Amazon to pay over $1 billion for videogame streaming site Twitch
Amazon will shell out more than $1 billion to buy Twitch, […] The deal could be announced as early as Monday. The purchase follows earlier reports that Google had been in talks to acquire Twitch for a...
View ArticleIs it finally time to cut cable?
[W]e felt like we were being taken advantage of. We paid for 160 channels, but we really only watched shows on 20 of them at most. (Yes, I’m aware of how the cable TV industry’s bundling business...
View ArticleAs streaming services challenge laws, FCC mulls definition of ‘cable company’
Companies such as Aereo, which this summer lost a Supreme Court case against the major TV networks, and FilmOn would be classified as multichannel video programming distributors, or MVPDs. The...
View ArticleFormer NBA Commissioner David Stern isn’t worried about DISH streaming ESPN
Talking on CNBC on Wednesday, [David Stern] said that the NBA could actually benefit from having its games streamed through web subscriptions in addition to appearing in traditional cable television...
View ArticleWhy the Chinese government doesn’t want its people watching “The Big Bang...
[SAPPRFT]’s actions represent a sharp shift in China’s relations with the American entertainment industry. Three years ago, it seemed, Beijing was starting to make nice with Hollywood, as pirated...
View ArticleWhy a free and open Internet is pointless
Simply put, a free and open Internet – which goes to the heart of the FCC’s intent – hinges on the ability of the IP networks to deliver and, even more importantly, perhaps, withstand the rising and...
View ArticleThese new streaming services may entice you to cut the cord
TAPP: Right wingers, Tea Partiers and social conservatives need streaming services too, and TAPP looks like the service for them. According to audience development manager Evan Greenberg, it offers...
View ArticleNetflix to Launch in This Market With Over 240 Million Internet Users
The company plans to expand its 62-million customer base with a launch in India in 2016, sources told The Times of India. The service will include popular local shows such as Buniyaad, Nukkad, and...
View ArticleThink Apple’s come too late to the music streaming party?
800 million. That’s how many iTunes accounts Apple has gathered in 14 years, each of them attached to a credit card. Pandora and Spotify have less than one tenth as many, and most of their customers...
View ArticleKim Dotcom’s Streaming Service Is Finally Here
photo: Hannah Peters, Getty Images Designed as an alternative to popular streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, BABOOM, as it’s called, lets independent artists keep 90% of the proceeds...
View ArticleWhy the Chinese government doesn’t want its people watching “The Big Bang...
[SAPPRFT]’s actions represent a sharp shift in China’s relations with the American entertainment industry. Three years ago, it seemed, Beijing was starting to make nice with Hollywood, as pirated...
View ArticleWhy a free and open Internet is pointless
Simply put, a free and open Internet – which goes to the heart of the FCC’s intent – hinges on the ability of the IP networks to deliver and, even more importantly, perhaps, withstand the rising and...
View ArticleThese new streaming services may entice you to cut the cord
TAPP: Right wingers, Tea Partiers and social conservatives need streaming services too, and TAPP looks like the service for them. According to audience development manager Evan Greenberg, it offers...
View ArticleNetflix to Launch in This Market With Over 240 Million Internet Users
The company plans to expand its 62-million customer base with a launch in India in 2016, sources told The Times of India. The service will include popular local shows such as Buniyaad, Nukkad, and...
View ArticleThink Apple’s come too late to the music streaming party?
800 million. That’s how many iTunes accounts Apple has gathered in 14 years, each of them attached to a credit card. Pandora and Spotify have less than one tenth as many, and most of their customers...
View ArticleKim Dotcom’s Streaming Service Is Finally Here
photo: Hannah Peters, Getty Images Designed as an alternative to popular streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, BABOOM, as it’s called, lets independent artists keep 90% of the proceeds...
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