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It’s been obvious for some time that Twitter sees television as a major way in which it can participate in, drive, and profit from the broader cultural conversation. It’s about to become an even more useful tool, thanks to a number of new partners signing up for Twitter and Comcast’s See It platform. Announced earlier Continue Reading →

After nearly a year in beta testing, NimbleTV’s streaming service is at last ready for prime time. Anyone with an address in the New York City area can sign up to watch local cable programming anywhere they have a fast internet connection; they just need a web browser, an iOS device or a Roku player. Continue Reading →

Google isn’t giving up its living room ambitions. The company is said to be working on a “Nexus TV” device that will run Android, stream video from services like Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube, and play a selection of video games. The rumor comes from The Information’s Amir Efrati, who cites an anonymous Google employee. The Continue Reading →

Netflix’s first original series for kids, Turbo Fast, will debut on December 24th. The show is a collaboration between Netflix and DreamWorks Animation, borrowing characters from the studio’s feature film Turbo. But with its latest original programming, Netflix is deviating from the all-at-once release strategy it’s followed for House of Cards, Orange is the New Continue Reading →

The Netflix-HBO rivalry has recently gone global as both of the content giants have targeted some northern European countries for international expansion. New numbers out of Sweden show just how comprehensively Netflix is hammering HBO in the early innings. Swedish research firm MMS has published its most recent numbers for the September-October period showing that Continue Reading →

Amazon has announced a content deal with fledgling film studio A24, one that will see Amazon’s Prime Instant Video gain first and exclusive access to all A24’s current and upcoming movies after they hit DVD and Blu-ray. Launched a little over twelve months ago, A24 is a New York-based company that distributes, finances and produces Continue Reading →

First revealed in rumors last week, the Comcast Xfinity TV Store is now available, selling movies and TV shows. Until now the cable company has offered its traditional video subscriptions, PPV and video on-demand rentals, but now it’s offering more transactions of a more permanent nature. Pricing and content is similar to that of other Continue Reading →

All media that fail to offer an enhanced value exchange will soon become Spam. While that may be a bold statement, we can easily turn to the traditional models of mass media and see how they are faring in today’s world. Mass media are based on old models of communication. If anyone doubts this, they only Continue Reading →

Programmers who are fighting with Aereo, the Web TV service, have already threatened to move their shows from free broadcast TV to paid cable TV if Aereo wins its court battle. Now the guys who sell sports are chiming in. If Aereo wins, say goodbye to Saturday night baseball or Sunday afternoon football on broadcast Continue Reading →

Comcast plans to start selling movies for download and streaming through the cable operator’s set-top boxes and its Xfinity TV website, according to people with knowledge of the plan. The effort, which would offer a new path for Hollywood studios to generate revenue from films after they leave theaters, could start by the end of Continue Reading →