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Philips Electronics has drawn a line under its long history as a consumer-electronics company after failing to compete successfully with the likes of Apple Inc., Samsung Electronic... More

For millions of U.S. consumers, one screen in the living room is not enough. A new study from KPMG finds that 60% of American television viewers are devoted multitaskers, watching ... More

Ever the nonconformist, Mark Cuban opened the NATPE confab by extolling the virtues of old-fashioned live TV, questioning the long-term viability of over-the-top services and defen... More

here’s not a lot of common ground between digital media and television, but huge live events—especially the Super Bowl—are just as important for both media because they guara... More

The Docsis 3.1 specs under development at CableLabs won't be published until later this year, but it's already well-established that cable's latest, greatest data platform will mak... More

In a bold bet on the digital future of entertainment, Time Warner Inc. has selected its digital guru -- Kevin Tsujihara -- as the new chief executive of Warner Bros. Entertainment.... More

While US telcos continued to add IPTV subscribers at a rapid clip in the fourth quarter of last year, growth does appear to be slowing for the nation’s two largest providers, acc... More

A decade after it changed the way we watch TV, TIVO may be embarking on a second act. Founded in 1997, the Alviso, Calif., company pioneered software to manage digital video record... More

Takedowns of videos posted to user-generated websites like YouTube continue to set off fire alarms across the Internet. Copyright owners don't always get things right when causing ... More

Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group (CG) announced the results Monday of its assessment of players across a broad swath of financial services, tech titans, merchants, and car... More

Despite claims by Netflix that rival entertainment streaming services such as Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Redbox Instant are no threat to it in the subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) ... More

Everyone wants HBO to offer a standalone version of their streaming service HBO Go (right now you need to subscribe to traditional cable and HBO), though HBO continues to fight the... More

While 4K Ultra HD televisions were everywhere at this year’s CES, 4K Ultra HD content was not. “4K” is a buzzword for video content with four times the resolution of current ... More

Crane.TV, an online video-magazine for contemporary culture, has made the online video revolution economically viable with a profitable business model that revolves around creating... More

TV networks may have plenty of flaws, but one thing they’re really good at is promoting other TV shows. But here comes Netflix, which is getting into the TV show business and doe... More

It’s no secret that game consoles are good for much more than just gaming, but what you may not know is that game consoles are poised to become the centerpiece of home theaters. ... More

That means Aereo subscribers with a Roku box (which retails for $50 to $100, depending on the model) can use it to access several live local over-the-air channels, as well as Aereo... More

Redbox is now selling live event tickets in the Los Angeles market, offering tickets to shows at Laugh Factory clubs in Hollywood and Long Beach, area concerts, nightclubs and more... More

According to an infographic created and sponsored by Uberflip, 81% of Americans use a smartphone and watch TV simultaneously. The biggest use of the second screen appears to be soc... More