Media — paidContent

New TiVo box takes on Slingbox, streams to tablets

By Daniel Frankel May. 21, 2012, 2:42pm 5 Comments

Set-top box maker TiVo has introduced a new Slingbox-like product that lets users stream live- or DVR-recorded TV to tablets, notebooks and smart phones. Read More »

Verizon’s Redbox service: more Netflix than TV Everywhere

By Daniel Frankel May. 17, 2012, 6:02pm 5 Comments

Speaking at an investor conference Wednesday, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said his company’s joint venture with Coinstar’s Redbox will seek to leverage the DVD-rental kiosk operator’s 30 million customers and not so much on Verizon FiOS’ nearly 4.4 million customers. Read More »

Streamed music chart has short long tail, more Rihanna than Rita

By Robert Andrews May. 14, 2012, 9:25am 1 Comment

The UK’s current best-selling single is nowhere to be seen in the first ever dedicated streaming music chart – but, elsewhere, anomalies are harder to spot. Read More »

Update: Netflix Pays $9 Million To Settle Video Privacy Lawsuit

By Jeff John Roberts Feb. 11, 2012, 6:10am 4 Comments

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) disclosed this afternoon that it will pay to settle nationwide claims that it illegally retained customers’ rental hist… Read More »

NFL Will Stream Superbowl For First Time

By Jeff John Roberts Dec. 21, 2011, 1:22am Comments Off

This year’s Superbowl is in Indianapolis and it’s a sure thing the hometown Colts will not be playing. But, luckily for the Colts and the re… Read More »

What The ‘Free Justin Bieber!’ Campaign Is All About [Corrected]

By Jeff John Roberts Oct. 21, 2011, 12:15am Comments Off

A proposed law has drawn the ire of copyright reformers for including prison sentences for those who stream copyright material. Now one grou… Read More »