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The owners of video streaming site Hulu called off talks with Time Warner Cable Inc over the cable operator’s plan to take a 25 percent stake after failing to agree on a price, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations. Hulu’s owners – Walt Disney Co, 21st Century Fox and NBC owner Comcast Continue Reading →

News of the new Nexus 7 leaked early, so the highlight of today’s breakfast with Sundar Pichai was a product that truly surprised us: Chromecast, a tiny, $35 dongle that streams audio and video to your TV from phones, tablets and laptops. But that wasn’t all: the new Nexus 7 emerged as expected, with a Continue Reading →

Hoopla wants to make borrowing material from a library as convenient as streaming content on the web. The company, launching to the public today after several months in beta, offers patrons of participating libraries access to on-demand streaming movies and TV shows, as well as audiobooks and music that can be streamed or downloaded. There’s Continue Reading →

Netflix added 630,000 subscribers in the U.S. during the second quarter, the company announced on Tuesday. That’s in the range of the guidance the company provided three months ago, but it may disappoint investors who were hoping that new shows like “Arrested Development” could bring in something closer to 900,000 new customers. The company earned Continue Reading →

YouTube has launched a new way for creators to gain subscribers away from the video social network. Starting Tuesday, a subscribe button can be added to any website to help fans keep track of your videos all with just one click. A blend of an RSS feed opt-in and Twitter follow button, the subscribe option Continue Reading →

Aereo, the live TV streaming/DVR service that brings content directly to any of your devices, at any time, has announced its plans to launch service in Utah on August 19. Shortly after, the company has plans to launch service in Chicago on September 13. Back in January, Aereo raised a $38 million Series B round Continue Reading →

As we’ve heard for the past month, Apple and Time Warner Cable are close to inking a deal that would bring a TWC app to the Apple TV’s homescreen — for the first time bringing live TV broadcasts to the device. But some recent reports are bringing things into sharper focus, giving us some more Continue Reading →

Google has approached media companies about licensing their content for an Internet TV service that would stream traditional TV programming, people familiar with the matter say. If the Web giant goes ahead with the idea, it would join several other companies planning to offer such “over-the-top” services, delivering cable TV-style packages of channels over broadband Continue Reading →

In another victory for Aereo, the controversial TV-over-the-Web startup, a federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to rehear an earlier decision allowing the service to continue in the New York City area. Aereo, which is backed by IAC Chairman Barry Diller, uses antenna/DVR technology to let consumers watch live, local over-the-air television broadcasts on some Continue Reading →

Apple has a new trick up its sleeve as it tries to launch a long-awaited television service: technology that allows viewers to skip commercials and that pays media companies for the skipped views. For more than a year, Apple has been seeking rights from cable companies and television networks for a service that would allow Continue Reading →