Hulu Adds ‘The Daily Show’&‘Colbert Report’ To Line Up
A new content agreement between Viacom and Hulu is bringing The Daily Show and The Colbert Report–two of cable network Comedy Central’s most popular shows–back to the free web video service. The shows...
View ArticleDish TV Wants Courts To Decide Fate Of Its ‘Auto Hop’ Product
The manufacturer of a new digital video recorder that allows viewers to skip television commercials at the touch of a button has asked a federal judge to let it sell the product, in a challenge to...
View ArticleRIM May Launch Two New BlackBerry Devices In February
Research In Motion has hinted that it will unveil two new handsets early next month to accompany the release of its BlackBerry 10 operating system. RIM is expected to unveil the phones at an event in...
View ArticleFox Wants Dish’s ‘Hopper’ Features Stopped
Fox Broadcasting Co has requested a federal judge to stop Dish Network Corp from letting customers who use Dish’s controversial Hopper digital video recording device watch Fox programs on tablets and...
View ArticleSpotify Seeks New Users With Ad Blitz
On demand music service Spotify said it is kicking off its first advertising campaign, focusing on U.S. television to hook additional listeners. Spotify is spending more than $10 million on...
View ArticleSecond-screen Product Hopes To Increase TV Viewing
Akamai Technologies showed off a prototype second-screen system that presents complementary content on a smartphone or tablet that is synchronized with what’s happening on the main television screen....
View ArticleIntel TV Service Advancing With Content Providers
Intel Corp’s talks to purchase content from media companies for its new TV service are advancing, and the chipmaker is offering to pay as much as 75 percent higher premium than traditional cable rates,...
View ArticleSpotify Is Getting Sued
"We assumed it was an oversight on Spotify's part and contacted the company to request it remove the offending playlists. It declined, claiming there was no infringement and it wasn't its...
View ArticleGoogle To Incorporate User’s Info In New Display Advertising
Google Inc plans to roll out new product-endorsement ads incorporating photos, comments and names of its users, in a move to match the “social” ads pioneered by rival Facebook Inc that is raising some...
View ArticleIs Spotify Paying Artist Properly?
A play on the BBC's alternative radio station 6 Music nets an artist approximately five pence. Not a king's ransom, but a huge amount compared to Spotify's rates.
View ArticleDid Spotify Break ASA Rules?
But what songs had this customer been listening to that would trigger this recommendation? Perhaps he or she is a fan of Cee Lo Green or the Dead Kennedys?
View ArticleFacebook To Start Displaying Video Ads
A variety of video ads will soon make their debut in Facebook users’ feeds as the company grasps at a larger slice of the lucrative TV advertising market. The ads will be 15 seconds long, similar to...
View ArticleNFL, Twitter Partner Up To Live Stream Games
The National Football League has selected Twitter as its exclusive global partner for streaming its Thursday night games during the 2016 regular season, both parties announced, a deal that could help...
View ArticleHulu Announces New TV Streaming Service, Signs Disney And Fox
Video website Hulu has announced signing deals to add programming from Twenty-first Century Fox and Walt Disney Co to a streaming TV service that it plans to offer in early 2017. Disney and Fox, as...
View ArticlePreShow App Aims To Use Facial Recognition For Free Movies
Everything free comes with strings attached. But PreShow, a new company from a founder of MoviePass, wants advertising to be the only price of a movie ticket. Launching a campaign on Kickstarter...
View ArticleBritish Households Have Embraced Streaming Services Big Time
Almost half of British households subscribe to a streaming service such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV or Disney Life, as traditional TV viewing continues to decline, according to media...
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