The competition is gunning for Netflix, with retail stalwarts including Wal-Mart and Amazon.com planning to debut online subscription video services or to expand their existing ones, reports the Los Angeles Times. Would-be competitors need to act fast, however, as it…
With the TV screen already crowded with network logos, promo messages and news crawls, some observers say the last thing the the medium needs is another on-screen message. But that’s just what’s happening, as the Twitter hashtag is now making…
Hulu has blocked owners of BlackBerry’s PlayBook tablet from accessing TV shows and other content from the devices, reports Time.com’s Techland blog. PlayBook users were previously able to access free content from Hulu’s website through their devices. But Hulu blocked…
Security firm Kaspersky Lab is warning that Google’s Android mobile-phone platform faces soaring software attacks, reports Bloomberg. The Google operating system is being infiltrated by malware at a faster rate than was seen with personal computers at the same development…
The Radio Television Digital News Association (formerly the Radio-Television News Directors Association) has revealed the winners of the Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for 2011. The awards honor outstanding achievement in electronic journalism. The organization has been giving them out…
After a banner year for Netflix, in which its stock price more than tripled and it added 8 million customers, Chief Executive Reed Hastings had his 2010 compensation doubled to $5.5 million, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog….
Content from HBO and Cinemax that’s not available on Netflix’s online service will be included on DishOnline, a year-old service that provides online access to TV shows and movies to DIsh customers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. DishOnline will show…
A team of researchers says Apple is secretly obtaining the locations of iOS4 users and recording them in a hidden file, according to a betanews.com report. Two of the researchers, Alasdair Allan and Peter Warden of O’Reilly Media, presented their…
Vacuum manufacturer Hoover Corp. won the hearts of soap opera fans this week after it announced that it was pulling its ads off ABC to protest the cancellation of soaps “All My Children” and “One Life to Live,” according to…
A group of Hollywood directors and producers has joined the fight over the imminent plan by major studios to release movies through a premium VOD service that will make them available much earlier than current services, the L.A. Times reported…