AOL offers CNN video services for free
Posted by Tom Warren on 12 February 2003 - 08:08 · 6 comments & 462 views
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#1 Posted by cork1958 on 12 Feb 2003 - 10:10
- Big deal. AOHELL is so far behind the times it's rediculous. Get a clue AOHELL! If I wanted to watch CNN, I'd turn on the TV anyway.
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#2 Posted by Tager on 12 Feb 2003 - 12:25
- For those who don't use AOL, have to pay Real to watch content on CNN. That's fine with me because I go to msnbc.com and watch the videos there for free and with windows media player. I hate the RealOne player with a passion. I try to avoid any website that uses it.
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#3 Posted by ThunderRiver on 12 Feb 2003 - 14:53
- Took them soo long just to make it for free? dang! it was free before AOL bought Time Warner...
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#4 Posted by Nija on 12 Feb 2003 - 17:38
- Why bother paying CNN when yahoo has had the news streams free for years.
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#5 Posted by nacs on 12 Feb 2003 - 18:18
- You would think they would have made deals like this with each other way before this. "Let's actually take advantage of our partner/merged company"--wow there's a new thought.
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#6 Posted by Cristanu on 12 Feb 2003 - 19:37
- AOL, Real Player, CNN ... not even worth mentioning them
The collaboration reflects a business strategy, outlined in December, to hold on to Internet users switching to broadband from slower dial-up connections by offering them exclusive information and entertainment.
High-speed Internet access has caught on faster than predicted. The number of household subscribers jumped 59 percent last year to 16 million, according to a study by Nielsen/NetRating.
The OS X-native Exchange access solution will be compatible with Exchange Server 2000 and higher versions. Outlook 2001 for Mac will continue to be the Exchange solution for users of Mac OS 9, Microsoft said.
The announcement of an Exchange access solution for OS X reflects Microsoft's continued support of Apple's Macintosh platform. Questions have swirled around the Mac's future with Microsoft products since a five-year software pact between Apple and Microsoft expired last August. Under the 1997 agreement, Microsoft agreed to develop software and tools for the Mac plus invest $150 million in non-voting Apple stock. Microsoft no longer holds that investment in Apple.
Microsoft also named a new general manager for its Macintosh Business Unit, Roz Ho, last December after the 150-employee division's previous leader, Kevin Browne, left to join Microsoft's video game unit.
However, Microsoft has kept rolling out Mac products. In November 2001, the company shipped an OS X-native version of its Office suite, dubbed Office v. X, and over the next year introduced MSN Messenger 3.0 for Mac, Palm handheld synchronization for Entourage X and the Remote Desktop Connection client. In addition, the Mac Business Unit released a stand-alone version of Entourage X last month, and it plans to deliver MSN for Mac OS X in early 2003.
"The single most popular request we've heard since launching Office v. X is that our customers need an Exchange solution for Mac OS X," Tim McDonough, director of marketing and business development for Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, said in a statement. "We recognize that many of our customers use Exchange for their server-side communications and need a solution that's made specifically for Mac OS X. By building the Exchange solution into Entourage X, we're giving users of Mac core Exchange functionality and cross-platform compatibility in an e-mail client designed to meet their needs."