News tagged with tv services
Three major networks block Google TV
The three major broadcast networks, uneasy about viewers bypassing cable and satellite providers -- and the networks' own websites -- to watch their TV shows, have begun blocking a new service from Google Inc. that is designed ...
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Netflix says it's sorry, then creates new uproar
(AP) -- The CEO of Netflix said he was sorry for mishandling a recent price increase that caused customers to cancel the service in droves. But the apology was drowned out by a decision that angered subscribers ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Are you really ready to cut the cable?
Lots of TV shows and movies can now be found online, and the amount is increasing fast.
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Google hints at TV service for ultra-fast broadband test
Google Inc. has sent an ever-clearer signal that it could be bringing a TV service to the Kansas City market.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Kohl critical of NBC online Olympic coverage
(AP) -- A Democratic senator criticized NBC on Friday for its handling of online access to the Vancouver Olympics, calling it unfair and restrictive.
Feb 27, 2010 |
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Fox threatens legal action against Cablevision
(AP) -- Fox is threatening to sue Cablevision amid a dispute that has left the cable TV provider's 3 million subscribers without Fox programming for more than a week.
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Media watchdog upset as BlackBerry helps British police
A media watchdog voiced concern Saturday at the cooperation between British authorities and the Canadian maker of BlackBerry smartphones to identify rioters in London and other cities.
Aug 13, 2011 |
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HBO Go comes to TV, through Roku players
(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.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Online movies luring viewers away from primetime TV
Services allowing North Americans to watch movies and television shows over the Internet is luring droves of viewers away from primetime television, a report showed Wednesday.
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Roku expands beyond Internet video-streaming boxes
Roku is thinking outside its set-top box in an attempt to bring more Internet video to flat-panel televisions.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales
(AP) -- The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.
May 22, 2012 |
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Dish Network 1Q profit rises 21 percent
Dish Network Corp., the second-largest satellite TV provider in the U.S., surprised investors Monday by posting first-quarter results that were not as bad as feared. Earnings rose by 21 percent on the back ...
May 11, 2009 |
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U-verse offers TV alternative and more
OK, I admit it. When I am asked to test questionable software, I usually install it first on my wife's computer. And my kids are crash-test dummies ramming head-first into all sorts of dubious products. But they don't care ...
May 27, 2009 |
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Hot gadgets at show: Wireless charging, iPhone TV
(AP) -- At the International Consumer Electronics Show last week, 3-D television, electronic readers and little laptops captured much of the attention.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 10, 2010 |
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Vt. city stumbles in effort to do telecom itself
(AP) -- Tired of waiting for state-of-the-art communications technology, voters of Vermont's biggest city decided in 2000 to form their own company to provide telephone, Internet and cable TV service.
Dec 06, 2010 |
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