Aereo tries to prevent CBS from filing more lawsuits

TV anywhere startup Aereo is doing its best to stave off attacks that its business is operating illegally, and has now asked a federal court in New York to block broadcaster CBS from filing additional lawsuits.

Twitter might be making TV deals with Viacom & Comcast

If a rumored music service wasn't enough to push Twitter into the territory media, now the company might be trying to get TV content playing through the service.

Microsoft may sell its MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson

Microsoft has pushed hard in recent years to become a fixture in the American living room -- most notably via the XBox 360. A lesser-known part of its living-room play is its MediaRoom IPTV unit, which has been adopted by the likes of AT&T and Deutsche Telekom.

Kwarter capitalizes on rabid sports fans’ love of the game

Kwarter raises $4 million to expand its social TV gaming platform to new verticals.

Content deals delay Intel’s rumored Internet TV set-top box

Surprise, surprise: Negotiations with content providers are significantly delaying Intel's plans to take over your living room.

Why the ‘Live Web’ is the new TV

What does “live” mean when we talk about content on the Web? We think of most Web content in terms of on-demand rather than live, but that is really more of a false holdover from how we consider our traditional media consumption. If we shift our perspective, we can see in the Live Web one of the most substantial opportunities for content publishers and consumers since the initial rise of mobile.

Revolutionary Apple television launch is ‘imminent,’ analyst says

Apple's long-rumored revolutionary television set product is closer to hitting retail shelves than originally thought, according to Jefferies & Co. analyst James Kisner.

Twitter seeks more TV time with media hire Ben Grossman

Twitter's dreams of Hollywood fame and fortune continue today with the just-announced hire of Ben Grossman as head of global operations for Twitter's media department.

Help me, my valley is being overtaken by frat boys

Bravo TV's latest "reality" show, Silicon Valley, makes a mockery of how Silicon Valley really works. But what really has me steamed is the way it abuses the word "geek."

Will.i.am & Simon Cowell to debut TV show to find the next Steve Jobs

Television all-star Simon Cowell and popular musician Will.i.am will team up to create a TV show focused on finding the next big tech entrepreneur to follow in the path of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg.

Dish launches new high-speed Internet service. Could a web-based TV bundle be next?

Satellite TV service provider Dish Network officially debuted its new broadband Internet service dishNet today, giving U.S. consumers yet another way to gain high-speed access to the web.

Zeebox and Comcast team up to enhance live TV with a second screen

Comcast forged a new partnership with media startup Zeebox today to infuse live broadcast TV shows with a dose of interactivity.

Time Warner Cable exec refreshes hope of TV partnership with Apple

If cable service providers want help revolutionizing the television industry, they definitely have funny way of asking for it.

Twitter’s take on reality TV may be coming soon to a tweet near you

Twitter is schmoozing with Hollywood producers and network executives in an effort to get several original video series to air exclusively on its information network, said sources who spilled the beans to Adweek. Twitter declined to comment.

Specifically, an MTV-style …

Apple devs may get an SDK to create apps for iTV at WWDC

If you haven’t heard the rumors about Apple’s television by now, you’ve been living under a sad, lonely rock. The company is now reportedly releasing a software developer kit (SDK) for the rumored talking box to create the real TV …

Apple television is like a big Thunderbolt display, says source

It’s a bird, it’s a plane! No, it’s an Apple iTV prototype! A Cult of Mac source claims to have seen the rumored Apple television and says it looks just like the Thunderbolt display, but bigger.

According to this source, …