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Have U.S. Internet users’ worst fears just been realized? A new report from iScan Online programmer David Raphael claims to confirm that Verizon, which you might recall helped lead the charge against net neutrality regulations, has begun limiting the bandwidth utilized by certain websites for its FiOS Internet subscribers. In a blog post on Wednesday, Continue Reading →

Netflix formally announced it is seeking to offer $400 million aggregate principal amount of 10-year senior notes due 2024 to institutional investors, coin it expects to use for acquiring original content and expanding into Europe. The Internet streaming leader had disclosed plans to raise the additional debt when it reported fourth-quarter 2013 earnings last month. Continue Reading →

Countless apps could become Chromecast-compatible any day now: Google officially released the Google Cast SDK Wednesday, which allows developers to add Chromecast integration to their Android, iOS and web apps. Chromecast PM director Rishi Chandra said during an interview earlier this week that he could eventually see millions of websites and mobile apps add support Continue Reading →

The online TV service Aereo has become so popular in the New York area that it has run out of capacity, and would-be new customers are getting turned away from signing up. DSLReports posted the news as of Friday morning, and an Aereo representative confirmed to Ars that the company needs to beef up its Continue Reading →

I’m not a cord-cutter, but lots of my friends are. I don’t know that I’ll ever be a cord-cutter – I just watch too much TV and don’t want to deal with streaming my shows online or resorting to piracy; I just let my TiVo do its thing. But cord-cutters are becoming more and more Continue Reading →

It only took four hours for the Glyph, a head-mounted “personal theater” from Avegant, to reach its $250,000 funding goal on Kickstarter. Unlike the Oculus Rift’s focus on virtual reality, or Google Glass which forces a heads-up display into every facet of life, the Glyph is a media-centric device. For now, it offers a nice Continue Reading →

We’re in the back stretch of January, and there’s already plenty to observe about the TV world worth observing throughout 2014. Smart TV and Ultra HD TV Smart TV and Ultra HD sets will up their features in both capacity and capability. The action at International CES two weeks ago in Las Vegas, with a Continue Reading →

Netflix is getting ready for a new pricing structure, according to the company’s Q4 letter to shareholders released Wednesday. In it, CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells write: “Last April we introduced a 4-concurrent stream $11.99 option to begin our evaluation of plan tiering. Since late last year, we have also been testing 1-stream Continue Reading →

Amazon.com denied a report that it was seeking to license TV channels to launch a broadband-delivered television service. The e-commerce colossus has approached at least three unidentified entertainment companies about licensing TV channels for an over-the-top video service, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. But an Amazon rep said Tuesday that the company Continue Reading →

Pay-TV channels HBO, Showtime and Starz are blasting a much-ballyhooed study from a research firm that said all were losing subscribers to digital services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. The study from NPD Group released Monday said pay-TV channels had lost 6% of their subscribers in the last two years while online services Continue Reading →