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Americans downloaded nearly 760 million songs using the BitTorrent file-sharing network in the first six months of this year -- surpassing the number of digital tracks purchased ov... More

After launching Content ID nearly five years ago, Youtube has today announced a number of updates to the program, including a new appeals process for challenging copyright cl... More

Viacom is making a strategic investment in the fledgling companion app company, just like Comcast and NBCU did. As part of the deal, Zeebox will get some quality exclusive content ... More

As DreamWorks Animation ramps up to release three toons a year, the company has promoted Lincoln Wallen to serve as its new chief technology officer...... More

In the U.S., Apple’s retail stores, along with the company’s online storefront, sold 47 percent of the Macs and 40 percent of the iPads purchased by the survey sample during De... More

Best Buy Co. named former Expedia President Scott Durchslag as president of its online and global e-commerce business, a move the consumer-electronics chain said will boost its... More

Viacom has signed on as a strategic partner with British startup Zeebox, joining Comcast, NBCUniversal and HBO in tapping the second-screen app to deliver enhanced content and ads ... More

Since no blockbuster movie in 2012 can have a home release without a second screen companion app for fans to dig through extra content while they watch, Sony has, naturally, announ... More

As the television industry seeks to capture viewers on their mobile phones and tablet computers, ICM Partners talent agency has formed a partnership with a maker of applications fo... More

Television powerhouses Comcast and HBO believe they have an answer to the menacing spread of mobile devices and tablets -- Zeebox. And Wednesday night, it gets its first big test: ... More

On Halloween last year we provided an inside look at the social media world of the spookiest show on TV. American Horror Story (AHS) went on to become one of the most successful ne... More

Discovery Networks International (DNI) is preparing to launch various second screen applications for its channel brands. The broadcaster has signed a deal with Brightcove to use th... More

Two years after it first promised it would release an iPad controller for its TiVo TV box, UK cable company Virgin Media has finally shown a working version that it is about to rel... More

Ever keen to stay one step ahead of the latest trends, British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) recently commissioned research firm YouGov to carry out an independent study on the latest t... More

It's the new TV ritual: We sit in front of the TV, our iPhone or iPad in hand, busily surfing or texting, both while the show is playing and during commercial breaks. Instead of di... More

The economics of Hollywood's TV studios have been strengthened so much by new windows that even Apple won't be able to disrupt their business, according to a new research report...... More

Advertising Week is turning into a coming-out party for Amazon's ad business, an ecosystem of devices, owned websites and an ad network that can target 180 million users based on w... More

After what feels like a mighty long time since it was first announced, Sony's cross-platform PlayStation Mobile store is now up and running with an initial line-up of games (plu... More

Sports rights deals are out of control and threaten the future of the pay-television industry, a lobbyist for small and mid-size cable operators said Tuesday in reaction to Major L... More