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Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) aims to make America’s four biggest TV networks an offer they can’t refuse – at least one they won’t want to refuse. The offer is to begin sending weekly reports, letting ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC know how much chitchat their programs generate on the popular social network,...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that its streaming video service, Prime Instant Video, will be the first to allow users to watch content offline. First reported by AllThingsD, the deal will give users the option to download select films and TV shows, such as CBS's (NYSE: CBS) Under The Dome or...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) customers who purchased an e-book between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 could receive a refund for nearly $4. This is a result of the legal action that was taken against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and five book publishers who were accused of colluding to raise prices. Apple has...

The debate over whether cable and satellite companies should offer TV channels via bundles (as they do now) versus a la carte options has a big player – Disney (NYSE: DIS) owned ESPN, the self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports.” According to The New York Times, last year ESPN produced 35,...

Say what you want about the NFL and its influence over consumer behavior, but if you’re one of the three million Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) customers who haven’t had access to CBS (NYSE: CBS) programming over the past month, you probably have the NFL to thank for restoring your service. On...

If you haven’t heard, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the NFL are in some form of communication regarding the NFL Sunday Ticket rights that will be up for grabs beginning with the 2015 NFL season. At this point, the story isn’t so much about Google or the NFL. It’s about something much bigger that...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) mysterious TV service could launch sooner than later if the company's new deal with Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) comes to fruition. According to The Wall Street Journal, Sony has reached a preliminary agreement with Viacom for its unconfirmed pay-TV series. Unlike Netflix (NASDAQ:...

Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) may have the last laugh in its service standoff with content provider CBS (NYSE: CBS). According to Bloomberg, the nation's leading TV network lost 4.7 percent of its prime-time audience after being dropped from Time Warner Cable. The blackout -- which came after the...

The PGA Championship kicked off Thursday and with notables like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both well off of the lead and CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) choosing not to give 3.5 million people the opportunity to watch it, the tournament has the potential of being...

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), which is spinning off its ailing magazine unit into its own publicly traded company, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2013 results Wednesday, August 7, before the opening bell. Investors will be looking for details of the timing and strategy of the separation of...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), CBS (NYSE: CBS), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) all have or are expected to have monster stock repurchase plans of more than $5 billion. Below, we take a quick look at how these stocks have fared and what analysts expect from them. When it comes to returning...

Do you live in New York, Los Angeles or Dallas? Do you subscribe to Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and enjoy watching programming on CBS (NYSE: CBS)? Don’t look now - well actually, you can’t. And, maybe not for several weeks. Reuters reported Sunday that thanks to the fact that the two...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

The premiere of the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromecast streaming device has excited the masses to the point the device is already sold out and on backorder. Related: Google's Sold-Out Chromecast Soars to $100 on eBay It has also raised concerns, on the part of television executives and others...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has previously secured exclusive animated programs from DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA). Now the streaming video giant could be on the verge of fresh content deals with CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX). CBS is currently responsible for producing some of the...