Foxconn isn't looking for ways to reduce its dependence on Apple; it's really looking for ways to rely less on the iPhone.…
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Two deals that make it obvious where Twitter’s heart lies: inside your television
Twitter's love affair with television seems to know no bounds -- two recent deals with BBC America and Comedy Central will bring video clips inside users' streams, and more such deals appear to be in the works.…
Read MoreState of the media: The cracks are still widening, but some light is also getting in
The Pew Center's latest report on the state of the media shows the financial woes affecting the traditional news business continue, and this is having an effect on consumers -- but there are a few bright spots as well.…
Read MoreCBS launches an iOS app to stream full episodes of some shows
CBS's new iOS app lets viewers stream episodes of some shows a week after they air. But full episodes from popular shows like "The Mentalist" and "The Big Bang Theory" are missing.…
Read MoreHow big an area would 1 billion televisions cover?
People still buy televisions -- a lot of them every year, though I wonder how much profit television makers actually make. Either way, about a billion TV sets were shipped in last four years. That's one big honking screen. How big?…
Read MoreWhat a pig, a goat and an eagle can tell us about the decline of traditional media
When news shows rely on "viral" videos for their programming, without bothering to even try and verify whether they are real or not, all they do is push their viewers towards the original source of that content.…
Read MoreNielsen, Billboard shift their tracking to account for cord cutters
In two signs of how online media consumption is changing traditional tracking services, Nielsen will begin tracking the habits of viewers who watch TV over broadband, while Billboard will begin including YouTube music video views in its charts.…
Read MoreConsumers are stuck between ISPs and content giants in the battle for online video
As TV viewing has gone online, the delivery of content has become fractured. With more players, there are more things to break, and it's often the consumer that gets stuck in the middle when ISPs and the content giants like Netflix and amazon fight.…
Read MoreUS spends 35 percent more time using apps in 2012, while web usage drops
The modern era of mobile apps is just over four years old, but their usage continues to grow, according to new survey data released Wednesday. Time spent in apps grew 35 percent in the last year, while TV watching remained steady and web usage dropped.…
Read MoreTV now has web-like ad metrics–so why aren’t they being used?
Despite fewer viewers and blunt advertising metrics TV is still king, with revenues that dwarf online. Still, Doug McCormick of Rho Ventures says using smarter, online-style tech to better target ads will benefit both networks' and marketers' bottom line.…
Read MoreIt’s official: News consumption is all about social and mobile
New research from the Pew Center into news consumption habits shows that the impact of mobile and social continues to grow. Almost twice as many users got news from a mobile device compared with 2010, and almost three times as many got news from a social network.…
Read MoreSpotify for TV – could it finally be true?
A Danish report says Spotify may offer HBO TV shows in Scandinavia. We have seen that kind of speculation in the past. But there may be valid reasons why the music service could branch out.…
Read MoreNeed spectrum? FCC plans TV incentive auction for 2014
The FCC is moving forward with a controversial plan to entice broadcasters to give up their airwaves so they can later be auctioned off to carriers who need more spectrum to deliver mobile broadband. FCC officials expect the auction in 2014.…
Read MoreNetflix CEO Reed Hastings’ response to HBO Nordic: It’s on!
The gloves are off between Netflix and HBO - in Northern Europe, anyway: HBO revealed plans for an HBO Nordic offering that can be accessed on the Internet without a TV subscription two weeks after Netflix announced its expansion to Northern Europe.…
Read MoreMore streaming video for Amazon Prime: Friday Night Lights, Battlestar Galactica
Amazon Prime Instant Video and NBCUniversal expanded their content licensing agreement to include new shows like "Friday Night Lights," "Parenthood" and "Battlestar Galactica."…
Read MorePay TV subscriber losses just “seasonal,” analyst says
The multichannel business has incurred net subscriber losses in the second quarter for three years in a row -- after never finishing a three-month period in the red before 2010. Bernstein Research's Craig Moffett says this is simply a normal cyclical state for a maturing business.…
Read MoreWith $1/day plan, Aereo snubs its nose at broadcasters
Aereo, the company that wants to deliver broadcast TV online and to any device, has a new pricing plan that puts it on par with a Hulu subscription. The plan aims to get folks to try it out and to challenge the broadcasters' current revenue models.…
Read MoreSo far, even the Olympics can’t budge our outdated TV models
Frustration with a lack of access, editing and the overall confusion about who can see what of the Olympics shows how frustrated consumers are about our outdated TV, but NBC has paid $1.18 billion to broadcast the games. Who is the consumer here?…
Read MorePoll: Which screens will you use for the 2012 Olympics: TV, PC, mobile?
There's an unprecedented amount of digital video coverage for this year's Olympic Games and yet analysts suggest that the TV will easily trump viewing on other screens again. The numbers look low because of our time- and place-shifting mentality: Share your viewing plans in our poll.…
Read MoreFastest growing segment of piracy? Live TV
A new study from Google and the UK copyright collection society PRS for Music finds that live TV is the fastest-growing segment of copyright infringement -- and a large presence on social networking sites.…
Read MoreWhat are you paying for when you buy TV?
Traditional cable is no longer about choice; it's about access. As an access provider for content, cable has the widest depth of content right now, but it also costs the most. So how long can it keep content and customers?…
Read MoreNew TiVo box takes on Slingbox, streams to tablets
Set-top box maker TiVo (s TIVO) has introduced a new Slingbox-like product that lets users stream live- or DVR-recorded TV to tablets, notebooks and smart phones.…
Read MoreComcast data caps stand in the way of Sony video service
Sony has big plans for a competitive home video service to compete with programming offers from the cable and satellite companies – or maybe I should say 'had'. Those plans are on hold until regulators decide if Comcast can keep prioritize its content over everyone else's.…
Read MoreAmazon wants to remove middlemen from streaming TV, too
Amazon doesn't like middlemen. With Amazon Publishing, the company signs authors up directly to write books. Now the company is searching for more content creators. Amazon Studios is inviting creators to submit proposals for original shows.…
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