Under new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission, cable operators can no longer maintain exclusives on sports networks they own. Satellite and telco TV providers have not been slow to demand access to these desirable channels.
This has been a long time coming, but it's finally happening. Blockbuster is getting delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. According to Engadget, Blockbuster will be forced to delist from the NYSE after a failed attempt to split its stocks.
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Welcome to the world of technological tautology. While Apple has still remained schtum about any new Apple TV product, a report from The New York Times hints that the next generation of Apple TV could actually be a television of some form. As...
If you own one of Sony's 3D-capable HDTVs, you can enjoy 3D goodness for just $200. The company is now selling active-shutter 3D glasses on both SonyStyle and Amazon, along with the necessary infrared transmitter to use them. The glasses are...
Hulu Plus, long rumored and now launching, is a paid version of the popular streaming video site. While the free version of the site will continue to offer fresh TV episodes, the paid version will offer full seasons of current shows plus seasons of shows no longer aired. The cost will be $9.99/month.
HDMI might be getting competition in the next few years, if the HDBaseT Alliance has anything to say about it. A coalition of electronics companies including LG, Samsung, and Sony are working to on a new standard of video connection called...
What would an average consumer find if he or she went to the local mega-chain store for a 3D demo? Our colleague Pete Putman made just such an expedition with disappointing results.
There has been talk (arguments, even) about a premium subscription service from Hulu for quite some time, but today it became official with the announcement of Hulu Plus. $9.99 a month brings about many of the features Hulu fans have been...
If you have DirecTV and a 3D-capable HDTV, starting in July you'll have a reason to wear your shutter glasses all day, every day. The first 24-hour n3D channel starts broadcasting over the satellite service at 9:30 a.m. EDT.
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A start-up company based in California has appeared, and its claim to fame is its strange, nearly obscene name. Schiit is a company that makes headphone amplifiers, designed and built in the United States. And, yes, their tagline is "You aren't...
Like last year, the 2010 CEA Line Shows event was held at 7 West 34th St., taking over the entire 11th floor of what is otherwise a design center, no doubt one of many in midtown Manhattan. And that floor was definitely more crowded than last yearaccording to executive producer Martin Porter, about 70 exhibitors (twice as many as last year) and roughly 1500 attendees, an increase of more than 30 percent. Not only that, there were quite a few new-product announcements that had not been originally made at CES. Clearly, the whole idea of a consolidated line show has gained some traction, as I hoped it would.
A federal judge has thrown a major copyright lawsuit against YouTube out of court. It's a big win for Google, which owns the video streaming site, and a big loss for Viacom, which brought the suit.