Shocker: ABC’s first-ever Oscars online stream will shaft cord cutters
ABC on Sunday will live stream the 86th edition of the Oscars, although not all users interested in watching the show on a different screen than …
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Netflix’s next game-changer
New York has won the competition to become the shooting location for the four Marvel miniseries that Disney is producing for Netflix. These 52 collective …
Austin, Texas is now ground zero in the battle for the future of TV
TV fans in Austin, Tex. are very lucky. Not only do they have Google Fiber and Time Warner Cable aggressively trying to win them over …
Amazon’s Apple TV rival reportedly coming in March
Apple is getting ready to launch a major refresh of its Apple TV set-top box in April but it looks like Amazon is going to …
Yet another way the Comcast-TWC merger could hurt Netflix
So far most of the discussion about the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger’s potential impact on Netflix has centered around how the newly combined Internet giant …
Comcast could screw up Apple’s Apple TV ambitions
One of the more overlooked aspects of the proposed Comcast-Time Warner cable merger announced last week was how it would impact Apple’s plans for Apple …
One mind-blowing fact shows you how much Comcast gouges its customers
In addition to figuring out ways to shaft cord cutters, Comcast also seems to love thinking of new ways to gouge its customers by vastly …
Netflix smash hit House of Cards is back for Season 2
The Emmy award-winning House of Cards has returned to Netflix just in time for a Valentine’s Day marathon. House of Cards premiered on Netflix last …
Here’s the one app you absolutely need to save you from TV spoilers
Everyone hates spoilers, but now that Netflix is releasing entire seasons of shows overnight, it’s harder than ever to avoid them. Thankfully, Business Insider has …
Bloomberg: Apple will unveil major Apple TV refresh in April
Apple is planning to do a major refresh of its Apple TV set-top box that it will unveil in April and will officially release in …
Comcast comes up with yet another way to shaft cord cutters
If there’s one thing that Comcast seems to love more than anything else, it’s shafting its basic cable subscribers and pushing them to upgrade to …
Here’s the latest evidence that a brand new Apple TV is on the way
It looks like we won’t have to wait much longer to find out whether or not the next Apple TV will double as a gaming …
Almost every cord cutter who streams the Olympics will be breaking the law
Beginning Friday when the 2014 Winter Olympics kick off in Sochi, NBC will stream much of the action online to computers and to mobile devices through …
HBO under no pressure to cater to cord cutters
Cord cutters may dream of the day when HBO offers its shows as a standalone subscription option over the web but it doesn’t look like …
Netflix takes fight to HBO, plunges $400 million into original shows
Netflix’s original shows are very good but the company still hasn’t produced anything that’s on par with HBO’s Game of Thrones, The Sopranos or The …
Video: The top-5 TV commercials of Super Bowl XLVIII
U.S. broadcasters and brands have done a phenomenal job over the years of making TV commercials aired during the Super Bowl as much of a …
Video: Microsoft surprised us all with the best commercial of the Super Bowl
As is the case each year with the Super Bowl, the television commercials that aired throughout the night on Sunday evening went above and beyond. …
Commercials are about to get personal as targeted ads expand to TV
It’s time to accept the fact that targeted ads are no longer restricted to your browser. Facebook is stuffing them inside your mobile apps, Apple …
Aereo, the online TV service terrifying broadcasters, is out of capacity in New York
Aereo is either a brilliant online TV streaming service that could potentially revolutionize the television industry as we know it, or a dastardly thief profiting …
Time Warner Cable customers are fleeing. Its solution? Jack up fees on those who remain
As Time Warner Cable continues to fend off potential offers from Charter and Comcast, its TV subscribers are fleeing at a rapid pace. The Wall …
New individually targeted political ads look to ruin TV for everyone
It’s sad that many of us have come to dread election years since it means we’ll get bombarded with nonstop propaganda telling us to vote …
Study showing HBO, Showtime and Starz losing subscribers is dead wrong [updated]
The NPD Group released a study this week that showed the steady decline of premium channel subscribers over the past two years. NPD Group analyst Russ Crupnick …
Amazon flat-out denies that it’s building a killer pay TV service
Amazon rarely gives the media the time of day when news sites come knocking and asking for a comment, but a recent report suggesting Amazon …
Soon you’ll be able to watch NFL games at 60 FPS through the Xbox One
From the outset, Microsoft has marketed the Xbox One as not only a gaming platform, but an all-in-one media center. Although it hasn’t reached its …
WSJ: Amazon wants to be your new cable company
Although Intel’s cable-killing TV service may be dead, that doesn’t mean tech companies are done trying to disrupt the pay TV market just yet. The …
Could this be what finally gets HBO to ditch cable companies?
Fans of hit HBO shows have long dreamed of the day when they can watch their favorite programs online without having to subscribe to an …
Intel’s cable-killing TV service won’t kill cable, but it might actually launch following sale
Following rumors that suggested Intel was ready to throw in the towel on the revolutionary pay TV service it has been developing behind closed doors, …
Don’t bother subscribing, HBO wants you to use your friends’ HBO Go logins
Did you think you were getting away with something by saving $150 a year while using your friend’s HBO Go login instead of subscribing to …
Broadcasters are taking online TV service Aereo back to court
Despite a flurry of lawsuits, streaming television service Aereo is still online — but broadcasting companies aren’t done fighting quite yet. Bloomberg reports that the …
Poll: Are you going to buy a 4K TV?
Pixels, pixels and more pixels… that was the takeaway from the world’s top TV makers at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show. Samsung, Sony, LG …
