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TV is hot and getting hotter. Big screen stars woo, instead of scorn it, and after a glut of low-cost reality shows late last and early this millennium that caused a dearth of quality programming, the last few years have seen new, smaller networks like USA, AMC, and SyFy, along with reinvigorated ca ... Full Article »
Summer TV is the pits. Other than the Olympics, there just isn’t much worth watching. Like roughly 80 percent of iPhone users, I don’t actually look at the TV all that much anyway. I’m holding my iOS devices, checking my email, playing games or chatting with friends. Various services have been ... Full Article »
While the new Amazon Instant Video app for the iPad will challenge incumbent video entertainment leaders including Netflix and Hulu Plus for mobile mindshare, the service does not yet work well on Apple TV via iTunes Mirroring. For Amazon Prime customers or anybody interested in alternatives to the ... Full Article »
Perhaps that rumored “special event” hosted by Apple on September 12 will offer more than just an iPhone 5 and iPad Mini? Might an app-enabled version of Apple TV finally be in the works? As first reported by MacRumors, the subscription-based Hulu Plus service is now appearing on the Apple TV m ... Full Article »
Disney this week unveiled three new video streaming apps for iOS devices. While WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior are restricted to Comcast cable subscribers who have those channels in their programming package, the deal between the two companies is an appetizer for how m ... Full Article »
Cellular carriers are trending away from unlimited data offerings. As AT&T’s CEO recently put it, the trouble with unlimited data is that it causes non-unlimited users to pay for the excessive data needs of a smaller percentage of users. That’s why both AT&T and Verizon have moved away f ... Full Article »
When Johnny Carson stepped down from hosting The Tonight Show 20 years ago this week, Apple was pushing a rudimentary tablet computer called the Messagepad, and analog televisions were the primary delivery system for electronic media, news and entertainment. Back then, most of us lived on a handful ... Full Article »
Television recording service TiVo has created a set-top digital video recording box specifically designed to make it possible to stream recorded TV shows to your iPad or iPhone. Called the TiVo Stream, the device connects to your local Wi-Fi Internet service and uses it to connect your TiVo DVR box ... Full Article »
WatchESPN is quite possibly the final frontier in ESPN being everywhere you need it to be. Already on your TV, Internet, radio, fantasy sports leagues and quite possibly your breakfast cereal, there wasn’t much ground left for the network to cover. But with WatchESPN, now you can get the full ESPN ... Full Article »
As the four major broadcast television networks this week showcase upcoming programming lineups in their annual upfront pitches to advertisers, there continues to be a lot of handwringing over how DVRs and online video consumption are making mainstream entertainment and the old fashioned notion of ... Full Article »
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