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Blinkbox Sees 180% Mobile Commerce Spike (The Drum)

Blinkbox has reported a 180 per cent surge in sales via mobile devices from November to December last year, while overall sales jumped 220 per cent year on year. The movie and TV s... More

Arris to Sell $150 Million in Shares to Comcast in Google Set-Top Acquisition (SmartMoney)

Cable equipment provider Arris Group Inc. has agreed to sell around $150 million in shares to Comcast Corp. as part of its deal to buy Motorola Mobility's set-top box business from... More

Forget Apple TV, Microsoft and Game Consoles are the Future of Television (Forbes)

Content continues to be one of most commentators major concerns with any Apple entry into TV. This isn’t the music industry, where failing labels were looking for a lifeline anyw... More

Another Home Screen For Your Home (NPD Group Blog)

The TV is evolving into a more complex device and the basic concept on turning it on and immediately watching TV could become a thing of the past. As consumers we’ve become condi... More

How Big Data Keeps Cable TV Watchers Hooked (Fast Company)

Big Data is one of 2013's most popular buzzterms. It's also transforming the cable television business, which is in ongoing disarray as cord-cutters and competition from phone comp... More

$400 Price Point for Next PlayStation, Xbox Consoles (GamesIndustry International)

Having spent CES "with a number of companies involved in video game development and distribution", Baird Equity Research has suggested that new console hardware will retail for $35... More

Time Warner Licenses Animated Shows And ‘Dallas’ To Netflix (Deadline)

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., The Warner Bros. Television Group, and Netflix, Inc. today announced licensing agreements bringing to U.S. Netflix members complete previous seaso... More

The Car is the New Media Room: GroupM's Rob Norman Sees Big Future for Brands on Wheels (Beet.TV)

The auto is emerging a a new sort of media environment, where driving under 30 miles per hour, a prototype Audi allows drivers to travel via autopilot to check Gmail and the Web, w... More

Time Warner, Walmart’s Vudu, SingTel and Others Sign Up To Offer Jinni’s Smart Movie Search Engine (Next Web)

Jinni, a ‘semantic discovery engine’ designed to help consumers find ideas for movies to watch, has announced seven new deals which will see media companies around the world of... More

How The New "Six Strikes" Anti-Piracy Scheme Could Ruin Public WiFi (ReadWrite)

It's almost here. The "6 strikes" anti-piracy scheme crafted by Hollywood and U.S. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) is due to be implemented in the next few weeks. As the program'... More

Why Is Google Fiber the Country's Only Super-Speed Internet? (Wired)

Google Fiber was supposed to be a shaming exercise. But any shame felt by the country’s big-name ISPs has yet to produce the sort of ultra-high-speed internet services we’ve al... More

Is Netflix TV’s Game Changer? (Globe and Mail)

Here’s how it works – there are three TV models. There’s network TV, which anyone can access and which relies on ads to make to money. There’s basic cable (channels such as... More

Why You’re Going to Buy a TV This Year, and What That Means for Apple, Samsung and Everyone Else (All Things D)

All of those fancy TV sets you saw on display last week at CES? The ones with Internet bells and whistles, and resolutions so amazing you can’t actually use them? Maybe some of y... More

Proliferation of Online-Only Originals Points to Further Audience Fragmentation (Video Nuze)

Audience fragmentation isn't a new concept, but the proliferation of high-quality online-only originals suggests the trend is only going to intensify. These days, a week doesn't go... More

CES: Panel Agrees Ultra High Def Will Bring Cinema Into Homes (Variety)

As hyped as it's been at this year's CES, Ultra High Definition 4K television has been a technology searching for a reason to exist. But a panel Thursday agreed that UHD is essenti... More

CES Dispatch: Advertisers Harnessing Digital Data for Smart TVs, More Screens (Beet.TV)

The Consumer Electronics Show has morphed into more of an advertiser's show in recent years and that's helpful as technology shops aim to harness digital data to deliver the right ... More

Testronic Announces Expansion of File-Based QC Lab (CreativeCOW)

Testronic Labs, a global leader in quality assurance services for film and television, games, consumer electronics, enterprise, and publishing, has completed a significant expansio... More

CES: Rovi Seeks To Bring IP Video Into Cable Environment (IP&TV)

Rovi, a provider of digital entertainment solutions, has revealed that it is developing a new IP software platform that will enable cable TV operators to deliver IP-based multi-scr... More

CNET Blocks Dish From CES Awards Over CBS Lawsuit (Forbes)

An award celebrating the best of tech fell victim to legal wrangling Thursday. CNET has dropped Dish Network’s new DVR product from its CES awards consideration, citing a lawsuit... More