The Federal Trade Commission has proposed that consumers be given the option to ensure that their browsing and buying habits online NOT be tracked, The New York Times reports. Edward Wyatt and Tanzina Vega write in The Times that if…
The Federal Communications Commission today set a Dec. 21 vote on its new net neutrality proposal, which FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined this morning, PCMag.com reported. The new plan mirrors the one proposed more than a year ago, without reclassifying…
James Hibberd, the television editor for The Hollywood Reporter, has announced he will leave THR to join consumer magazine Entertainment Weekly, reports LAObserved.com. Before he went to the Reporter, Hibberd was a terrific reporter for us here at TVWeek and…
"Google may be on the verge of clinching its biggest deal yet with a reported $5-billion bid for Groupon, the fast-growing company that is blitzing the Internet with daily coupon deals." So writes Jessica Guynn and Andrea Chang in the…
A new study has found that practically no one cancels his or her cable or satellite subscription TV services so they can watch video primarily online, B&C reports. Says the article, "Frank N. Magid & Associates annual survey of consumer…
"Comcast is willing to have the Federal Communications Commission oversee negotiations with Level 3 Communications to resolve their dispute over Internet interconnection fees, the cable operator said in a letter to the agency Tuesday," reports Multichannel News. As the article…
The next tech company to jump into delivering a television service may be Microsoft, which has held talks with television networks to create a subscription-based TV service on its Xbox video game console, reports Reuters. The service would compete with…
Shares of Netflix hit a record $200 on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, giving the online-video and DVD rental service entry into an exclusive club of companies with expensive shares and high market value,reports Bloomberg News. Netflix is now one of…
After it struck a deal with Netflix to be its content delivery network for online-video streaming, Level 3 says Comcast demanded a recurring fee "to transmit Internet online movies and other content to Comcast’s customers who request such content," according…
Makers of Google TV’s hardware cut prices for the new devices by as much as 25% over the weekend, which is either a sign that the service is in trouble just a month after its debut or merely a marketing…