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Anonymous Takes Down CBS.com And Universal

7:00AM January 23, 2012 | Casey Chan

Taking a shorter break than their last holiday, Anonymous is back at it already. Reports are coming in that they had completely knocked out CBS.com for a good period of time. More »


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What’s Trending Explains How They Accidentally Killed Steve Jobs

5:15AM September 14, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Last Friday, What’s Trending tweeted — erroneously — that Steve Jobs had passed away. Which sent the internet into a frenzy! The tweet was deleted minutes after it was published. But how did it get out there in the first place? More »


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Disney, ESPN, ABC Widgets Could Stream To Yahoo TVs Soon

8:16PM January 10, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

The WSJ has heard from those elusive sources, who’re claiming that Yahoo is talking with Disney about developing TV-streaming widgets for the ESPN, ABC and Disney networks. People with Yahoo Connected TVs could stream TV shows from those networks, along with movie trailers and in ESPN’s case, stats. More »


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No Streaming For You: Every Major Network Site Blocks Google TV

10:51AM November 11, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Fox has decided to join the big broadcaster blockade of Google TV, blocking it from accessing its website to stream video content. More »


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The Big Networks’ Big Google TV Fear

10:26AM October 22, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Google TV, at least theoretically, conceptually erases the distinction between the web and television as a medium for video. It’s all video, wherever it comes from. For broadcasters, that’s scary! So ABC, CBS and NBC’s websites are blocking Google TV. More »


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Apple Reportedly Readying 99 Cent TV Show Rentals

5:31AM August 25, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

There’s been plenty of talk about a new Apple TV, but what about, y’know, the TV shows themselves? Bloomberg‘s reporting that Apple’s working on bringing 99 US cent TV rentals to iTunes, with Fox nearly locked and CBS and Disney close behind. More »


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CBS In Talks To Bring Shows To Hulu Plus

5:03AM August 4, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Good news, Two and a Half Men fans! CBS is in talks to bring its shows to Hulu Plus. They’re the last of the major networks to get on board. More »


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The iPad Will Be Your Next TV

2:35AM April 2, 2010 | John Herrman

For all we’ve written and read about the iPad, there’s one thing we don’t know for sure: How people will use it. Apple and co seem to think it’s going to be your new TV – here’s why they’re right. More »


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CBS Website Shows HTML5 Testing For iPad

10:02PM March 25, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

An enterprising Mac blogger has been shirking work and poking around CBS’ website, and when watching an episode of CSI noticed something strange. It appears CBS is updating its website with HTML5, ready for the iPad launch. More »


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Apple Is Trying Real Hard To Get Its iTunes TV Deals In Time For iPad

6:51AM March 19, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

This is curious, at least amidst a massive publishing war with Amazon. According to the WSJ, Apple’s putting its massive newspaper-and-magazine-revival-on-the-iPad effort on the “backburner in favour of focusing on other content”, like its long-festering plan to bundle TV shows as a pseudo-subscription service through iTunes, as well as selling certain TV shows for a buck an episode. More »