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How Mark Cuban’s AXS TV is Using Social and the Second Screen (Lost Remote)

When we interviewed Mark Cuban in May about HDNet and Bikini Barbershop it was right before the network transformed to AXS TV. Over the summer, the change took place and now AXS TV... More

Barnes & Noble to Launch Video Service for Nook (Reuters)

Barnes & Noble Inc is launching a video streaming and download service this autumn for its Nook e-books and device business in the latest volley in its battle to keep up with A... More

Showtime’s Second Screen iPad App Hits 2.0, Goes from Social to Sync (Engadget)

With its season premieres of Dexter and Homeland (trailers are embedded after the break) on deck for next Sunday evening, Showtime has refashioned its second screen iPad app in ver... More

Twitter to Debut Fox Series Before TV Premiere (Variety)

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 th... More

Mass Relevance Debuts Second Screen Experience on RyderCup.com for the 2012 Ryder Cup (Broadcast Newsroom)

Mass Relevance, the technology leader in social curation and integration, today announced that it is working with Turner Sports in developing the 13th Man, a social experience, ava... More

Dragon’s Den Canada Introduced Armchair Dragon – Second Screen Social TV in Multiple Timezones (AppMarket.tv)

For the first time this season on Canada's Dragons' Den, viewers at home will have the chance to have their say in the Den. By visiting cbc.ca/dragonsden, viewers at home will be a... More

Cablevision Takes Side of Broadcasters in Fight With Aereo (LA Times)

In an amicus brief filed late Friday in federal court in New York, Cablevision Systems Corp.said Aereo's service violates copyright laws. What makes this filing significant is tha... More

The New Comedy Stages: YouTube, Twitter, Online Specials (LA Times)

The reach of digital media — YouTube, Twitter and podcast networks like Earwolf and Nerdist — has allowed comedians to bypass traditional gatekeepers like HBO and Showtime an... More

Hulu Plus Pacts With WWE (Variety)

In one of its largest content deals to date, Hulu Plus has inked an exclusive multiyear pact with WWE to stream all of the company's TV shows and some of its Web series...... More

The Man Who Would Be Redstone (New York Times)

Today, working from a 52nd-floor corner office high above Times Square, Philippe Dauman sits at the center of one of the world’s most powerful media companies, with holdings like... More

Bigh Tech Is Content to Throw Its Weight Around (Wall Street Journal)

In the war over technology platforms, content is a potent weapon. Companies like Netflix,Pandora and Yelp risk getting squeezed in the middle...... More

Lawmakers Introduce Pandora-backed Music Royalty Legislation (The Hill)

A trio of lawmakers on Friday introduced legislation aimed at lowering the royalty fees paid by Internet radio stations so they become level with the rates paid by other digital ra... More

Why Movie Sequels and Remakes Almost Always Fail (Big Think)

The problem with movie sequels and cover songs is that they only make them when the original was extremely successful. When a movie or a song does extremely well, it usually means... More

Fifty Years of the Jetsons: Why the Show Still Matters (Smithsonian)

The show lasted just one season (24 episodes) after its debut on Sunday September 23, 1962, but today “The Jetsons” stands as the single most important piece of 20th century fu... More

With Android Update, Netflix Has One Interface For All Devices (GigaOM)

Netflix announced an update to its application for Google Android phones on Monday that brings a tablet-like interface to the small screen. The free Netflix software, found in Goo... More

Netflix Drops 800 Hours of A&E, History Fare (Variety)

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

Is UltraViolet Finally Ready to Save Hollywood’s Day? (The Wrap)

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

Vevo Rolls Out New Video, Artist Pages, Vows to Take on Connected TVs Next (GigaOM)

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

Shaw Beefs Up Video Offerings in Battle With Netflix (Fierce)

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