Reports: Apple Close to Adding Live Time Warner Cable Service to Apple TV
As we’ve heard for the past month, Apple and Time Warner Cable are close to inking a deal that would bring a TWC app to the Apple TV’s homescreen – for the first time bringing live TV broadcasts to...
View ArticleReport: Google is Working on a Streaming TV Service
Google has approached media companies about licensing their content for an Internet TV service that would stream traditional TV programming, people familiar with the matter say. If the Web giant goes...
View ArticleFull Steam Ahead: Court Refuses to Rehear Case Against Aereo
In another victory for Aereo, the controversial TV-over-the-Web startup, a federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to rehear an earlier decision allowing the service to continue in the New York City...
View ArticleReport: Apple’s TV Service Would Let You Skip Ads and Still Pay Media Companies
Apple has a new trick up its sleeve as it tries to launch a long-awaited television service: technology that allows viewers to skip commercials and that pays media companies for the skipped views. For...
View ArticleSunrise, Sunset: Why Companies Kill Products We Love
When large companies with millions of users discontinue a site or service (called “sunsetting”), they hope to avoid any negative consequences, like yanking away a tablecloth without disturbing the...
View ArticleComcast App ‘Xfinity TV Go’ to Offer Live TV From Anywhere
Comcast will update its mobile video app and rebrand it as Xfinity TV Go as soon as this week or next, The Verge has learned. Currently known as Xfinity TV Player, the new app will launch on both...
View ArticleVerizon Blames Netflix for Ongoing Network Congestion
It’s been 10 weeks since Verizon and Netflix struck a deal in which Netflix will pay the ISP for a direct connection to its network. Yet customers are still complaining about bad performance. The...
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