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Nintendo is switching on a television service that transforms the tablet-like controller for its new Wii U game console into a remote that changes the channel on your TV and puts programs from the Internet just a few finger taps away. http://phys.org/news275128917.html Electronics Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:42:07 EST news275128917 (AP)—Online video service Hulu says revenue this year will grow about 65 percent to $695 million. http://phys.org/news274985952.html Technology Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:20:02 EST news274985952 Some of the entertainment features on Nintendo's new Wii U won't be available when the game machine goes on sale Sunday. http://phys.org/news272301142.html Electronics Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:12:29 EST news272301142 (AP)—Older CBS shows like "Medium" and "Numb3rs" are coming to the $8-per-month online video service Hulu Plus. http://phys.org/news271357117.html Technology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:30:01 EST news271357117 Google Inc. is altering its search results to de-emphasize the websites of repeat copyright offenders and make it easier to find legitimate providers of music, movies and other content. http://phys.org/news263835640.html Technology Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:40:54 EST news263835640 Microsoft promised to make a "major" announcement on Monday that started the Internet buzzing with talk that it would involve taking on Apple iPad with tablets running on Windows software. http://phys.org/news259005578.html Technology Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:59:43 EST news259005578 His kids might commandeer the TV before bedtime, but online game designer John Comes still gets his prime-time fix. Just on a smaller screen. http://phys.org/news257767428.html Electronics Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:40:06 EST news257767428 (AP) -- In a flashy presentation to advertisers, YouTube promoted its new channels of original programming, while pledging to spend $200 million to help market them. http://phys.org/news255261264.html Technology Thu, 03 May 2012 10:54:33 EST news255261264 Streaming video is about to hit its tipping point. Competing online video services have become so successful that about one-third of Americans have streamed a movie or TV show on Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Crackle or another Net-based video service, according to Nielsen. http://phys.org/news253449528.html Technology Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:00:10 EST news253449528 (AP) -- Hulu will broadcast its first original scripted series next month, a political comedy that will debut during the real-life Republican presidential primary. http://phys.org/news245904475.html Technology Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:48:22 EST news245904475 For decades, the only theft the cable industry worried about was people trying to get MTV and HBO without paying for them. http://phys.org/news242492064.html Technology Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:30:01 EST news242492064 A trio of software developers said Wednesday they have cracked BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer software and promised to reveal the secret within a week. http://phys.org/news241898641.html Electronics Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:04:14 EST news241898641 YouTube is teaming up with media companies to produce original content in its latest bid to boost the amount of professional material on the video-sharing site, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. http://phys.org/news238869679.html Technology Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:41:27 EST news238869679 Nintendo said Friday that online video service Hulu Plus will stream movies and television shows to Wii and 3DS videogame systems by the end of the year. http://phys.org/news238425255.html Technology Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:14:24 EST news238425255 After months of being courted by technology giants and TV signal providers, online video service Hulu is no longer for sale, its media company owners said Thursday. http://phys.org/news237785834.html Technology Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:37:24 EST news237785834 (AP) -- HBO's Internet streaming service, which gives subscribers access to its shows on PCs, smartphones and tablets, is going back to where it all started: the TV. http://phys.org/news237558235.html Technology Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:24:10 EST news237558235 (AP) -- With TV network style, Yahoo is launching a fall slate of shows in a bid to strengthen its original programming. http://phys.org/news236946860.html Technology Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:36:42 EST news236946860 Video-sharing site YouTube, which has been adding professional content in a bid to generate revenue, announced Thursday it has begun renting movies online in Canada. http://phys.org/news234106243.html Technology Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:31:26 EST news234106243 Hollywood studio Miramax on Monday began making some of its films available for online viewing as rentals at social networking powerhouse Facebook. http://phys.org/news233248819.html Technology Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:20:34 EST news233248819 (AP) -- To jump-start its original content business, Hulu has turned to documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, the industrious red head whose engaging excitability can turn things like a McDonald's diet or hidden ads in movies into entertaining feature length documentaries. http://phys.org/news232799548.html Technology Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:32:43 EST news232799548 (AP) -- Hulu, the online video service that primarily shows reruns from major broadcasters, is getting into the business of original programming. http://phys.org/news231599286.html Technology Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:40:01 EST news231599286 (AP) -- According to a new Nielsen survey, half of all Netflix users connect to the video streaming service via gaming console. http://phys.org/news230996966.html Technology Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:50:01 EST news230996966 Apple Inc. is in talks to potentially bid for video-streaming service Hulu, according to a person close to the situation. http://phys.org/news230562944.html Technology Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:16:02 EST news230562944 (AP) -- Online video service Hulu expects to have more than a million paying subscribers by the end of summer, several months earlier than forecast, its chief executive said in a blog post Wednesday. http://phys.org/news229229337.html Technology Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:49:14 EST news229229337 Google is in preliminary talks to acquire the online video site Hulu, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website Friday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the discussions. http://phys.org/news228746335.html Technology Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:39:14 EST news228746335 (PhysOrg.com) -- Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and Skype have become household names as demand soars for movies, television shows, amateur videos, and video calls delivered via the Internet and mobile networks. As a result, this enormous thirst for moving pixels is fast outpacing the capacity to supply video to viewers' screens. http://phys.org/news228722648.html Technology Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:08:34 EST news228722648 Kiefer Sutherland, the star of "24," and John Hurt, the eminent British thespian, recently joined forces, playing opposite each other in "The Confession," a sort of short feature about a hit man and a priest. I say "sort of" because "The Confession" was created specifically to go online, in installments - there are 10 of them, averaging about seven minutes each; they ran from the end of March to the beginning of May on the video-streaming website Hulu. So it is a sort of television series as well, though one whose entire season lasts in the aggregate not much more than an hour. http://phys.org/news228398881.html Technology Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:10:01 EST news228398881 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. http://phys.org/news228365022.html Technology Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:30:01 EST news228365022 (AP) -- Online video service Hulu is exploring putting itself up for sale after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news227926778.html Technology Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:59:53 EST news227926778 Netflix has attracted more than 20 million subscribers, more than 20,000 movies and television shows for its online service, and more than its share of headaches in Hollywood. http://phys.org/news222955865.html Technology Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:30:01 EST news222955865