TV

When superstations were created in the late 1970s, a trio of then-independent broadcasters let outside entities use cable operators and satellite transmission to build a national viewing constituency. Atlanta-based WTBS-TV was first out of the gate and, under Ted Turner, became the leader of this pack. WOR-TV was the New York City-based entrant, distributed by Continue Reading →

Samsung wants to make it easier for viewers to search and discover new content on TV. The company will begin shipping TVs with a completely rethought user interface called the Smart Hub experience in the coming weeks. Smart Hub aims to help users spend less time searching for shows and movies and more time actually Continue Reading →

ABC is reportedly planning an app that will let cable subscribers stream live network TV to a tablet or smartphone, the New York Times says. Lots of networks have apps where you can watch shows with a delay—CBS just released one last week. But this will be the very first time a major network has Continue Reading →

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon has plans to shake up the TV industry. It simultaneously wants to offer more channels on its FiOS TV service—and only pay for the shows its viewers are actually watching. The Journal article outlines Verizon’s proposal, which amounts to paying individual channels by how many “unique views” Continue Reading →

Last week, Internet Superhighway history was made when a movie based on a short-lived cult TV series that ended six years ago–no, not The Two Coreys–raised an unprecedented $2 million in less than 12 hours. The Kickstarter campaign for Veronica Mars–the CW series starring a then-nearly unknown Kristen Bell as a high school student by Continue Reading →

American TV network CBS has launched a brand new iOS app, optimized for both iPhone/iPod touch and iPad, which will let users stream programming from between 24-hours and eight days after broadcast. Indeed, daytime and late night programming will be available within 24 hours after initial airing, but the majority of primetime programs will be Continue Reading →

Global media and technology company Comcast Corporation announced on Wednesday that it will be open its content up as part of its”Watchathon” event from March 25 through 31. During this time, customers will have unlimited access to the company’s entire programming library of more than 3,500 episodes from over 100 series — representing 3,375 hours Continue Reading →

Nearly six years after it was cruelly ripped from our hearts by its untimely cancellation, Veronica Mars will live again. After years of on-again, off-again plans to revive the cult detective drama for the big screen, creator Rob Thomas and star Kristen Bell decided to take the matter into their own hands and ask the Continue Reading →

Controlling your home theater system used to be easy—you simply told your kid to turn the knob and presto, Honeymooners. But today’s home theater packed with feature-rich TVs, cable boxes, AV receivers, and streaming boxes—and all demanding their own remotes—there’s no way the little guy can keep up. Instead, replace your pile of remotes with Continue Reading →

Things were simpler when you would have a stack of VHS tapes that you recorded yourself next to your VCR.  There was no YouTube or Facebook and the internet was far away from your television set. Fast forward 10 years and not only are there no longer any tapes, but almost every viewing solution out Continue Reading →