A range of on-demand viewing options—and some new platforms to watch that content on—has traditional television watching on the run, right? Well, not quite. The average number of hours Americans spend every week sitting on the couch watching terrestrial, cable and satellite television continues to rise, according to a new…

Six Hollywood studios have urged the UK’s competition watchdog to throw out its assertion their Sky Movies deals are anti-competitive. But some of them are warming to its suggestion BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) should offer rival services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) over its own set top boxes.

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Xfinity TV subscribers stymied by the lack of access to iPad app WatchESPN have relief in sight: a new multi-year, cross-platform deal between the Walt Disney Co. and the largest U.S. cable operator will open a lot of content doors, including access to current and upcoming authenticated…

It’s a wild world these days at the intersection of traditional television business models and all the new ways that people are consuming content online and across different devices. Panelists at paidContent Entertainment 2011 grappled with the implications of that shift by emphasizing the need for quality: quality metrics, quality…

In last week’s earnings call, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) said it will continue to push hard into streaming video. Now, in a new licensing deal with Disney-ABC (NYSE: DIS) Television Group, Amazon Prime members can stream shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Lost and Spider-Man for free.

Gossip Girl is headed to Hulu Plus. On the heels of a past-season, library deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) that could be worth as much as $1 billion (if absolutely everything goes right), Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) and CBS (NYSE: CBS) will put current season episodes from the CW on…

Updated: As generalist news sites face a tougher time crafting a distinct identity, and content sharing partnerships tend to be lopsided in favor of one site or another, rending the grand promises of improved news delivery and ad sales advantages largely null and void. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and ABC (NYSE:…

The new virtual home of All My Children and One Life To Live has a name and a launch target. Prospect Park partners Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz want to go live with THE Online Network (TOLN) in January 2012, with Erika Slezak but, so far, without Erica Kane. (We’ll…

I don’t know many video subscribers—TV or or streaming—who make decisions based on whether or not their package includes Shrek 2. But Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) subscribers want signs that CEO Reed Hastings is putting his money where his mouth is and a deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG, particularly one that…

Netflix’s decision to divide its DVD and streaming operations is being treated as a joke and a shot in the foot by some observers. CEO Reed Hastings’ blog post announcement has got over 11,000 comments within 14 hours.

Wellness news and info online network Everyday Health has been working on expanding its video content to TV for a while and it now has exec it believes will enhance those efforts: it’s brought in Paul Slavin, who left his post as the head of ABC (NYSE: DIS) News Digital…

Big news for mobile TV pioneer MobiTV: the company has filed for an IPO worth up to $75 million, as it looks for funds to expand internationally, develop its products and potentially size up acquisitions.

Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. For ¥1,480 a month or roughly $18.50, Japanese subscribers can watch across an array of devices just like U.S. subscribers of Hulu Plus with one exception—Hulu Japan…

When a section was cut from Stanford mathematics professor Keith Devlin’s new book The Man Of Numbers, Devlin could have pitched it as an article to Scientific American or Wired. Instead, he decided to self-publish it as an e-single, “Leonardo & Steve: The Young Genius Who Beat *Apple* to Market…

Wellness news and info online network Everyday Health is getting its own TV program during the Saturday morning block following Good Morning America across most ABC (NYSE: DIS) local stations. The first show kicks off on Sept. 3 and could point the way for other online brands to expand to…

Turns out content was king during the first half of 2011, as CBS (NYSE: CBS), Comcast/NBCU (NSDQ: CMCSA), and News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) posted strong stock gains. Tech giants Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) struggled, meanwhile, as social media hot-shots Facebook and Twitter saw their valuations skyrocket and…

So-called “Flash cookies” got some headlines in the online privacy world last year, after some prominent researchers noted that they were sometimes being used to track users—even users who took steps to protect their privacy, like clearing their regular (HTTP) cookies. Flash cookies were mentioned by the FTC as a…

The numbers are coming in on just how many people tuned in to watch the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton. While some are highly skeptical that the event pulled in the 2 billion viewers that the UK government predicted, the event—especially if you count not just the live,…

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