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Eastman Kodak Co. said a crucial patent auction may fail, as the company runs into difficulties reaching a deal with a wide-ranging group of prospective buyers. In a bankruptcy co... More

Acknowledging that the movie business is "not for the faint of heart," NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke said he'd like to see more animation  and more franchise films out... More

Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) and comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) announced today an agreement to develop the first-ever five-platform measurement initiative that would provide an unparalleled... More

As we wrote in April, the window between theatrical and home entertainment needs to be significantly shortened and the pricing of EST needs to fall from 4x rental pricing to 2x o... More

A radically redesigned version of iTunes for Mac and PC was unveiled by Apple on Wednesday, aiming to simplify use of the desktop software and add new features like a redesigned mi... More

Couldn't make it to San Francisco for Wednesday's iPhone 5 special event? Not to worry. Apple has posted the whole thing -- from Tim Cook to the Foo Fighters -- on its website. You... More

Warner Bros. Television currently is in production for original programming earmarked for Netflix and other subscription video-on-demand services, Time Warner CFO John Martin told ... More

Television retailers are going to have one simple message for shoppers this coming holiday season: Supersize it. The lack of anything really new to tout means that mass merchants,... More

The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to impose a $1 billion criminal fine on Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp. because of its March conviction for participating in a ... More

A few weeks ago, while we touring Skywalker Ranch and screening 'Raiders' on IMAX, Disney invited HDD to Industrial Light & Magic to talk about 'The Avengers' on Blu-ray. ILM, ... More

Rentrak Corporation and Screen Engine today announced a jointly-developed syndicated product called PostTrak, that will report box office sales figures, audience demographics and t... More

TV is hot and getting hotter. Big screen stars woo, instead of scorn it, and after a glut of low-cost reality shows late last and early this millennium that caused a dearth of qual... More

With fall TV approaching, the summer season seems like it was ages ago. The most social TV show of the summer might surprise you a bit at first. VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: Atla... More

Simply put, television can no longer be categorized as traditional media but instead must be approached as new media. The real threat to cable companies comes if the masses can eas... More

Dutch private broadcaster SBS is launching a second screen app for iPad called SBS6+ to accompany the bulk of its prime time programming. The second screen is initially only availa... More

YouView is set to launch a second-screen app in the coming weeks, the broadband-connected TV service's chief executive Richard Halton has revealed. Speaking at the IBC 2012 confere... More

The "Second Screen" is quickly becoming an industry buzzword, and with good reason. It will change the entire television industry. That is not hyperbole, it is already happening. F... More

Consulting firm Ernst & Young interviewed 34 chiefs of media companies as part of a comprehensive survey of their attitudes and priorities. The firm’s report, released Wednes... More

The iPhone 5 is just 7.6 MM thin, the thinnest iPhone yet. And at 112 grams it’s also the lightest as well — 20 percent lighter than the 4S. Its 4-inch screen boasts a 16:9 asp... More