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Ready for your Fire TV to get a makeover? Amazon says it will today begin to roll out an update that will bring new user interface, described as a “more cinematic experience” t... More

BAMTech, Major League Baseball’s streaming-video unit backed by Disney, has entered into a multiyear deal with Riot Games to deliver “League of Legends” eSports content aroun... More

As Comedy Central continues to ramp up its slate of branded content series, the network has decided to give those new short-form videos a big monthly linear spotlight. Beginning to... More

Facebook has titanic media power. The only thing that matches that influence may be the company's denial it exists. The US election crystallized the stakes. There are a myriad of r... More

Capitol Records is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a case that could send shockwaves through the music and digital industries. It all started with the fad of posting "lip... More

Developing an intimate relationship with flawed media is something that a generation with access to complete discographies in the palms of their hands might not understand. This lo... More

With the exception of the last generation of consoles, which saw a roughly eight-year run on the market, the traditional console cycle has averaged around five to six years. This t... More

While China still remains a distant dream for Amazon and Netflix, 2016 will go down as the year when the two streaming giants set the ball rolling for a turf war in India as part o... More

Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox said on Thursday that it had reached a deal to take full control of the British satellite television giant Sky, paying about $14.8 billion for t... More

You.i TV today announced You.i Engine One – a solution that enables media companies to halve the development effort involved in delivering VOD and TV Everywhere services across a... More

FreeCast has revised growth expectations upward for the next 12 months on the heels of news from researchers at FocusVision and Zanthus, who forecast that over 40% of cable and sat... More

While 4K may have gotten off to a slow start with many in the entertainment and distribution industries approaching the format with the same skepticism as 3D, the momentum cannot b... More

Frost & Sullivan has recognized TiVo with its 2016 Global Frost & Sullivan Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award. Rovi's acquisition of TiVo has enabled it to blend its strengt... More

Today, BMW unveils yet another agreement, a partnership with American giant IBM. Big Blue's Watson AI technology will be at the core of this collaboration: a group of researchers w... More

President-elect Donald Trump met with top leaders from the country’s most prominent technology companies on Wednesday in what was supposed to be a discussion about jobs and shapi... More

Mike Dunn, longtime president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Worldwide and a director of the Fox Innovation Lab, has been elevated at the studio to the newly created positi... More

It’s the type of deal that made too much sense not to happen. Amazon announced today that it is partnering with the Wynn Las Vegas hotel to outfit all of its 4,700-plus rooms wit... More

NBCUniversal has pacted with the International Olympic Committee to launch a year-round linear channel devoted to all things Olympics. Dubbed Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, the... More

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said Thursday he will leave the agency Jan. 20. "Serving as FCC Chairman during this period of historic technological change has been the greatest honor of... More

Instagram is American concertgoers’ social network of choice, with 83% of those active on social media at shows making use of the photo-sharing app – more than any other platfo... More