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At least 40 series and miniseries from A+E Networks including ratings hits like "Storage Wars" vanished from Netflix on Friday...... More

After signing an agreement with Walmart -- and with deals with other major retailers a distinct possibility -- the cloud-based home-entertainment system seems primed for a breakthr... More

Music video platform Vevo is expected to roll out redesigned video watch pages as well as new artist pages on its website Thursday evening. The changes reduce the clutter on Vevo... More

Netflix is so popular with Canadians that it's being cited as a reason why other Canadian companies need to up the ante for their own online video products. Bell Canada ) says it s... More

Everyone watches a lot of Web video. So, obviously, the people who spend a lot of money advertising on TV are going to start spending that money on the Web. Except that TV ad spen... More

Aereo, the start-up that lets users watch broadcast TV over the Web, is branching out. CEO Chet Kanojia says his IAC-backed company will soon start offering programming that doesn... More

Twitter is getting its first test drive as a launch pad for TV programming. The social media platform will be one of the digital hubs for a full-episode preview 11 days ahead of t... More

After its $1.5-billion take at the global box office, Walt Disney Co. is hoping to make its super-hero property "Avengers" its next major multi-media franchise alongside "Cars,"�... More

Despite a reputation tarnished by his handling of an extended phone hacking scandal in Britain,James Murdoch is preparing to step into a prominent U.S. role running much of News... More

Broadcasters celebrated the ceremonial launch of mobile DTV at a Capitol Hill kick-off event Thursday complete with legislators praising broadcasters newly-minted mobility and poin... More

Apple Inc. and four major publishers have formally offered to settle an antitrust case by the European Commission over their e-book pricing, allowing Amazon.com Inc. and other... More

If there’s one thing that can be said about Roku devices — set-top boxes that stream Internet video to TV sets — it’s that they’re easy to use. Which is why it’s surpr... More

Industry body the Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a certification programme for its new Miracast standard, a 5GHz peer-to-peer wireless connection designed to simplify discovery and se... More

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will no longer sell Amazon.com Inc's Kindle products, making a bet that consumers are more interested in other gadgets. Consumers who buy Kindle tablets such a... More

US investment research house Zacks has suggested that major satellite TV operator DISH Network (the second-largest pay-TV operator in the US) is planning to launch an over-the-top ... More

As far as online video goes, Google is still the one to watch. The company, which owes its video popularity almost entirely to its independent subsidiary YouTube, maintained its le... More

Subscription services like Rdio, Mog, Rhapsody and Spotify promise to restore stronger growth to the music industry. The model’s best hope, Spotify, has four million paying subsc... More

Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told an investor group that the ongoing slowdown of disc sales of new-release movies continues to reverberate through Hollywood, leading studios to rewor... More

While 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s Sept. 18 launch of Digital HD underscores the studio’s push to drive high-margin digital sellthrough, BTIG Research analyst Richard ... More