https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. You've probably used YouTube to watch short clips from Hollywood films, instructional videos or goofy home-made movies. Now you can use it to watch something else: live and recorded cable programming. https://phys.org/news/2017-04-youtube-tv-production.html Internet Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:30:01 EDT news411301106 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler wants to open the pay-TV industry to technology companies. https://phys.org/news/2014-10-fcc-chief-pay-tv-industry-tech.html Telecom Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:10:03 EDT news333909044 A leading French newspaper says France's intelligence services have put in place a giant electronic surveillance gathering network. https://phys.org/news/2013-07-france-prism-like-spy-network.html Internet Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:47:19 EDT news292160827 Microsoft, creator of the Xbox Live -- an online multiplayer video gaming and digital media delivery service -- has announced it would offer mainstream television programming to its subscribers, creating direct competition with traditional cable services. Magy Seif El-Nasr, associate professor of game design and interactive media with joint appointments in the College of Arts, Media and Design and the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern, explains the new features and how they might impact traditional cable offerings. https://phys.org/news/2011-12-future-gaming-technology.html Other Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:30:01 EST news243069619 As speculation continues to swirl around Hulu, one of its corporate owners is forced to sit on the sidelines having no role in the fate of the popular online video site even though the outcome could greatly affect its own future. https://phys.org/news/2011-06-comcast-hulu-sale.html Telecom Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:30:01 EDT news228365022 (AP) -- A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites' owners said Tuesday. https://phys.org/news/2010-05-drifting-satellite-threatens-cable.html Telecom Tue, 11 May 2010 17:18:06 EDT news192817061 (PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers often grouse that their cable television bills go up every year, but multichannel video program distributors (MVPD) are often just passing along ever increasing costs, says a new report from Ball State University. https://phys.org/news/2009-07-cable-tv-bills.html Economics & Business Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:35:38 EDT news166721690 A group of researchers from the University of Vigo, Spain, has developed a Web 2.0 application that filters the programming schedules of hundreds of television channels to recommend programmes that viewers are most likely to be interested in, according to their tastes, timetables and other users' recommendations. This new social network is already being used by students and is freely available on the Internet. https://phys.org/news/2009-05-web-application-television-programmes.html Computer Sciences Mon, 25 May 2009 11:02:13 EDT news162468111 Most of us don't watch television the way we did just a few short years ago. Back then, we had to watch TV shows when they were aired, a slave to the broadcasting schedule whim of the networks. https://phys.org/news/2009-02-hulucom-legally-premium-video-content.html Internet Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:54:12 EST news154968809