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Netflix Owns The Evening Web

The streaming movie service has grabbed over 30% of Net traffic into U.S. homes during peak evening hours. The times they are a-changing, for the Web and for regular TV.READ»

Internet Use Explodes, Occupies As Many Hours As TV

A new survey by Forrester tracking U.S. consumer activity has revealed that the Net has caught up with TV as a pastime. Not that TV has lost any hold on us -- both suck 13 hours of our time a week on average. Here's why that means big things for Web-based TV.READ»

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BBC Quietly Leading the Net TV Revolution

The BBC's iPlayer Web TV portal is hugely popular in Britain but can't be viewed overseas. No matter: With today's revamp and planned updates, it looks like the BBC is setting a high bar for competition in the coming Net TV revolution.READ»

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Google's TV Previewed at IFA, Suddenly Not the Smartest Kid on the Block

Google seemed to have stolen a march on the smart Net-connected TV market when it revealed is integrated Google TV a few months back. Now we're seeing prototypes at the IFA show ... and suddenly Google's offering is looking lost among the competition.READ»

Next New Networks Takes Grassroots YouTube Talent to the Next Level

Catches rising YouTube stars -- and makes them legit.READ»

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Apple TV Rumors: You and Your Grandmother Will Never Watch TV the Same Way Again

The rumors spin ever faster about Apple's iTV device--it'll apparently change everything, and now there's some evidence that Apple is training its in-store employees for "something big."READ»

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Is Google TV Being Blocked by the Networks?

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»

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MTV Catching Web TV Bug With First Digital-Only Drama

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»

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Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Apple TV, Revamped, Rocketed Into the Cloud

The Apple TV may be about to graduate from a "hobby" project into a world-beater, if leaked info that's reached Engagdet proves true. It's set to rival Google's TV offering, and will see Apple embrace cloud-based content streaming for ...READ»

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Sony Snuggles Up to HBO for TV Shows on PS3, But What About Google TV?

Sony just hit the news as a major manufacturing partner in the new Google TV endeavor, but now there's news it's partnered with HBO to push TV shows over its PlayStation network to PS3s and PSPs. What's going on in the TV world? From ...READ»

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Litl Unveils Internet Interface Aimed at Surfers of Both Web and Couch

The new device will attempt to solve the problem of creating a rich, easy Web-browsing experience, while sitting on the couch and watching TV.READ»

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Boxee Joins the Big League: Announces Paid Content Net TV Plans

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»

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Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Cable TV's Apple-ocalypse, BBC's Set-Top Box

TV is changing. We're still finishing the transition to slim HDTV sets, and now the way entertainment is being delivered to us is transforming. Cable TV may change swiftly, and even the venerable BBC has got the Internet TV ...READ»

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Web TV Wars: Hulu Gains Caption Search

The battle for search-result relevance has a new front: Hulu. The Web-streaming TV company has just added the ability to search captions so you can hunt for a keyword in the text of a show you like. On top of that, they've added ...READ»

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UK's Channel 4 Scores First Full-Length Programs on YouTube, Bad News for Hulu

You might not be as familiar with it as the 60 million people living in the U.K. are, but local terrestrial TV station Channel 4 has just scored a World's first: It's the first broadcaster to get its full-length program archive shown ...READ»

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Samsung Ditches Middleman, Brings Blockbuster, Amazon Content to TVs

Web-streaming TV is a tech on the upswing, and old hands like Netflix and Blockbuster are grabbing on quick. Now Samsung's joining in too, cutting out the set-top box middleman and bringing streaming content directly to your ...READ»

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'Katalyst HQ' Is Facebook's First Hit Series-Can It Be Copied?

No, you're not being punk'd: Ashton Kutcher has officially delivered Facebook's first hit Web series. Since its February premiere, more than 9 million people have watched Katalyst HQ, an Office-like mocumentary that's sponsored by Hot ...READ»

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Hulu Beta-Testing Subscription Service

Hulu became the most popular TV viewing site on the Web in part by being free--but that model may change, reports a Frost and Sullivan analyst. The site is "working out all of the technical details" on a for-pay subscription service ...READ»

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AT&T Joins the Online TV Show Party

AT&T, your friendly ISP and cellphone provider, just became an online TV-Show and Movie network with the introduction of a new Web site. But it's not in competition against Hulu--thanks to an agreement with Hulu.READ»