Authorities have arrested Houston-area resident Bryan McCarthy, the man behind channelsurfing.net, a website that allegedly streamed sports and pay-per-view events illegally, earning more than $90,000 in ad revenue, reports the AP. McCarthy’s site was allegedly making NFL games, wrestling matches…
The secret to Apple’s iPad success may not just lie in its design and software, but in the way Apple prices the device and sources components, making it harder for rivals to compete, Bloomberg reports, citing an analyst report. The…
Yes, Charlie Sheen got a million people to follow him on Twitter within the first 24 hours that he signed up for the service with his moniker @charliesheen. We wondered who Charlie is following on Tweeter. As of this writing,…
The finale of an NBC show that has struggled to find viewers, which was originally scheduled to air earlier this week, will instead debut online at NBC.com this month, reports TVLine.com. The show is "The Cape," which had already seen…
Nintendo’s handheld 3DS video console, which will go on sale later this month, is adding Netflix’s instant streaming service and a 3D channel that will air short-form 3D videos and movie trailers, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog….
In a plan that’s drawing fire from the country’s biggest theater chains, DirecTV is in late-stage talks to become the first distributor to debut early video-on-demand, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The satellite TV company would be…
Charlie Sheen expanded his media campaign this week by opening a new Twitter account, and he immediately began racking up followers at an impressive pace, Examiner.com reported. The story said Sheen’s account, which was set up Tuesday, was accumulating followers…
Charlie Sheen’s recent references to himself as a “Vatican assassin warlock” and his other uses of the term “warlock” caught the attention of a real-life coven of warlocks, which is offended by the actor’s use of the term, TMZ.com reports….
Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs interrupted his medical leave for a surprise appearance during the company’s high-stakes unveiling of the iPad 2, which arrives just in time to stifle Apple’s increasingly competitive rivals in the tablet space, the Los Angeles…
HBO announced today that its online streaming site HBO GO has more than doubled its offerings from about 600 titles to about 1,400, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The move means almost all HBO inventory is now available on GO,…