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...Wall Street Journal reports that the iPhone is so feature rich that "the resulting growth in downloading and Web browsing will strain AT&T's network." AT&T is not alone. Sprint (S) and Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) are up against the same problems...
...improves. The newspaper industry may not be able to get any of its value back. Magazines may face the same problem. To the surprise of many, some of the more valuable content, like expensive feature films, may only make a great deal of money in theaters. The yield from VOD on the internet sales and syndication on the Apple (AAPL) iPod may turn out to be extremely modest...
...Dell also lacks one of the most important ingredients for being in the handset business. It does not have established relationships with carriers like AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD). These companies already have product lines in place. It is hard to see what the incentive is for them to add a new brand to those lists, unless Dell wants to pay a bounty to edge itself...
...Sunday night, it was No. 2,829 on Amazon's best-seller list), because Moore is offering it free on his website. There it's sort of a sensation: 2 million hits in the first three days; it reached No. 1 on both iTunes and Amazon VOD. ("The only return any of us are hoping for," Moore writes, "is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November.") No question, the movie is worth every penny - even the $10 price at some video stores...
...course, you could envision a lot at this embryonic stage. "These are the first steps into new avenues," says Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Primetime Entertainment. "This is all a frontier for everybody." But whether the big new TV distribution medium ends up being iTunes or VOD or something else, the trend throughout entertainment is portability. Viewers can get pared-down mini-episodes of shows, including Desperate Housewives, on their cell phones through services including GoTV. Fox has created one-minute cell-phone offshoots of 24, and a mini-spin-off of Lost is forthcoming. Time Warner (TIME's parent...