Analyst: Google's Motorola Deal Great for Media Titans, TiVo, Harmful to Netflix

NEW You are able to - A next day of Google revealed a $12.5 billion deal to get Motorola Mobility, Wall Street on Tuesday ongoing to go over its likely fallout.our editor recommendsGoogle to purchase Mobile Phone Maker Motorola Mobility for $12.5 BillionWhy Bing Is Investing $12.5 Billion to get Motorola Mobility In first responses on Monday, experts had stated the planned acquisition could, amongst other things, help strengthen the web giant's Google TV platform, which enables TV audiences to gain access to movie, but that has seen slow consumer adoption. Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Tony Wible stated that Google's biggest deal ever together with other recent opportunities are "an incremental positive for TiVo and large media names (Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, DreamWorks Animation) and an adverse for Netflix." So far as entertainment titans go, the planned Motorola acquisition and also the recent acquisition of SageTV, whose software offers Digital recording device and put-shifting features that may enhance Google TV, "signal that Bing is more devoted to the television market," Wible contended. "Opportunities in compression technology, new IPTV ad models and recent employs also suggest the organization is searching to construct a substantial TV operation." Google may also turn to be of the video play - and challenger to Netflix - with content licensed from sector biggies. Wible stated that for the reason that scenario the organization could "be considered a substantial new buyer of content searching to leverage Motorola Mobility distribution, but will have to balance the strain between purchasing content directly that may be seen as an threat to Motorola's current multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) clients." Wible's conclusion: "Google's entrance is definitely an incremental positive for content proprietors, as added competition should improve the need for content." Meanwhile, buying of Motorola Mobility may also set TiVo as an acquisition candidate, based on the analyst. "Motorola Mobility includes a large liability contact with TiVo's patents within the quickly approaching Digital recording device violation trial - TiVo has high possibility of winning," he stated. For the reason that context, Google often see proper value in possessing the organization's Digital recording device patents, he described. Even when Google doesn't take a look at purchasing TiVo, the second may benefit. Given Google's recent moves, some MVPDs could sense danger and "choose to proceed to more benign IPTV platforms like TiVo," Wible contended. However, streaming video giant Netflix often see another challenger emerge in the search engines. "We have seen the Motorola Mobility deal like a resolve for the television market and still see Amazon . com, Google and Apple as emerging gamers within the IPTV business," Wible stated. "We feel these names can run [their] IPTV business like a loss leader to develop and/or safeguard their core procedures." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Google Time Warner Viacom The Wally Disney Company Netflix

'Glee' Stars Sing A Musical '3D Concert Movie' Recap!

FROM MTV MOVIES: Before we get to the nuts and bolts of "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie," it's worth noting that the cast of "Glee" may be the most hardworking group of actors in the business right now. They work almost year-round, filming and promoting the hit TV show and taking three months to go on tour. Now, a movie based on those live concerts is hitting theaters, just before the cast heads back to set to film the third season. For the Gleeks out there counting down the days until the movie opens on Friday, MTV News recently caught up with the cast to get the lowdown on the concert film. In the spirit of the musical nature of the show, the movie, and even our own "Glee-caps," we had the very talented and energetic actors give us a quick recap in song of what "Glee: The 3D Concert Movie" is all about. (Click the embedded video for the sonic version!) Lea Michele, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Ashley Fink, Darren Criss, Heather Morris, Kevin McHale and Harry Shum, Jr. were all game. (Hint: It's a movie version of the "Glee" castmates' live concerts, with a few fan testimonials thrown in for warm, fuzzy good measure.) Read the full story at MTV Movies!

Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewarts Sexy New Spread

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- This weeks issue of Entertainment Weekly is sure to send Twi-hards into a tizzy! The Twilight Sagas Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart grace the magazines cover torso-deep in water and locked in a tight embrace and dish Breaking Dawn details inside. Its a trip to watch the wedding scenes especially, Kristen told the mag, of Edward and Bellas long-awaited union. It was so volatile and emotional I was being such a crazy person. Robert saved his crazy for the bed-breaking, linen-destroying honeymoon scene. I wanted to have it as a line so much, I bit through all the pillows. Every. Single. One. And then [Edward would] start crying, Robert jokingly told the magazine. By the way, thats what he should be ashamed of in the morning. All those beautiful pillows! Egyptian cotton! I ruined this bed! As for the wildly popular series eminent end, Kristen said its bizarre to realize the epic love story has reached its on-screen conclusion. Its just so strange, Kristen told the mag. I cant get over it.Read the full interview in this weeks Entertainment Weekly when it hits newsstands on Friday. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 is slated for theatrical release on November 18.Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Will Bruce Willis Play the Original G.I. Joe?

