Do you want to watch television on your iPad? No problem. Just download an app. Cablevision (CVC) claims that its customers can watch 300 channels at home, according to Reuters.

The interesting feature of this program is that you don't need the Internet. Cablevision uses a digital code to deliver content to an Apple (AAPL) iPad. The app allows you to search channels by genre and record programs.

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Cablevision App Lets You Watch TV on Your iPad originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Discovery Communications, Inc. (DISCA) closed at $41.80. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture between Oprah Winfrey's production company, Harpo, and cable programmer Discovery Communications, is slated to launch on January 1. Overall option implied volatility of 26 is below its 26-week average of 29 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM) overall option implied volatility of 24 is below its 26-week average of 27 according to Track Data, suggesting decreasing price movement.

Options Update is by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

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"Over the past few years, no amount of Don Draper's charm would have won new business for any ad firm; ad spending declined by more than 12 percent in 2009," notes Benjamin Shepherd.

The contributing editor to Personal Finance newsletter explains, "However, thus far in 2010, spending on advertising has rebounded by almost 3 percent, and digital ad buys have eclipsed traditional print media purchases.

"Two two top plays on this theme are Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI) and Discovery Communications (DISCA).

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IMAX Corporation (IMAX) is doing pretty darn good in today's session. At the time of this writing, shares were up over 8% to $14.43, good for a new 52-week high. Headlines on Tuesday proclaimed the intention of Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCA), Sony Corporation (SNE), and IMAX to join forces for purposes of launching a 3-D television asset. I'm sure that must have intrigued not a few in the market.

In addition to that, though, I think there is a general bullish feeling forming on IMAX. I was surprised to read over at Benzinga.com that CNBC's Fast Money analyst Guy Adami highlighted the company as a potential pick for the entire decade! Now that's bullish.

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Oprah Winfrey, arguably the most powerful woman in entertainment (if not the world in general), is preparing to pack her luxurious bags. She's announced that in 2011, after a quarter-century of favorite things and heartfelt interviews, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be no more. The last program is scheduled for Sept. 9, 2011. One can only imagine who might be her guests.

In syndication across the country, Oprah's eponymous program is the top-rated U.S. daytime show (take that, Days of Our Lives!), with an average viewership of 7.1 million this year.

While not entirely unexpected, the news is likely a bit of a blow to CBS Corporation (CBS), as its CBS Television Distribution arm syndicates the program. Additionally, Walt Disney (DIS) might feel the sting of an Oprah departure as Disney-owned ABC is the primary network that airs the show. And will it impact O, Oprah's monthly magazine published by the Heart Corporation? To say nothing of all of the manic women in the audience who long for a chance at one of Oprah's favorite things.

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Oprah to pull the plug in 2011 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Hasbro's top line contracted 2%, and earnings per share, even with some dilution from a joint venture with Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA) and investments in Hasbro's virtual-studio initiative, increased 11% to 99 cents. Expectations were beat by six pennies. Gee, that was better than Mattel's performance. The maker of Barbie actually saw a per-share earnings decline and came in line with forecasts.

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Discovery Communications, which owns the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, hopes to turnaround its failed efforts to get a foothold on the Internet by buying the popular website HowStuffWorks.com for $250 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. Discovery will use this popular base to make its library of videos more easily available to the public.

HowStuffWorks.com, a privately held company whose best known owner is investor Carl Icahn, was founded by Marshall Brain in 1998. Brain is a university professor in North Carolina. He built the audience for the site by analyzing what people were searching for on the Internet and creating content to answer those queries.

In addition to HowStuffWorks.com, the purchase will include several other digital properties including a map database, which are not yet profitable. Discovery hopes that by controlling a website that already gets 3.8 million unique U.S. users each month it will have more success drawing Internet users to its online content. Chief Executive David Zaslav, who has been redesigning Discovery in his own image since taking over in January, told the Journal he believes this acquisition will give Discovery the "online firepower" it's been lacking.

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