Casopis TV Guide je v poslednej dobe na trhu stale menej ziskovy. Je to 54 rocny casopis, ktory straca citatelov a taktiez peniaze, pretoze nie je schopny sa prisposobit novym poziadavkam, a to najma technologickym. V dnesnej dobe ludia vacsinou nemaju problem s pristupom na internet a tym padom si vedia najst vsetky informacie o televiznych programoch vtedy, ked ich potrebuju a to prakticky zadarmo. Preto sa zacal casopis TV Guide sustredovat viac na pisanie o ludoch a postavach z filmov, serialov a relacii. To bolo urcite dobrym krokom, ale stale nie dostacujucim na to, aby si zaistili primeranu poziciu na trhu. Macrovision, spolocnost poskytujuca ochranu proti kopirovaniu, manazment digitalnych prav, elektronicke opravnenia a technologie manazmentu softveroveho majektu, ma zaujem kupit TV Guide. Macrovision planuje projekt, v ramci ktoreho chce skombinovat tieto spolocnosti a tym padom budu zakaznici mat moznost dostat sa k informaciam o TV programoch, mat svoj priestor na fotografie, hudobny prehliadac a celkovo pristup k zabave cez rozne elektronicke zariadenia. Ponukana cena je 2,8 miliardy dolarov. Ale stale nie je iste co sa bude s casopisom TV Guide, pokial ho Macrovision kupi, a ani to, ci bude vobec predany.
By Petra Calovkova; edited by Iveta Nagyova
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