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New CBS Connect app offers second-screen content on the iPad, but no streaming episodes

By Kimber Streams on January 3, 2013 03:31 pm + 15 comments

Today, television giant CBS launched CBS Connect for the iPad, an app similar to Microsoft's Continue reading…
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Microsoft reportedly acquires home automation startup R2 Studios for Xbox team

By Bryan Bishop on January 2, 2013 06:37 pm + 71 comments

We knew that R2 studios, a startup from the creators of the Slingbox that was focused on home Continue reading…
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Pakistan lifts YouTube ban for three minutes, only to find more blasphemy

By Kimber Streams on December 30, 2012 02:44 pm + 148 comments

Pakistan's government lifted its three-month ban on YouTube yesterday, only to completely reinstate Continue reading…
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UK copyright reforms will finally legalize private copying of content for personal use

By Ben Kersey on December 21, 2012 06:53 am + 21 comments

The British Government has put forward new copyright laws that will modernize fair use in the Continue reading…
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Adobe acquires art sharing site Behance to bolster Creative Cloud

By Dante D'Orazio on December 20, 2012 04:01 pm + 9 comments

Adobe has significantly changed up its traditional formula this year by offering subscription-based Continue reading…
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Yahoo strikes deal with NBC Sports for broadcast and online content

By Sam Byford on December 9, 2012 11:04 pm + 13 comments

NBC Sports and Yahoo have announced a deal that will see the two companies share and promote content Continue reading…
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Cable companies ordered to support HD content streaming within homes by 2014

By Aaron Souppouris on December 6, 2012 07:23 am + 55 comments

The FCC has ordered cable operators (and TiVo) to update their cable boxes to include support for HD Continue reading…
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Sony reveals first 4K content delivery will come via a home server loaned to customers

By Dante D'Orazio on November 29, 2012 09:57 am + 49 comments

Massive and costly 4K televisions are a reality, but for as long as companies like LG, Sony, and Continue reading…
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Time Warner CEO Bewkes wants Apple to build a TV

By Jeff Blagdon on November 29, 2012 02:20 am + 81 comments

Over the years since Apple’s efforts to build its own TV first surfaced, the company has famously Continue reading…
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Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell: 'Cable companies are at the mercy of content companies'

By Nilay Patel on November 20, 2012 12:01 pm + 96 comments

Michael Powell — yes, that’s Colin Powell’s son — has been a driving force for change in the Continue reading…