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Amazon Explains Why It Just Paid Nearly $1 Billion for Twitch

Amazon VP of games Michael Frazzini and Twitch CEO Emmett Shear talk about Monday's surprise high-price acquisition and what it means for the popular game-streaming service going forward.

By Matt Peckham August 25, 2014

Comcast, AT&T: We're Not Big Enough Yet

At a Senate hearing ahead of major merger melees

By Haley Sweetland Edwards July 16, 2014

How to Roll Your Own Aereo (Spoiler: It's Not Cheap)

Over at Zatz Not Funny!, Dave Zatz addresses the Aereo-sized elephant in the room: How do you replace Aereo now that it's gone? The secret to Aereo's short-lived success was that you didn't need to...

By Doug Aamoth July 1, 2014

Community Is Graduating to Yahoo. Can It Get Even Weirder?

The search-engine-turned-content-creator saves the cult sitcom, and gets the chance to show that streaming TV can do a network's job as well or better.

By James Poniewozik July 1, 2014

The Promises and Perils of Android TV

Google's latest smart TV effort looks sharp, but are video providers on board?

By Jared Newman June 27, 2014

Steam In-Home Streaming Now Available, Lets You Play PC Games on Virtually Any Computer

Anyone with a Steam account can stream games from one PC to another running a completely different operating system, so long as it's on the same network.

By Matt Peckham May 21, 2014

PlayStation 4 Owners Can Finally Try the PlayStation Now Beta Today

If you haven't received your private beta invite for the games streaming service, Sony's encouraging users to "register [their] interest" now.

By Matt Peckham May 20, 2014

What to Make of a Potential YouTube-Twitch Deal

On Sunday night, Variety reported that YouTube was about to acquire video game streaming site Twitch for more than $1 billion. The deal may not be as imminent as that initial report suggested. While sources...

By Jared Newman May 19, 2014

Here's How Much Netflix Will Make from Its Price Hike

Netflix raised the price for its most popular streaming package by $1 in the United States, the first rate increase in several years. Though the service risks a customer backlash, it stands to gain millions from the pricing change

By Victor Luckerson May 9, 2014

Reports Say Not to Expect an Apple TV Revamp Anytime Soon

Earlier reports of new hardware in the spring might not pan out.

By Jared Newman May 2, 2014

Pay for Movies Based on Screen Size? Head of Dreamworks Says It'll Happen

In the distant future, movie tickets might cost more, but smartphone rentals could cost less.

By Jared Newman April 30, 2014

Hulu Bringing Free Shows to Phones This Summer, Pizza Ordering Later

A selection of free, full episodes is coming to Hulu's mobile apps, with no Hulu Plus subscription required.

By Jared Newman April 30, 2014

Microsoft's Xbox TV Strategy: Throw Spaghetti at the Wall

The company is taking an active hand in bringing video to its console, but it's still figuring out the details

By Harry McCracken April 28, 2014

Netflix Is Coming to U.S. Cable Boxes, However Improbable That Sounds

Under the terms of the deal, Netflix will partner with Atlantic Broadband, Grande Communications and RCN to allow the popular streaming video provider's app to run on live television cable boxes via TiVo -- but you'll still need a Netflix subscription.

By Matt Peckham April 25, 2014

Amazon Gets Prime Cut of HBO

A new licensing deal will bring HBO movies, comedy specials and series to Amazon's $99-per-year Prime subscription service, with the first shows due in May

By Matt Peckham April 23, 2014

Netflix Rolls Out 4K TV Support, for the Extreme Minority that Have It

The even-less-than-one-percent now have something else to do with Netflix.

By Matt Peckham April 8, 2014

Sports TV Broadcasting Hits New Highs … in Annoying Fans

Lately, many sports fans who have tried to watch the Winter Olympics, or NCAA Final Four basketball, or the Atlanta Braves, or the Los Angeles Dodgers have been frustrated for a very basic reason. They...

By Brad Tuttle April 8, 2014

Why 'Android TV' and Chromecast Should Coexist

Google is reportedly working on another TV platform, but the goal may be different.

By Jared Newman April 7, 2014

Set-Top Showdown: Amazon Fire TV vs Apple TV vs Roku

It wasn't enough to be another channel on someone else's box: Amazon had to throw its hat in the hardware ring, too. And so it's expanded its "Fire" brand to include Fire TV, a tiny black-plastic slab that does significantly more -- and in some cases, notably less -- than its competition.

By Matt Peckham April 4, 2014

Here's a 5-Minute Amazon Fire TV Walkthrough

Hot on the heels of Amazon's Fire TV announcement on Wednesday, here's a look at the setup, interface and features now that the streaming TV box is out in the wild. Related: Fire TV: Amazon’s...

By Doug Aamoth April 3, 2014

Hands On with Amazon's Fire TV: 10 Things I've Learned So Far

It's not a Roku- or Apple TV-killer. But it's got some clever touches

By Harry McCracken April 3, 2014

Amazon's Fire TV Gaming Angle Sounds Intriguing Enough that I Ordered One

This looks like Amazon throwing some actual muscle behind the micro-console gaming concept, as opposed to Apple's roundabout AirPlay approach, or Roku's half-hearted, clumsy Wiimote clone.

By Matt Peckham April 2, 2014

Amazon Launches Video-Streaming Fire TV

The online giant's small television set-top box, which costs $99 and begins shipping today, will stream movies, TV shows and music from users' Amazon libraries, services like Netflix and Hulu, and apps like Pandora and iHeartRadio

By Jared Newman and Doug Aamoth April 2, 2014

Survey: Most Millennials Don’t Watch TV on the TV

For younger millennials aged 14 to 24, the bulk of entertainment time is spent on laptops, smartphones, tablets and Internet-connected video gaming systems -- with only 44 percent of them watching TV on a television, according to a new study

By Techlicious March 28, 2014

Don't Hold Your Breath for Free Streaming from Amazon

Amazon says it has no "plans" for an ad-supported streaming video service, seemingly refuting a report that one was in the works. The denial increases the mystery around the subject of the big announcement the company is scheduled to make next week

By Matt Peckham March 28, 2014

Apple's Plan to Revolutionize TV Faces Obstacles

An Apple subscription TV service sounds like a great idea -- but the companies who own the content don't seem to be all that excited

By Harry McCracken March 24, 2014

It's Popcorn Time Again: Slick Movie Piracy App Bounces Back After Shutdown

Well, that didn't take long.

By Jared Newman March 17, 2014

Airlines Are Nixing Fees and Adding Services

United Airlines announced that starting in April and spreading to most domestic aircraft by the end of the year, passengers will be able to stream hundreds of movies and TV shows on personal devices free of charge on planes

By Brad Tuttle March 15, 2014

Popcorn Time Is Over: Potent Piracy App Quickly Calls It Quits

The program that made it incredibly easy to illegally stream the latest movies has shut down.

By Jared Newman March 14, 2014

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