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Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson is being accused of lying about his education in Yahoo’s SEC filings. He and Dan Loeb, the force behind Yahoo’s greatest outstanding shareholder Third Point, are fighting …
One of the Internet’s first big web video networks, Revision3 is being bought by Discovery Communications, the company that owns familiar cable networks such as the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and Science Channel.
Financial terms …
Google is launching a new $200 million promotional campaign to push its original YouTube channels across the rest of its properties, the company announced yesterday.
The purpose of the campaign is to help brand YouTube as an entertainment property on …
The latest cross-platform report from Nielsen reveals that the number of hours people spend watching live broadcast programming is down sharply compared to a year ago.
The main culprit? “Time-shifted” DVR devices, according to the report. Basically, that means people …
After launching in November as a gorgeous app for making social collages, the iPad app Mixel received an update today that will let you create private image threads, instead of having every Mixel creation public.
With increased privacy, users will …
Flingo, one of the largest smart TV app publishers, has received another $1 million in funding from entrepreneur Mark Cuban, bringing its total first round to $8 million.
As the company tells it, Cuban first learned about Flingo while strolling …
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With the advent of numerous over the top (OTT) platforms, which bring online video directly into the living room, pay-TV operators face new competition — competition from hot startups like Hulu, Netflix, and Roku.
In way, OTT video represents the …
Not satisfied with its already extensive library of old TV shows via its Prime streaming video service, Amazon is now planning to develop its own lineup of original children’s shows and sitcoms, the company announced today.
Amazon is the latest …
Consumers looking to buy any of Amazon’s Kindle products from Target in the coming weeks should look elsewhere: Starting later this month, Target will end sales of Amazon’s e-readers and Android tablet.
Target says its decision to ditch the Kindle …
Stitcher, the iOS and Android radio app that is trying improve the state of non-music streaming content, has added an Election Center section to its app to keep people in the loop on the contentious 2012 U.S. elections.
Stitcher’s in-app …
Creators wishing to distribute their video content online for consumption by the masses have plenty of services to choose from, but the same isn’t always true for getting compensated for the work. Fortunately, web video site Dailymotion thinks its found …
Streaming music service Spotify has finally launched an app for the Apple iPad after a strangely long wait, the company announced today.
Spotify is most closely watched of the new crop of streaming music services, battling it out with the …
Weather.com, one of the 20 most popular sites on the web, has redesigned its site with new social and personalization features, and it can now even predict the exact minute the rain outside will stop.
As someone who uses the …
Independent mobile ad network InMobi has launched a new, free Ad Tracker that can measure mobile conversion rates without needing to know your phone’s unique identifier (UDID), the company announced today.
Apple has begun rejecting apps that access a user’s …
After paving the way for Internet-based TV networks, Revision3 might finally be catching some attention from well-established cable television companies.
The startup is rumored to be in discussions with The Discovery Channel about a possible acquisition, reports TechCrunch. Revision3 has …
Remember Turntable.fm? The social music discovery service saw some massive growth last year, adding 360,000 users in its first three months and netting a $37 million valuation. It was interesting, it was original, it was the bane of productivity. But …
If you’re in the UK, you won’t be able follow the link at the end of this paragraph. In what can be viewed as an unofficial challenge to the hacker community, U.K. courts today ordered all internet service providers within …
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made his mark on the fast-growing video sharing startup Viddy, after signing up for the service and sharing a video of his dog. The move has tech watchers eyeing many comparisons to Viddy and just-purchased …
Who says e-mail is dead? Advertising startup isocket has forged an agreement with MailChimp that lets publishers sell ads directly on e-mail newsletters, potentially turning old-school e-mail into a money maker.
Isocket simplifies the advertising process for publishers with its …
How much is Microsoft afraid of Amazon and its surging Kindle business? Enough to invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble’s new Nook subsidiary.
The deal, announced today, will give Microsoft a significant stake in an established e-reading company, a …
