Nintendo's TVii a replacement for the remote (Update)
Nintendo is switching on a television service that transforms the tablet-like controller for its new Wii U game console into a remote that changes the channel on your TV and puts programs from the...
View ArticleAmazon website knocked offline briefly
Amazon.com stumbled for a short time on Thursday with aspiring visitors tripped in their efforts to reach the online retail titan's main shopping website.
View ArticleTV seems impervious to Silicon Valley's advances
Google's unveiling last week of yet another device it hopes will change the way people watch TV highlights a stubborn truth: The revolution may be televised, but television itself has so far been...
View ArticleNetflix shares soar as viewer numbers climb (Update)
Netflix shares soared 10 percent Monday as the streaming television service reported that profit in the recently-ended quarter climbed along with its subscriber numbers, which are now above 40 million.
View ArticleSony unveils game service as PS4 sales top 4.2 million
Sony on Tuesday announced a hotly-anticipated streaming game service along with the news that it sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles by the start of this year.
View ArticleSony launching cable-style television service
Japanese entertainment colossus Sony on Thursday said it will debut a cable-style television service delivered through its popular PlayStation video game consoles.
View ArticleAre aliens watching old TV shows?
You've probably heard the trope about how aliens have been watching old episodes of "I Love Lucy" and might think these are our "historical documents". How far have our signals reached?
View ArticleNetflix membership surges past 60 million
Netflix on Wednesday reported an unprecedented jump in subscribers in the first quarter of this year, pushing the streaming television service membership above 60 million.
View ArticleTelevision is changing, and viewer metrics need to change with it
The opening months of this year saw the first rumblings of a seismic shift in the Australian television market, with the introduction of three video-on-demand (VoD) subscription services: Stan; Presto;...
View ArticleNetflix enjoys marquee day as stock soars 42 pct (Update 2)
Netflix's rollercoaster ride on Wall Street has surged to new heights. The company's stock climbed Thursday $43.60 to close at $146.86 as investors celebrated a fourth-quarter earnings report...
View ArticleTwitter buys firm tracking social network TV talk
Twitter announced Tuesday that it has bought Bluefin Labs to ride the trend of viewers using smartphones or tablet computers to chat at social networks about shows they are watching.
View ArticleOriginal programs beef up streaming video sites
The big-budget original series "House of Cards" launched this month on Netflix highlights the growing importance of streaming video, which is ramping up competition against traditional TV.
View ArticleMusic, movie industry to warn copyright infringers (Update 3)
Internet users who illegally share music, movies or TV shows online may soon get warning notices from their service providers that they are violating copyright law. Ignore the notices, and violators...
View ArticleMexico moves to end telecom monopolies
Mexico's government introduced a draft constitutional reform Monday to end monopolies in telecoms industries that have built some of the country's biggest fortunes.
View ArticleFacebook cleans up Timeline in latest tweak
Facebook on Wednesday began rolling out new profile pages redesigned to clear away clutter from "Timelines" that chronicle member postings at the leading social network.
View ArticleTV-over-Internet service Aereo expands to Boston
Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15.
View ArticleYahoo! to be online home of 'Saturday Night Live'
Yahoo! on Thursday continued its transformation into a stage for online media with a deal to stream "Saturday Night Live" television shows stretching from the current season back to 1975.
View ArticleVietnam to clamp down on social media news postings
Communist Vietnam is to ban bloggers and social media users from sharing news stories online, under a new decree seen as a further crackdown on online freedom.
View ArticleComcast rumored to be considering adding to Copyright Alert System
(Phys.org) —Variety is claiming it has sources that confirm that Comcast is considering adding another feature to the Copyright Alert System (CAS) implemented last February by Comcast and other...
View ArticleOnline video forces change on TV industry
Having turned print media upside down, the Internet now is disrupting television, forcing broadcasters to adapt to tablets and video-on-demand to hold onto views and advertisers.
View ArticleReview: New TiVo delivers for avid TV viewers
When I bought my first TiVo digital video recorder in 2001, I was a real trendsetter. "You can really pause live television?" friends asked with wonder. "You don't have to rewind a tape when you're done?"
View ArticleTwitter dials deeper into TV
A start-up specializing in tuning into online banter by TV viewers said Wednesday that it has been bought by Twitter.
View ArticleAmazon courts studios for TV streaming service
Internet retail titan Amazon.com has been reaching out to entertainment studios about licensing television programs for an online streaming service, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
View ArticleNetflix tops 50M subscribers as 2Q earnings soar (Update)
Netflix's second-quarter earnings more than doubled as new episodes from a hit series helped the Internet video service surpass 50 million worldwide subscribers for the first time.
View ArticleShazam breaks 100 million monthly user mark
Shazam announced Wednesday that 100 million people use its song-recognition mobile service monthly in a 34 percent surge from a year earlier.
View ArticleAmericans watch less TV, stream more, report shows
Americans are turning away from live TV on the tube and tuning in to streaming services, a Nielsen report says.
View ArticleFrench TV hack 'a step up' in cyberjihadism
The "unprecedented" cyber-attack on French television channel TV5Monde represents a major "step up" in the Internet warfare being waged by highly specialised jihadist hackers, experts said Thursday.
View ArticleMembership jumps as Netflix pumps original shows
Netflix on Wednesday said that membership jumped 3.3 million last quarter, crediting original shows such as "Orange is the New Black" that have been hits with viewers.
View ArticleNetflix to launch in Japan on September 2
Netflix will launch its streaming television service in Japan on September 2, the latest stop in its mission to be a global entertainment powerhouse, it said Tuesday.
View ArticleHulu explores selling stake to Time Warner: report
Hulu is looking to sell a stake to Time Warner in a deal that would value the streaming television service at more than $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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