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Owners of Hulu are continuing talks to sell a stake in the video-streaming service to Time Warner Cable after canceling an auction of the entire business, said three people with knowledge of the situation. A deal could be reached within two weeks, said the people, who sought anonymity because the negotiations are private. Time Warner Continue Reading →

Netflix was once a sore spot or afterthought for traditional TV providers, but as its position has solidified, it’s also become a way for threatened shows to get enough funding to stay on the air. The Wall Street Journal reports that network executives have become more accepting of serialized dramas that would have been considered Continue Reading →

Pause that game! Your PlayStation 3 has something new for you to interact with. Netflix has launched a service called Max, an “intelligent suggestion engine” designed to help you pick what movie or TV show you should watch next. Max was tested last year and began rolling out to PlayStation 3 users in the United Continue Reading →

Disney faces one of the first big tests of its WatchABC app on Monday, as customers who had enjoyed free live viewing of local ABC stations in New York and Philadelphia on mobile devices will now need to show they are pay TV subscribers. The app also launches Monday in four new markets, where use Continue Reading →

Netflix has begun rolling out “Max,” its new intelligent suggestion engine designed to match movie and TV shows to your current mood. The company began testing the assistant at the end of last year and will today start bringing it to all US PlayStation 3 owners. Max operates similarly to Apple’s Siri but instead asks Continue Reading →

Despite court battles, Aereo is on a roll. The startup just announced its streaming TV service will hit Chicagoland September 13. This comes just a month after the company announced its Atlanta launch details. Once Chicago is online, Aereo will be live in four of the country’s biggest cities, serving up network television to over Continue Reading →

Amazon entered a new multi-year licensing agreement with PBS on Wednesday to grab some extra TV shows for its subscription-based on-demand streaming service Prime Instant Video. The deal adds hundreds of new episodes from programs such as NOVA and Masterpiece, as well as a bunch of new PBS KIDS shows such as Caillou, Arthur, Daniels Continue Reading →

YouTube just announced (as part of this week’s Cannes Lions advertising event) that it’s expanding its partner program to include advertisers. The program already provides the top YouTube content creators with access to resources for improving their production skills and distribution (and as a result improve their monetization). YouTube says the advertising program will be Continue Reading →

A new political comedy starring John Goodman as a Republican senator living in a “man cave” near Capital Hill will not be offered to Amazon viewers all at once as a 10-episode, online binge experience, according to its executive producer. Jonathan Alter, the former Newsweek columnist and author who is executive producer of the new Continue Reading →

Apple has added two major new content sources to Apple TV, via HBO GO and WatchESPN integration. The new streaming services adds a considerable selection of content to the company’s streaming content device, bringing the HBO GO library to the platform, which offers HBO’s entire content library to cable subscribers who have the channel as Continue Reading →