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…

The Sports Illustrated (NYSE: TWX) swimsuit issue’s Midas touch continues: three weeks after launch, SI has delivered nearly 570,000 downloads of its ad-supported “freemium” Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2010 app—and, according to SI.com Managing Editor Paul Fichtenbaum, converted roughly 10 percent to paid users at $1.99 a pop. For those of…

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…

Turner Broadcasting has had success with pay apps in news, games and sports; now, the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) unit is turning to the movies. The new Turner Classic Movies app launches today in iTunes for $2.99; versions for Blackberry App World and Android Market are due next month. At…

While Time Inc. vet John Squires spent the last few months imagining the digital business model for magazines—and we expect official word any day now that he will be leaving the company to head up a digital magazine consortium, Sports Illustrated Group Editor Terry McDonell has been tackling the editorial…

TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has been one of the most vocal supporters of the Android operating system. He’s written endlessly about the virtues of the open network, which lets him bypass evil telecom companies, like AT&T (NYSE: T), by using Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Voice. Now, he’s salivating over what’s next,, and…

Ken Sonenclar is a managing director at DeSilva + Phillips, LLC, a New York investment bank specializing in media. This brutal year in M&A is mercifully winding down. The global credit squeeze, deep recession, and shrinking valuations have kept deals in check. But with the economy rebooting and many big…

Add *Time Warner Cable* to the list of companies reselling Clearwire’s wireless broadband network. The cable operator said today that it will start selling WiMax in the Charlotte area on Dec. 1, reports the Charlotte Observer. Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), which is a minority owner of Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), joins…

—NME: IPC Media’s rock weekly has launched a £0.59 iPhone app featuring photography from the magazine. NME Radio launched on the app store in April, also priced £0.59. —Fortumo: The mobile payment platform has launched a Hong Kong service to add to is launches in China, Malaysia and Taiwan. The…

As baseball gears up for round two of the 2009 playoffs—the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers take the field tonight—we have the first peek at some stats you won’t see in box scores. Major League Baseball Advanced Media served an average of 350,000 live streams during each game in…

Warner Bros. Entertainment is putting mobile higher on the agenda by hiring Natalie Farsi to head mobile business efforts. Farsi will report to Brett Bouttier, SVP, Digital, Warner Bros. Television Group, and to Andy Mellett, SVP, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. Previously, she was SVP, mCommerce & content, for Fox Mobile…

An intriguing cross-site and cross-platform partnership between MLBAM and post-season rightsholders Turner Sports and Fox Sports: Postseason.TV, a blackout-free $9.95 subscription package with a player that will work across MLB.com, FoxSports.com on MSN and MLB.com/TBSHotCorner. It’s also available on the iPhone and iTouch. My understanding is the three will share…

While *Dow Jones* follows through with plans to convert some of its iPhone and BlackBerry free app users to paid subscribers, CNN is jumping right into the premium market—although in a small way. The Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) cable news network is charging a one-time $2 fee for the CNN…

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) now has a full set of major labels supplying DRM-free tracks to its music download store. The operator has added Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) songs on a DRM-free basis, six months after signing DRM-free deals with Universal, EMI and Sony (NYSE: SNE). Now Vodafone customers can…

Following a roundtable breakfast with the new *AOL* to kick off Advertising Week, I caught up with CEO Tim Armstrong and got in a few questions (along with MediaMemo’s Peter Kafka). Overall, Armstrong said that he’s relying on AOL (NYSE: TWX) employees to tell him where to make the big…

AOL (NYSE: TWX) CEO Tim Armstrong is looking for ways to trim the company’s costs and today, he started with two top execs: COO Kim Partoll and John Kannapell, acting head of search and local media, MediaMemo reported and paidContent has confirmed. A source tells paidContent that their jobs have…

Kirkland, Wash.-based Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) has launched a WiMax network in Silicon Valley that’s not designed to sign up new customers, but rather pique the imaginations of developers in the area. The network was officially announced in April, and shows just how dependent wireless operators have become on developers bringing…

*Yahoo* vet Brad Garlinghouse, the author of the infamous Peanut Butter Manifesto, is back in the portal business—and in a big way. Garlinghouse, who left Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) last year (part of that company’s brain drain), is joining AOL (NYSE: TWX) as president of Internet and Mobile Communications, spearheading the…

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) is trying to show that the pieces of its WiMax business are starting to fall into place. As evidence, during its second-quarter earnings report today, it listed its WiMax launches in Las Vegas and Atlanta; a nationwide roaming agreement with Sprint’s 3G; and the plans by cable…