You might actually be able to afford a 4K TV this year
Ever since they were first unveiled, ultra high-definition televisions have been little more than a pipe dream for the average consumer. With prices soaring as …
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webOS rises from the dead again, this time in TV form
An image purportedly showing LG’s first webOS-based Smart TV has been published online by @evleaks, a source with a proven track record when it comes …
This is the biggest Ultra HDTV on the planet… and it costs $150,000
The chalkboard is back. Samsung on Monday launched a new television that is without question the largest Ultra HDTV on the planet. Measuring a monstrous …
Awesome tips from Reddit users on how to get the most out of your Apple TV
Flipping through the back pages of “the front page of the Internet” often yields some real gems, and a recently posted thread packed full of …
Palm’s webOS resurrected in an LG TV
Palm’s last mobile operating system, webOS, will find new life in LG televisions. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the first new …
Will Android TV be the next big thing for Google?
While some of the biggest cable providers are attempting to shrink the market even further to keep consumers from cutting the cord, television manufacturers are …
Time Warner Cable adds new content to curtail cord cutting
Amid Charter merger chatter, Time Warner Cable recently played nice during content negotiations with multiple programmers in a move that’s likely related to trying to reduce the number …
The top-10 most pirated TV shows of 2013
This was quite a year for big TV series and as a result, it was also a big year for pirating TV shows. The wildly …
Dish and DirecTV wish customers a Merry Christmas… by hiking prices
Pay TV service providers are among a few groups of companies that customers love to hate, and sometimes they go out of their way to …
Samsung’s secret weapon for its 2014 Smart TVs: Your finger
As rumors of Apple’s mythical “iTV” with Siri swirled in mid and late 2012, Samsung looked to get the jump on its rival by introducing …
Pay TV companies make their customers curse more than any other
Have you ever dropped a profane four-letter word when dealing with your cable or satellite TV provider? If so then you aren’t alone… in fact, …
Apple is developing a ‘desk-free’ computer that could be a game-changer
With all the talk of an Apple TV, a recent patent awarded to to the company suggests it may have even more ambitious plans for the …
Charter’s Time Warner Cable merger bid could come next week
What’s the opposite of a Christmas miracle? How about a merger between two of the largest cable providers in the United States? Bloomberg reports that …
Cable companies’ new strategy: Embrace cord cutting?
While cord cutting isn’t yet a threat to cable companies’ profits, many in the industry can see where the market is headed and seem to …
A la carte cable arrives at last… in Canada
Is a la carte cable really a “farce” as 21st Century Fox CEO Chase Carey claims? Well we’re about to find out because our neighbors …
21st Century Fox CEO to cable critics: Bundles are good for you
It seems that everyone hates cable bundles these days, including the creators of South Park who recently ridiculed cable companies as nipple-rubbing monopolist greedheads intent …
Has the FCC ban on loud TV commercials worked?
It has been a year since the CALM Act was officially implemented and promised to curb the volume on those raucous commercials that manage to …
Behold: Cable companies release the worst anti-cord cutting campaign of all time
Are you a cable TV subscriber who might be considering cutting the cord? Did you already take the leap and dump your TV service? Cable …
Beyond Chromecast: Google reportedly prepares ‘Nexus TV’ set-top box
Chromecast is a nifty way to get your web browser and other key TV apps onto your big-screen television but Google’s ambitions for the living …
Cable companies may be finally hearing cord cutters’ footsteps
Cable companies have shown no signs of concern over cord cutting so far and it’s easy to see why: Even customers who ditch their home …
Apple TV meets iMac in these gorgeous iTV concepts
Designer Martin Hajek imagined what Apple’s rumored iTV might look like when Apple is finally ready to launch it, and came up with two TV designs …
A Christmas Miracle: Time Warner Cable intros cheap HBO package
It looks like the cord-cutting phenomenon is finally getting big cable companies’ attention. Variety reports that Time Warner Cable “is now marketing a low-cost bundle …
Yet another poll shows cable companies’ reputations are in the gutter
As we’ve observed before, cable companies are not popular in the United States. Various surveys have shown that cable companies have even lower customer satisfaction …
Netflix is crushing HBO in Europe
The Netflix-HBO rivalry has recently gone global as both of the content giants have targeted some northern European countries for international expansion. New numbers out …
Pay TV services bleed subscribers in ‘worst 12 month stretch ever’
Cord-cutting has become even more of a headache for pay television providers over the past year. The Wall Street Journal points us to a new …
How one senator plans to break up the cable cartels
Congress is America’s least-liked political institution but it could score some points with the public if it takes on one of America’s least-liked industries. The …
Solid source says Apple’s ‘iTV’ launch is still two years away
While at least one analyst (with a terrible track record, we might add) continues to insist that Apple’s own-brand television set will debut in 2014, …
Intel’s revolutionary TV service might not be dead just yet
Intel’s potentially revolutionary TV service never saw the light of day, but it is becoming quickly apparent that there are plenty of interested parties that …
Apple reportedly scraps plans to launch an ‘iTV’ in 2014
Apple’s mythical television, which has gained the status of Bigfoot and UFOs in the technology media world, has again been reportedly put on hold. DisplaySearch’s …
TV market continues worldwide decline in 2013
The cord cutting phenomenon seems to be extending beyond cable subscriptions. An IHS report projects that global TV shipments are expected to fall from 238.3 million …