Back in the day, G.I Joe was a synonym for a grunt, a soldier, a general infantryman who was faceless and nameless yet fought back the Axis powers in World War II; it later was used in the title of a 1945 film about famous war correspondent Ernie Pyle ('The Story of G.I. Joe'). Now of course, it refers to the 1960s Hasbro faceless, nameless toys as well as comic books and cartoons and, of course, the recent big-screen 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.' But G.I Joe is about to get a face. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bruce Willis is in talks to join the cast of Paramount's 'G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation,' and his role would be that of the original Joe. If the deal clicks, Willis would play General Joe Colton, the man who in 1980s comic books starts the G.I. Joe strike team, called the ultimate freedom fighting force, and got the handle G.I. Joe. The new 'G.I. Joe' is being directed by Jon M. Chu, stars Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Stevenson and RZA, and is scheduled to be released on June 29, 2012 We can't think of a better face to take on the visage of G.I. Joe. Can you?

With God on Our Side George W Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America

Deftly maintaining an evenhanded tone in tackling a sensitive topic, this documentary first traces the roots, rise and rocky history of the conservative evangelical movement in America. The film then goes on to explore how President George W. Bush's religious beliefs inform his decisions as the country's commander in chief. Included are rare archival clips, interviews with leading evangelists and comments from key players in Washington.

Curiosity: Did God Create the Universe?

Produced by Darlow Smithson. Senior executive producer (series), Simon Andreae; executive producers, Alan Eyres, John Smithson, Ben Bowie, Susan Winslow. 60 MIN."Curiosity" -- a broad initiative designed to tackle an eclectic array of provocative and puzzling topics -- definitely lives up to that billing in its premiere, an adaptation of Stephen Hawking's book "The Grand Design," in which the renowned physicist concludes God didn't create the universe. Little else on the menu looks destined to match this as "Big Questions" go, but kudos to Discovery for daring to address what it accurately dubs "the third rail of academia and theology," at a time when hostility to science and lack of intellectual curiosity frequently taints political discourse. Thematically, the "Curiosity" specials -- to encompass 60 installments over five years, under a plan conceived by Discovery founder John Hendricks -- are meant to challenge and enlighten. And with science besieged by those opposed to its most inconvenient truths, some topics surely appear more controversial than others. As with his 2010 documentary series "Into the Universe," Hawking provides some narration, giving way to the more stately sounding actor Benedict Cumberbatch standing in for him. Clearly mindful the scientist's conclusions will outrage believers in Divine Creation, the channel plans an hourlong round-table discussion with theologians to follow. Hawking is a master at conveying complex theories in easily grasped terms, and the producers help illustrate those points with elaborate graphics -- from Vikings braving threatening seas to a tennis match demonstrating the laws of nature. As a scientist, Hawking concludes, it's completely valid to question "whether we need a God to explain the universe at all," proceeding to methodically lay out the case for the Big Bang Theory (and what could create something out of nothingness) and natural laws that don't require a spiritual component. Admittedly, the premiere is a tough act to follow, intellectually speaking, and little of what's slated for coming weeks appears equally inspired; rather, many titles are skewed to pop culture or science fiction -- "Why is Sex Fun?," "Could You Live Forever?" and "Could Computers Overtake Humans?" -- and feature celebrity hosts. Still, when it comes to science on TV, anything capable of enticing an audience to eat their vegetables seems worthwhile. And even if not all of this undertaking matches Hawking's big brain, the ideal of using TV to arouse viewers' curiosity surely qualifies as an intelligent design. Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

Alex Trebek Burglary Suspect Pleads Not Liable

Lucinda Moyers, the lady charged with entering Alex Trebek's Bay Area accommodation on This summer 26, faces two-and-a-half decades to existence imprisonment if in prison for burglary. Moyers pleaded not liable towards the charge Monday and it is in jail on $625,000 bail.our editor recommendsAlex Trebek Famous by Fans for Chasing after Thief, InjuryAlex Trebek on Burglary: 'I Thought I Had Been Dreaming' (Video)Alex Trebek's Hotel Thief Put Under Constraint Order Based on the Bay Area Chronicle, Moyers has two prior burglary convictions along with a third could be punishable under California's "three strikes" law. District attorney speaker Erica Terry Derryck told the paper that although nobody was hurt by Moyers, the Trebeck incident constituted a violent crime since it would be a "hot prowl," and may therefore supply against her in sentencing. Derryck stated, "We're alleging the individual joined the area to commit the burglary although it was occupied. By statute, it's a serious, violent criminal offence." Moyers allegedly stole money along with a bracelet in the Risk! host's room in the Marriot Marquis, which she joined with he and the wife were sleeping. Trebek chased and finally faced Moyers inside a hallway, where she refused getting been the individual in the room. During pursuit, Trebek ripped his Calf msucles. Moyers has additionally been in danger using the law for other robberies that don't count against her "three strikes." She blamed her previous convictions on heroin use at her arraignment Monday and stated a existence sentence is simply too harsh of the punishment on her criminal past, "I'm not to imply I shouldn't inflict time after i do stuff. I already did time. But to complete existence? For stealing? And That I didn't even do anything whatsoever this time around. They're likely to produce existence for my record." Related Subjects Alex Trebek