The European Union announced today that it will ask the European Court of Justice for a legal opinion on the highly protested Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
For those not familiar with the trade agreement, ACTA is an international treaty aimed …
Turning social media influence into gold is one thing, but measuring how you did it is quite another, according to social commerce startup Moontoast.
Moontoast provides musicians, celebrities, and brands with a way to generate money from the often large …
Comcast is launching a new streaming video service called Xfinity Streampix, which takes aim at similar services from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime.
The move is most likely a response to the growing number of people who are ditching their …
Streaming video service Netflix has finalized a new content deal with film studio The Weinstein Company that brings a new crop of foreign language, documentary, and critically acclaimed movies to U.S. subscribers, the companies announced today.
Under the deal, many …
Barnes & Noble is launching a new $199 8GB Nook Tablet to better compete against Amazon’s popular Kindle Fire Tablet, the company confirmed today.
Since the Kindle Fire’s November launch at a mere $199, the $249 Nook Tablet has had …
Both houses of Congress passed a bill today that could give Americans access to more of the wireless spectrum; however, this access will cost us some free broadcast TV stations.
If you search for some kind of appropriately named piece …
Despite nearly a year of mostly ignoring its DVD-by-mail rental side of the business, Netflix has decided to start allowing people to choose a DVD-only subscription option, the company announced on its blog today.
The option to choose a subscription …
New information from Apple’s recently launch Messages Beta application for OS X may indicate that the company plans to upgrade its line of Mac computers with a beautiful Retina Display.
The Retina Display offers a much better screen resolution for …
A handful of official U.S. government websites were hacked today in protest of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a highly controversial international trade agreement largely cooked up by media companies to protect their copyrighted content from being pirated online.
The …
Apple has altered the terms of its iAd agreements in a way that both developers and potential deep-pocket advertisers should find favorable, an Apple spokesperson told VentureBeat today.
iAd is Apple’s mobile advertising network. It places ad spots into iOS …
Nintendo’s Wii game console gained some significant ground as a streaming video set-top box with the announcement of a new Hulu Plus channel launching today.
While the Wii does have a channel that allows you to browse the internet, Hulu’s …
In addition to the announcements about Apple’s next operating system Mac OS X Mountain Lion, the company rolled out a beta edition of its iMessages chat app today.
Apple previously launched its iMessages for the iPhone and iPad as an …
Networking technology giant Cisco has filed an appeal with the European Union today over the October approval of Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype.
Cisco, along with Italian VoIP provider Messagenet SpA, is challenging the decision to approve the merger …
Fan-generated sports commentary site Bleacher Report announced a deal with YouTube today to bring four new sports-themed shows to its branded YouTube channel.
The Bleacher Report’s website’s content comes from over a 1,000 columnists and 6,000 contributors that write commentary …
Couch potatoes nearly doubled the amount of streaming videos played on mobile devices and smart TVs in fall than it did in the summer, according to Ooyala’s fourth quarter 2011 video index report.
Ooyala offers a video platform for content …
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Hulu is staying silent about the initial viewership of its first scripted original series Battleground, which premiered its pilot episode on Monday.
But the company has a plan to measure viewership in a new way, one that could make …
Amazon may have far fewer customers signed up for its Amazon Prime membership than analysts previously estimated.
The Prime membership costs $79 annually for Amazon customers, who in return get free two-day shipping on most items sold through the retail …
Influential media businessman Barry Diller was on hand today for the debut of new startup Aereo TV, a streaming video service that aims to steal consumers away from the expensive cable and satellite television providers.
Aereo allows users to view …
Images from the first Motorola smartphone powered by Intel and running Android 4.0 (a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich) have allegedly surfaced online.
The image, obtained by PocketNow, shows a slender, silver-colored handset with no front-facing buttons. The screen shows a new …
After announcing a new YouTube Google TV app yesterday, Google is now encouraging YouTube content partners to sign new terms that give the company permission to play their videos across all platforms (mobile, TV, web, etc.) by default.
Right now, …
