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RealNetworks to spin off Rhapsody, give up control
Seems like times are tough in the streaming music game -- Warner is making noise about dropping free streaming rights to its catalog, and now RealNetworks and Viacom have announced plans to spin off the Rhapsody subscription service. The new company will obviously be known as Rhapsody, and both Real and Viacom will hold a sub-50 percent stake in the outfit and remain on the board of directors. Real's also contributing $18m in cash to the cause, while Viacom's committed to providing $33m in advertising -- we'll see if Rhapsody can make it on its own once that all runs out.
HD channel expansion roundup
Once upon a time, a smattering of new HD channels in one major metropolitan area was a huge deal. Nowadays, it's almost expected that one area or another will experience some HD expansion each week. In order to keep things nice and tidy around here, we deliver high-def expansions, market expansions and anything else dealing with HD channel growth right here. If we missed an area that you're familiar with, drop us a line in comments so everyone can catch up. The more the merrier, we say! Read - MTVN Launches Six HD Channels With SES Read - TiVo takes on Nielsen Read - Comcast Adds 27 HD Networks in Houston Read - World Fishing Network: Fully Hooked On HD Read - Smithsonian Networks(TM) and Time Warner Cable Sign Programming Distribution Deal Read - Telemundo Leads HDTV Charge Read - BET HD Now Available on Cox Read - U-verse TV Starts 2009 With Record Quarter Read - Comcast adds 27 new HD channels in Portland Cablevision to add Live Well HD (Thanks LI PC Tech) Read - Cablevision: High Definition Encore and Starz On Demand added Read - Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC) is proud to announce the availability of eight additional high-definition television channels Read - TMJ4 is Now HD (Thanks Paul) Read - FOX 17: Broadcasting in High Definition (Thanks Alex)
Netflix adds South Park, Dora & more to Watch Instantly
For all Netflix Watch Instantly queues found lacking (possibly due to excessive swiping?), the company announced the addition of several MTV Networks properties including South Park (but not in HD), Dora the Explorer, True Jackson, VP and Spongebob Squarepants. Keen watchers of the recently added RSS feed have probably seen this content trickling onto the service recently, but that's no reason not to queue up a few seasons of each and kick back.
