Audio Video News

WeatherNation made its debut on the Dish Network. However, Dish is also renewing the beloved Weather Channel and streaming it via Sling TV...

Google’s YouTube Kids App has drawn fire from children’s advocates. They say the app mixes ads and programming, features branded channels from fast food and toy companies, pushes company-generated “user” segments featuring toys and candy, and violates its own ad policies...

The YouTube App Won’t Work on pre-2012 smart TVs, Blu-ray players, iOS devices, or devices running Google TV 1 or 2. Update to iOS 7 or Google TV 3 or 4—or run the site on Safari, Flash, or HTML 5...

PlayStation’s First Original programming is Powers, described as a 10-episode racy superhero cop show based on comic books. Those who pay $50/year for a PlayStation Plus subscription will get a look at it—but with individual episodes going live on Tuesdays, they won’t be able to binge-watch it...

Harman and Crowd-Sourced development company Quirky are getting together to create the “headphones of tomorrow.” Backed by General Electric, Quirky has already created the Wink home automation hub through a subsidiary...

Sprint and RadioShack have a co-branding relationship in 1,440 of the 1,743 stores relaunched under post-bankruptcy ownership by Standard General. Sprint smartphones are featured along with private-label audio and power products, but laptops, tablets, and cameras will be de-emphasized...

Best Buy Shuttered Future Shop, the Canadian consumer electronics chain acquired in 2001. BB is closing 131 FS stores and converting the remaining 65 to Best Buys...

Blu-ray Disc Nanostructures can be recycled into solar power cells, increasing their efficiency at absorbing photons. And you thought you’d never find a use for that copy of Hangover III...

Norway Will Kill Analog FM radio in 2017. It’ll be the world’s full transition to digital radio broadcasting...

The FCC Fined WDBJof Roanoke, Virginia $325,000 for airing an adult film image on its 6 p.m. newscast. The commission said it was inappropriate when children would be watching...

Low-Power TV Stations will have to give up their spectrum 39 months after the FCC auctions off their former homes. Another nail in the coffin of free TV...

Foreign Ownership of U.S. TV stations might be allowed to rise above 25 percent, says FCC chair Tom Wheeler. Whoa, hold on—foreign ownership of U.S. TV stations is allowed?...