The iPad, which went on sale a year ago, is becoming the latest battleground in a long-running fight over how TV programs will be delivered in the digital age, and who will deliver them.
Last week, Time Warner Cable abruptly removed a dozen channels from an iPad app after lawyers for four major content providers convened at a Manhattan courthouse to sue the distributor…
Meanwhile, Cablevision entered the fray on Saturday, releasing its own iPad app that carries all TV channels the same way a customer’s cable box does. By Sunday afternoon it was ranked No. 1 among all apps in the entertainment section of Apple’s iPad app store.
Research shows an in-home picture of two people sitting together on a couch, yet consuming media separately, what Nielsen apparently calls “second-screen viewing.” Picked that up from INMA.
