How different would web-based TV offerings be from what’s already available, and how close are they to actually happening?
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Why We Want TV to Be Disrupted So Badly
TV providers aren’t technology companies. We know the technology and the experience can be so much better.
Broadcasters, Here’s How to Kill Aereo. Cable Providers, Here’s How to Make People Hate You Less.
How to improve the lives of media companies, service providers, technology companies and the consumers who are trapped in the middle of all this nonsense.
South by Southwest (SXSW): Aereo vs. the Cable Bundle
A chat with the CEO of the upstart Internet TV service which the networks hope to sue out of business.
Boxee Gets Reborn as a Digital Video Recorder for Broadcast TV
After years of being undercut by cheaper streaming TV boxes, Boxee is changing course.
The company has discontinued its Boxee Box, a $180 device that streamed Internet sources such as Netflix and Pandora to televisions. In its …
Vizio Co-Star: Google TV for Cheap, but Not for Everyone
No matter the potential of Google TV, until now the hardware has just been too expensive compared to other set-top boxes such as Apple TV and Roku. The new Vizio Co-Star, priced at $100, is one of the cheapest Google TV devices …
A Plea to Twitter: Let Us Hide Our Spoilers
A few nights ago as I was scanning through Twitter, my eyes picked up on a few keywords and settled, to my dismay, on a major spoiler for Breaking Bad.
The show had just aired in my time zone, but as a cord cutter, I’ve only …
We Do the Dance of Joy! ‘Perfect Strangers’ Made into a Video Game
When I heard that someone made a Perfect Strangers video game, I cringed. There were a lot of ways that this could have gone wrong–say, a dull point-and-click adventure or yet another faux 8-bit adaptation.
Fortunately, Jason …
Research: Over 1 Million U.S. Cable Subscribers Cut Cord in 2011
Cable and satellite TV subscription growth slowed down more than had been previously reported, and cord-cutting was a primary factor. But don’t worry about it — a revolution that will re-create the current multi-channel access paradigm is still a long way away.
via Research: Over 1 Million U.S. Cable Subscribers Cut Cord in 2011 | …
Why the TV Industry Can’t Ignore Apple
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
Google Takes Another Experimental Step Toward Delivering TV
Google, which was founded by two graduate students, has always made research a top priority. Now it appears that the company is turning a metropolitan area in the Midwest into its latest laboratory. The tech giant, which is …
The Return of Television Rabbit Ears
Getting TV stations through the airwaves may seem like an anachronism in the age of streaming video online. But actually, the rise of Hulu and Netflix seems to be helping the rabbit ear industry.
via TV Antenna Comeback: …