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Hey Look, Rupert Murdoch Is On Twitter

8:58PM January 2, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Check it out, kids, our favourite octogenarian media tychoon has joined Twitter. I have to admit I love his Twitter picture. And he’s pretty active too. Here’s a sample: More »

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Movie Studios Caught Pirating Movies

2:30PM December 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The same copyright barons pushing SOPA, the awful internet, are enormous hypocrites, TorrentFreak reports. They want the law as a means of stopping online piracy — but maybe they should start with their own employees. More »

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Fox Wants To Sell You Biker Swag While You Watch Sons Of Anarchy

12:35PM October 20, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Imagine you’re watching Jax blast some turf-encroaching Mexicans on Sons of Anarchy when a screen notification offers you the opportunity to buy an SOA shot glass to celebrate. With Fox’s new SOA Gear app, it’s not that far-fetched. More »

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Fox News’ Twitter Account Hacked, Claims Barack Obama Is Dead

6:05PM July 4, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Needless to say, the President is very much alive and well, having not been “shot twice in the lower pelvic area and in the neck” as the @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account claims. More »

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Why Can’t I Just Watch TV On The Goddamn Internet?!

1:00PM April 1, 2011 | Adrian Covert

News Corp, Viacom and Discovery issued formal complaints to Time Warner this week, demanding the cable provider remove any of the trio’s channels (MTV, FX, Discovery, etc.) from their iPad app, which streams live television to cable subscribers while they’re at home. Today, Time Warner caved and removed the channels. More »

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The Age Of $US30 Movie Rentals Is Upon Us

11:40AM April 1, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Following through on what probably started as an epic round of double dog daring, four major studios – Warner Bros, Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox – have agreed that charging $US30 for streaming movie rentals is a pretty great business model. More »

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Fox Wants Its Channels Removed From Time Warner’s iPad App

12:32PM March 31, 2011 | Adrian Covert

In the latest turn of this IPTV drama, Fox has issued a cease-and-desist Time Warner remove any Fox-owned channels from its streaming iPad app, which pushes live TV to customers. More »

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Watch Bones On TV, Follow Along With Your iPad

4:00PM February 11, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The Fox forensic police procedural Bones have something new for viewers (in the US) this week: an iPad companion app which will syncronise with the show and provide you with relevant, supplementary information in real time. It even has a few interactive elements, making it a more fully-realised version of this. More »

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Hunter Becomes Hunted: A Fox Shoots A Man

8:00AM January 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

When a fox was shot by a hunter, it didn’t die. Instead, when the hunter tried to finish the fox off with the butt of his gun, the animal pulled the trigger of the gun and shot the hunter right back. 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 »