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Few brands are as clued in to what Gen Y is thinking as is MTV, with its sweet spot of 18 to 24. But increasingly, the company is trying to suss out what is on the minds of the you... More

Google announced earnings a few hours early Thursday, posting revenues and earnings below expectations. Earnings per share came in at $9.03, well below analysts estimates of $10.... More

The choice of what phone or tablet to buy is one that often involves many considerations, chief amongst those is the physical device and the operating system that it runs. But ther... More

Watching live TV on your computer just got a lot easier. New York-based startup Aereo said Wednesday its service has been expanded to all major Web browsers, including Google Ch... More

It's pretty common practice these days to pull out a tablet or phone during big live events and watch on two screens. The industry has taken to calling this the second screen exper... More

Cable programmers and operators are dabbling in second-screen applications, which may change the way viewers use their televisions, tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, game players an... More

QR codes are occasionally useful at conveying information to end users, but typically operate in a static environment. Fujitsu thinks it can solve this issue, finding a way to conv... More

Netflix wants to give users the ability to control their apps on TVs and connected devices with their mobile phones, and the company is looking to roll out second-screen control fe... More

Best Buy Co Inc is planning to sell its own tablet, the Android-based "Insignia Flex," for $239 to $259, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, pitting the world's largest... More

Over the past year we’ve seen some major innovations in social TV come from Europe. From Zeebox, to Tweek.tv, to StatsForce.TV and more the use of social platforms by TV companie... More

At this year's SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, Motorola Mobility is demonstrating how its innovations—in the cloud, network and home—are driving the evolution of TV. These technologies ar... More

Rod Carter, Head of Digital Asset Management at BBC Worldwide, on the progress being made to digitise key content within BBC Worldwide’s library, and the consequences he sees for... More

David Gale, EVP of cross media for MTV Networks, wishes more content and hardware companies would adopt his title instead of continuing to use “new” media. He wasn’t getting ... More

Even though smartphones are growing ever more popular and ubiquitous, the amount of time users are watching video on their connected mobile devices is not keeping pace. Research fi... More

Target Corp. became the latest big-box chain to offer to match the online prices of some rival retailers in what is shaping up to be a fiercely competitive holiday shopping season.... More

ITV Studios and Netflix have agreed a multi-year deal for a package of British drama acquired by the VOD operator's services in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Titles include ... More

DVD sales may be dwindling, but the movie industry has another vehicle to drive revenue -- digital rights. Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer touted video-on-demand during the CTAM confe... More

Every year Microsoft Drops the console a little bit of code to match the descending leaves, delivering new features, interface tweaks and additional content to hide behind the Xbox... More

Microsoft said it will sell a 32GB version of the tablet for $499, though adding in the much-touted touch keyboard cover will cost a further $100 ... More