Comcast app to let viewers store, replay movies
Comcast, the country's largest cable company, says its tablet and phone app now lets subscribers download and store movies and TV shows from some channels for offline viewing.
View ArticleNetflix blames Amazon for Christmas Eve outage (Update)
Netflix on Wednesday was blaming Amazon for an embarrassing outage that left millions of people unable to snuggle up with the online film streaming service on Christmas Eve.
View ArticleLG kicks off CES with 1.4-meter 'ultra-HD' TV (Update 2)
LG unveiled a 55-inch (1.4-meter) TV that sports "ultrahigh-definition" resolution with four times the sharpness of regular HD television sets, kicking off what is likely to be a mini-obsession with...
View ArticleNew Dish box sends TV shows 'hopping' to iPad
Last year, Dish revealed a new set-top box called Hopper that can send the TV signal "hopping" from room to room, covering all the TVs in the house. This year, it's upgrading the Hopper so that it...
View ArticleNetflix's stock soars on big 4Q subscriber gains (Update)
Netflix's Internet video service warded off stiffer completion to add 2 million U.S. subscribers during the final three months of the year to produce an unexpected profit for the company.
View ArticleGoogle Play celebrates first birthday
Google Play turned a year old and the Android-focused rival to Apple's iTunes celebrated with deals on books, games, music, movies and apps.
View ArticleNetflix lets US viewers share at Facebook
Netflix on Wednesday took the long awaited step of letting US users share with Facebook friends what they have been watching at the film and television show streaming service.
View ArticleCBS buys half of TV Guide net for $100M
A person familiar with CBS' deal for TV Guide says the broadcaster is buying a 50 percent stake in TV Guide's cable channel and website for nearly $100 million.
View ArticleAmazon's growing threat to HP, Dell and Oracle
At any given moment, Netflix Inc. is serving up thousands, if not millions, of online videos from a big data center that the company's 33 million subscribers couldn't care less about, as long as those...
View ArticleNetflix to host video chat in lieu of earns call (Update)
Netflix already streams movies and TV shows. On July 22, it will also stream a live video discussing its earnings results.
View ArticleHulu owners opt to keep online video service
The entertainment studios behind Hulu took the online video service off the auction block Friday, opting instead to pump an additional $750 million into the Netflix rival.
View ArticleNetflix launches in Netherlands, its 41st country
Netflix is launching its video streaming service in the Netherlands Wednesday, making good on plans it announced three months ago. It also set a price: 7.99 euros ($10.63) per month. The first month is...
View ArticleComcast to sell films, shows via set-top box
(AP)—Comcast Corp. plans to start selling movies and TV shows from its set-top box before the end of the year. That's according to a person familiar with the matter.
View ArticleWith new leadership, online video site Hulu changes TV strategy
The online video site Hulu once had ambitions of ushering in the future of television by shaking up the status quo.
View ArticleNew Dish Hopper set-up can record eight shows at once
Dish Network is unveiling a new recorder system that can record eight TV shows at once, as long as four of them are from the broadcast networks ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox.
View ArticleUS home video spending posts second year of growth
U.S. home video spending rose nearly 1 percent to $18.2 billion in 2013, the second straight year of growth as higher spending on video streaming subscriptions and digital purchases offset the decline...
View ArticleTroy Wolverton: Fire TV needs work to reach potential
Consumers wanting to watch Internet videos on the big screen in their living room now have one more intriguing option: Amazon.com's new Fire TV digital media player.
View ArticleNetflix pays Verizon for better Internet access
Netflix will pay Verizon Communications to help clear up some of the congestion that has been bogging down its Internet video service.
View ArticleFox bid for Time Warner sparks content merger race (Update)
Even though Rupert Murdoch's $76 billion bid for rival media giant Time Warner Inc. has been rejected, that doesn't mean how you watch TV shows and movies will stop changing any time soon.
View ArticleHBO unleashes streaming from cable contracts
(AP)—No cable? No problem. Viewers longing to watch "Game of Thrones", "True Detective" and "Veep" will no longer have to pay big bucks for cable and satellite contracts. Next year HBO is cutting the...
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