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Home entertainment used to be so simple. With VHS it was the movie. DVDs opened the door to commentaries, deleted scenes and any number of bonuses that could fit on a single (or du... More

“This bill sacrifices privacy without improving security. We deserve both.” In case you missed it, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is back, and this m... More

In a sense, DRM did vanish from music after the major labels dropped their requirements that iTunes and other download stores use it to “protect” their music from being played ... More

Commerce has moved online. Now, the disability lawsuits are following. Advocates for disabled Americans have declared that companies have a legal obligation to make their websites ... More

Aiming to enable new multiscreen entertainment offerings for European service providers, entertainment solutions firm Hubee is to base its VOD offerings on the Rovi DivX Plus Strea... More

U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Friday he will soon step down, following months of rumors that he would resign early this year. Genacho... More

It's not just Downton Abbey. TV viewers' appetites are going global as streaming technology broadens their options. A host of start-up sites like DramaFever.com and Viki.com are tr... More

Deloitte's seventh edition of the State of the Media Democracy survey revealed a 160-percent growth in the number of digital omnivores, consumers who own a trio of tablets, smartph... More

Although consumers have been slow to warm to ‘TV Everywhere’ services, a new white paper from consumer technology and media behaviours TDG suggests that adding live linear acce... More

Cisco System’s annual Visual Networking Index anticipates an array of opportunities for mobile and wireless delivery, including vast expansion of mobile video services and multis... More

Intelligent, data-centric services could herald the rebirth of the music industry, Vevo's international senior vice-president Nic Jones has said. The music video brand reached 4 bi... More

HBO reportedly could soon make available its acclaimed HBO Go high-definition streaming platform to broadband consumers who don’t subscribe to a pay-TV service, according to CEO ... More

French telco Orange is to deliver high-definition video encoded in the new High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) standard to certain models of new Samsung TVs. Orange has played a key... More

Second-screen smart-TV app developer Flingo said Tuesday that Chinese TV manufacturer Changhong has reached a deal to integrate Flingo's Samba interactive TV platform into its fort... More

March Madness games on the four networks will be Shazam-able, allowing viewers to check on how they are doing in the office pool and find out details on players that are causing th... More

YuMe, a leading provider of digital video brand advertising solutions, today launched an improved Placement Quality Index (PQI) with integrated brand safety metrics. The enhanced P... More

While the terms "social TV" and "second screen" are often used interchangeably, they are, in fact, two different experiences: Social TV is a subset of second screen - and a somewha... More

Second-screen devices combined with customised content, interactive apps and loyalty programmes will fuel the behaviour of social TV consumers over the next 24 months, according to... More

Speaking at TV Connect yesterday, BBC senior technologist for mobile and dual screen, Jeremy Kramskoy, said that common standards were important in terms of bringing down developme... More