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The quality-content landscape is a vastly different animal than it was a few years ago, said Leslie Moonves, CBS Corp. president and CEO, and CBS is extraordinarily poised to capit... More

Consumers may want to pick and choose what channels they pay for but Time Warner Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes says they don't know how good they have it under the ... More

Netflix's new content deal with the Walt Disney Co. will prove to be "a game changer" for the online streaming service, chief content officer Ted Sarandos said Wednesday in New Yor... More

Online video had a profound impact on online shopping decisions on last months' Black Friday and Cyber Monday, says analyst Ashley Swartz...... More

If you enjoy the ability to check out all the rich media directly from your Twitter stream, you’ll be annoyed to find out that it won’t work anymore for Instagram photos...... More

Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle tablets are involved in new deals that highlight how content, rather than tech specs, are helping drive device sales...... More

Dutch cable operator Ziggo has added 20 more live streamed channels to its TV app for tablets, bringing the total to 48 channels...... More

Disney has inked a new multi-year licensing deal that makes Netflix the exclusive U.S. subscription TV service to get the Mouse House's first run live-action and animated films...... More

Peel, along with Samsung Electronics, has announced the international expansion of its Peel Smart Remote app. Previously available only in North America, this is the first phase of... More

I had the opportunity yesterday to share the stage with rockstar analysts Tom Adams (of IHS Screen Digest), Anne Arroyo of the NPD Group, and Larry Taman of GfK to discuss an indus... More

Television viewers were once called couch potatoes. Many are becoming more active while watching now, judging by the findings in a new report that illustrates the explosive growth ... More

"There's been a lot of talk about the second-screen experience," says Google product VP Mario Queiroz, referring to the devices viewers turn to while watching TV. "We haven't imple... More

At the UBS Media Summit today, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman was asked how social TV is affecting his company, which owns Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central, among other networks. Da... More

Capablue, specialist in TV Everywhere solutions, has been working with Channel 4 to create a proof of concept that explores the potential of future advertising formats. The interac... More

Multiscreen specialist Elemental says its revenue base more than doubled in 2012 as the company grew its services to reach 250 customers. The BBC, Columbus Communications, Media Pr... More

Most Mondays, Jacob Geiser watches TNT's pro wrestling with buddies who are so tight they finish each other's wisecracks. But when he sinks into the couch in his Eden Prairie apart... More

Spike TV will broadcast VGA TEN live from Sony Pictures Studios on December 7 at 9:00 PM ET. The 10th anniversary of the Video Game Awards will feature Samuel L. Jackson as host fo... More

Reality shows may attract criticism over quality but they are commercially very attractive, and in aiming to monetise its assets MTV España has launched a second screen app to acc... More

He says Redbox Instant by Verizon, which will compete with Netflix, will be available by early in the second quarter, after previous estimates for a late 2012 start...... More