Apple was just granted 22 fresh patents. Among ideas for smart clothing and new iPhone headsets is a patent relating to the Apple Television. It contains elements previously unseen--and that may contain important clues to the long-rumored Apple device.READ»
Apple just ditched the opportunity to rent TV shows through iTunes for $0.99. Users don't like it, but Apple may have bigger plans for your television. READ»
Google TV's about to get a social discovery injection, courtesy of Redux--a website-based content discovery system--that could help transform it into a friendlier, customer-curated place.READ»
Ugh to the word "Twittersode," but yay to more "Community." NBC's returning sitcom premieres today, but first there'll be a pre-premiere episode played out on Twitter.READ»
The Atlantic got ahold of some of Netflix's internal stats regarding ratings, and the results show something we might have expected: Some Netflix users are insane.READ»
Google's TV project hit the headlines with a splash with big-name launch partners like Sony and Intel. But is the effort to populate the thing with content stuttering?READ»
MTV, a veteran at changing how a complete entertainment genre actually works, is launching its first Web-only TV drama show. Thing is, is MTV shining a light on the way ahead for TV, or just late to the party?READ»
Fox may have had a disastrous brush with live Twitter feeds on conventional TV, but that hasn't stopped the U.K.'s Channel Five from flipping the script and offering its shows inside Facebook.READ»
Whatever you may think about the Apple-Adobe battle over Flash on the iPad, it's clear that Apple's not going to move on the matter. And now CBS.com is trialling Web videos in iPad-friendly HTML5 format.The guys at TheOtherMac blog ...READ»
The iTunes pricing debate is be getting hotter, as the iPad's launch date approaches, with news that networks are wary of Apple's lower price plans. The TV industry's following the music and publishing biz here...will things be ...READ»
Boxee is clearly on a charge at the moment: After announcing an amazingly-designed set-top box last month, it's just revealed plans to launch a paid TV service that'll arrive in the Summer.
In its blog posting on the matter Boxee ...READ»
Ashton Kutcher was our surprising business story/eyecandy magazine cover subject for December, and here he is in the news again. This time it's for a new type of live Web-cast "TV" show, premiering today. It might be genius. Just ...READ»
We were wary about Fox's on-TV Twitter experiment, and then surprised by quite how badly it failed...but obviously the folks at Cliqset and Boxee disagreed: They're bringing yet more sophisticated social net chatting to TV ...READ»
When Fox revealed its plan to broadcast reruns of Fringe and Glee with a live Twitter feed overlay, I said they had to be really really careful. But Fox didn't listen. From user comments online it looks like ...READ»
It's only a matter of time before someone releases a dedicated gadget for Tweeting. And now an IBM patent has surfaced implying that soon your TV remote control will do your microblogging for you.READ»
Comcast, Time Warner, Viacom and other big players are in talks to transform how some TV shows are "broadcast" to the public. The rumor is that subscribers may soon be able to get favorite series online.
Programming ...READ»
