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Although the DVR is a blessing for couch potatoes, it is more of a mixed blessing for the television industry. The upside is that the DVR enables people to watch more television an... More

There's been a lot of death-of-film talk recently, as there often is when the first leaves of fall bid their first, golden adieus. "I'm made crazy by the way the business structure... More

Seeking to again mine incremental revenue from its film library, Image Entertainment Oct. 26 said it has assembled a second package of B-titles with A-list stars earmarked for loca... More

[Editor's note: Online registration closes Sunday.] StreamingMedia.com, producer of the most prestigious and widely acclaimed events for the business and technology of streaming a... More

The Librarian of Congress and Register of Copyrights today rejected a proposal to allow people to "space shift" by ripping DVDs. Technically, the officials didn't rule on copying, ... More

Beginning next year, Warner will let Redbox offer its DVDs and Blu-ray discs 28 days after they go on sale, the same "window" followed by most other major studios. In exchange, R... More

Apple sold 1.3 million Apple TVs in its latest quarter. That’s double what it sold during the same period a year ago, and enough to bring the grand total for units sold this fisc... More

Despite the growing wealth of free and inexpensive online content, pay TV subscribers seem pretty content with their current service providers and might even be willing to pay a bi... More

Windstream Communications Inc., likes the progress of its Merge video service so far and might even end up developing a new device for it...... More

It's scratchy, lasts only 78 seconds and features the world's first recorded blooper. The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the oldest playable recording of an A... More

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has intensified talks with major music labels to start an advertising supported streaming-radio competitor to Pandora Media Inc. (P) by early next year, accord... More

Pandora shares fell off a cliff yesterday, after Bloomberg published a story about Apple’s plan to introduce a streaming music service early next year. Time to buy Pandora sh... More

Reacting to Nintendo's disappointing fiscal results and Wii U sales outlook, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter noted that the Wii U software guidance is simply "unrealis... More

While this concept of “showrooming” is a huge concern for stores, recent developments indicate it won’t necessarily lead to the demise of the local retailer, as once thought.... More

The number of pay-TV providers in Western Europe offering multiscreen services will almost double over the next four years from approximately 50 in 2012 to 90 by 2016, according to... More

There’s further evidence of Twitter’s mainstream presence in Japan after Dentsu-owned TV audience ratings service Video Research revealed plans to introduce a new rating syst... More

While a growing crop of startups battle it out in the social TV space, there’s one that’s been around since 2006 that’s established a tremendous head start. Twitter, as we kn... More

Online video, when properly managed and delivered, can actually benefit telcos offering IPTV, service providers and vendors said Wednesday at TelcoTV 2012 in Las Vegas...... More

With the launch of its iPad Mini, Apple now has a device for nearly all purposes. But the company still hasn't offered its version of the biggest home device of all -- the TV...... More