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Microsoft is once again looking at being a content creator. It’s a path the company has trotted down several times in the past — in its MSN business, for instance — usually t... More

Up to now execs at cable networks such as Nickelodeon that syndicate their kids shows to Netflix say the streamed viewing doesn’t cannibalize conventional TV watching. But we’l... More

Cablevision Systems Corp. and Suddenlink Communications have become the highest-ranking cable operators in Netflix Inc.'s January rankings for video streaming consistency, and both... More

Sonos is taking a big gamble on the home entertainment market with the introduction of its new Playbar, a $699 TV soundbar that also includes the company’s tried and tested wirel... More

Social commerce is typically Facebook's and maybe Pinterest’s domain. But Twitter doesn’t usually factor into the conversation. American Express began to change that last year ... More

Episodes of "Under the Dome," a highly anticipated CBS mini-series based on Stephen King's best-selling book will be made available on Amazon's Prime Instant Video service days aft... More

T-Labs, the Research & Development arm of Deutsche Telekom, is testing a proof-of-concept for set-top box (STB) virtualization to see whether it will be possible to move nearly... More

Dish said Monday that the second-generation of “The Hopper” whole-home HD DVR system is now available to consumers across the country. The new Hopper, which improves and enhanc... More

Hollywood apparently isn’t completely living in Netflix’s world. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Starz Entertainment Feb. 11 said they have signed a new, multi-year agreement t... More

Russian over-the-top (OTT) video service Ivi.ru has chosen content protection technology from US firm Verimatrix to protect its service, which offers a vast range of free content a... More

75% of households in the US have at least one HDTV set, up from 23% five years ago. Few watch 3D TV. Over the past five years, 52% of US households adopted HDTV, according to resea... More

There is a lot of straining these days to come up with ads that pretend they’re not ads, and very often they are lousy or worse. But here’s a really good one: Lincoln spent a t... More

Tesco is preparing to launch a free TV and movie service exclusively to Clubcard customers. The supermarket giant has launched a beta site, called Clubcard TV, which currently feat... More

Expanding its online video services beyond the Web, Google has signed a deal with free-to-air UK satellite TV service Freesat to add a dedicated YouTube app for customers, ensuring... More

On Wednesday, Liberty Global, the cable-TV and internet giant that Malone controls 40pc of, acquired Virgin Media for $23.3bn (£14bn). It was a grand entrance by the American into... More

The trial will see up to 40 hours of programming across a range of genres initially available on the BBC iPlayer. Until now, the BBC's online-only content has been limited to pilot... More

Both companies capture the signals of TV broadcasters including CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox and deliver them to subscribers online. Both enterprises have been defending lawsuits against ... More

The global fixed broadband market generated service revenues of US$ 188bn in 2012, up 7% from 2011, and is set to continue growing to reach US$ 251bn by 2018, according to US firm ... More

Gabe Newell's wide-ranging keynote at the DICE Summit this morning didn't include any big announcements. But Newell did provide some tantalizing hints about how Valve is thinking a... More