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Instead of waiting several days for free Hulu access to ABC shows, consumers are choosing to download them illegally. On January 6, Disney's (NYSE: DIS) mainstream TV network stopped offering free access to its shows (via Hulu.com and ABC.com) the day after they air. Hulu Plus and pay-TV...

Speculation about so-called over-the-top or streaming cable via the Internet has been around for years. According to some TV-industry experts, it may be about to happen – as early as in 2014. Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) CEO Philippe Dauman started the ball rolling at the UBS media conference in New...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) seems to have paid a fairly high price for CBS' (NYSE: CBS) hit drama. During a UBS investor conference, CBS Chief Exec Les Moonves said that Amazon paid $700,000 for the digital streaming rights of each episode of Under the Dome. It's not uncommon for TV networks to spend $...

If you’re anxiously looking forward to that wonderful day when your cable TV service becomes a la carte, there’s some bad news waiting for you: that’s not likely to happen in your lifetime, according to one report. According to Laura Martin from Needham & Co., if cable bundles were to go...

Historically, Halloween was a time when regular network television series gave a passing nod to the popular holiday with perennial “Trick or Treat” episodes. Cable channels dusted off their stash of old horror flicks and viewers enjoyed such offerings as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) owned, Syfy...

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,...

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...

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...

Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), one of three corporations that currently owns Hulu, might hand the property off to one of its pay-TV rivals -- AT&T (NYSE: T). According to AllThingsD, the telecommunications giant is currently in discussions with Chernin Group -- one of the many firms that wants a...

In her famous book, If You Have to Cry, Go Outside, Kelly Cutrone attempts to teach her readers how to be strong in tough situations. On News Corp.'s (NASDAQ: NWS) new reality show, Does Someone Have to Go?, participants are taught similar lessons -- with tears and heated arguments sprinkled in...

If you have ever worked with someone who was lazy, ineffective or just plain wrong for your company, Fox's new reality show could be right up your alley. The News Corp.-owned (NASDAQ: NWS) network is launching a new series, Does Someone Have to Go?, this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. "The concept and the...

New York residents might soon have to pay for their favorite CBS (NYSE: CBS) TV shows. According to Bloomberg, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said that the network will switch to cable if Aereo wins the right to re-transmit shows without permission. Moonves did not stop there. He also told...

Can Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) hire its way to the top of the entertainment industry? The company is about to find out. Starting with less than 100 employees in 2012, Intel Media (a new division created to build a TV service and an accompanying set-top box) has grown into a team of more than 300...

When Neuralstem (NYSE: CUR) announced that it had been successful in reversing the progression of ALS in 39-year-old Ted Harada, many wondered if researchers were finally on the cusp of a cure. Gizmodo chronicled the impressive story of the man, who showed signs of recovery last year after...