“Netflix Inc. is in talks with several U.S. pay-television providers including Comcast Corp. and Suddenlink Communications to make its online video service available as an app on their set-top boxes, people familiar with the matter say.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Netflix Was Supposed To Kill Cable, So Why Is It Begging To Join Cable?
“It’s a potential landmark moment in the pay-TV wars, precisely because it shows that the battle between Internet and traditional TV isn’t as bloody as some analysts like to pretend – at least, not yet.”
Harper Lee Sues Her Hometown Museum
“Harper Lee, the author of the 1960 classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, is suing a museum in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala., for what she claims is its improper use of her name and the novel’s title.”
Heirs Press For Restitution For One Of Austria’s Most Iconic Artworks
“Over the last decade, Austria has made significant progress in restoring art and property looted by the Nazis during World War II. Now the government’s commitment to that goal is facing a new test, with the filing of a claim on Tuesday for the return of one of the nation’s most celebrated artworks: the Beethoven Frieze, by Gustav Klimt.
Now This Is What The Art World Needs: A Due Diligence Company
“Sensing a business opportunity in the opaque marketplace of the art world,” the Art Compliance Company “wants to offer the due diligence services common in corporate America to the buyers and sellers of Picassos, Warhols and Gerard Richters.”
The Lion King Set To Become Broadway’s First Billion-Dollar Musical
“Although Disney’s behemoth … has shown no signs of wavering since its debut in 1997, the smash hit is about to conquer a musical theater milestone, becoming the first Broadway musical to top $1 billion in cumulative grosses.” (That’s on Broadway alone, not worldwide.)
Melbourne’s Arts Centre Posts $7M Deficit
“The anticipated financial loss for Melbourne’s premiere arts venue was officially put at $7.2 million in the annual report for 2012-13 laid before the State Parliament yesterday. … Judith Isherwood, Chief Executive of the troubled venue, defended the cost of investment in loss making projects like Einstein on the Beach and Robert Lepage’s nine-hour theatre piece, Lipsynch.”
What Happens When A Language Has No Numbers?
The Pirahã people of Brazil’s northwestern jungles speak a language with no words for integers and only three that express quantity in even vague terms. How do they count, or even ask for three of something instead of two or one? The answer is difficult for us even to comprehend.
Dancing Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
“Adapting Atwood’s classic novel was a longtime dream of Royal Winnipeg Ballet artistic director André Lewis and American choreographer Lila York: the pair first began discussing the project about a decade ago.”
A Ballet About Crusading Computer Hackers? Yes.
“If you thought we already reached Peak Hacker, think again: the hacktivist collective Anonymous is set to hit the stage at Boston University Dance Theater in a ballet production called HackPolitik. Like, actually.”