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Interactive TV, a phrase still used but painful to hear, grates like the name of an old girlfriend, conjuring up hopes long since unfulfille… Read more »
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A new day, and a new device to challenge Apple’s iPad in the market for tablets. Read more »
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CBS (NYSE: CBS) has taken what Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, calls “a pragmatic path” in terms of distributing streamed videos… Read more »
Veteran TV exec Dawn Ostroff has only been in her job as the head of Condé Nast’s new entertainment unit for three weeks, so it made sense… Read more »
Consumers are watching more TV today than ever before, but that increased consumption is rapidly changing with the times. According to a new… Read more »
» YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) Launches Massive Programming Push (paidContent)
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» Disney (NYSE: DIS), Fox (NSDQ: NWS) Commit To Hulu; Halt Sale Talks (paidContent)
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Unable either to attract the kind of money under circumstances that would make it worthwhile or a deal that made more strategic sense than h… Read more »
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has locked in a full slate of teen angst from now through the 2014-15 season. The four-year pact covers full past seaso… Read more »
This category changes as fast we update charts. The latest shift: Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has abandoned plans to spin off its DVD-by-mail busin… Read more »
It’s been over a year since Discovery Communications (NSDQ: DISCA) had a dedicated executive at the very top to oversee digital operations,… Read more »
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» Hulu Sale Is Debated (WSJ)
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We’ve gathered together a selection of some of the stories and tributes been written for Steve Jobs in the last several weeks — with a part… Read more »
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For the latest streaming video chart, click here.
Our July streaming video chart followed word that Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) was separating DVD… Read more »
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) continues to build out its Amazon Prime Instant Video service, this time with more than 2,000 movies and TV episodes fro… Read more »
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