serious about getting into online video, these numbers probably would have management scrambling: SI.com has served more than 70 million video streams connected to the 2010 edition of the iconic swimsuit issue, roughly double last year’s total. A site revamp launching this afternoon…

Paul Greenberg (image, left) is leaving his job as EVP/GM at TV Guide Online to become digital president of Time (NYSE: TWX) Inc.‘s Lifestyle Group. He’ll start in mid-March and report to Lifestyle Group President Steve Sachs. Time Inc. formed the Lifestyle Group about a year and a half ago…

Already an investor in TT Games, Snowblind Studios and Midway Games assets, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) Home Entertainment is buying further in to the video games market by acquiring a majority of London-based Rocksteady Studios, the developer that made the Batman: Arkham Asylum game starring WB’s superhero. Group president Kevin…

While millions of people were tuned into the opening ceremonies and first weekend of the Winter Olympics, the National Basketball Association was racking up some winter sports numbers of its own during NBA All-Star Weekend 2010 in Dallas: an NBA-record 17 million-plus video streams, up 20 percent over the 2009…

Two years after HBO started a small trial of HBO Broadband, the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) premium net is going live with HBO GO on Verizon FiOS. Through HBOGo.com, Verizon FiOS subscribers who also get HBO (the companies won’t release that number) will be able to watch 600-plus hours of…