Keeping the red button warm

In his first call to discuss quarterly earnings results (pdf), inaugurated CEO Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner made two jolting announcements:

• The long-expected division of AOL's internet access and content departments
• The potential availability of all Time Warner programs, both on-demand and online

"For some time I've had the strong belief that all linear supported networks should make their content on demand and on television sets, not only on broadband," said Bewkes (via IP Democracy).

"We think this should cement the long term prospects of this business."