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How To Avoid A $10,000 Cell Phone Bill

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.25.2012

Earlier this year, a Canadian family was greeted with a mobile bill for over $10,000 after a vacation in Arizona. The culprit of their post-trip night...

$12 TV Streaming Service Sued By Top U.S. Networks

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

(Reuters) - Aereo Inc, which is scheduled to roll out its new online TV service, said late on Thursday a group of broadcasters have filed two separate...

Netflix's Biggest Problem: Movie and Television Studios

Brett Greene | Posted 12.27.2011

Brett Greene

The only thing that seems to be as popular as the Occupy Movement these days is bashing Netflix. A lot of this upset is warranted.

Netflix Launching In New Countries

The Huffington Post | Jason O. Gilbert | Posted 12.24.2011

Netflix's biggest new release this week isn't Captain America. It has little to do with America at all, in fact. Netflix has announced they they wi...

A Netflix For Books?

Posted 11.12.2011

Amazon is planning a Netflix-like subscription service for e-books, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal today (available to subscribers o...

Alex Wagner

Netflix Price Hike: Rage vs. Reward

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.12.2011

With the announcement on Tuesday that Netflix would raise its subscription prices -- separating its DVD and streaming services into two separate plans...

Opinion: Apple iCloud Won't Stream Music Because of AT&T and Verizon

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 08.24.2011

Eliot Van Buskirk

You can't use Apple iCloud yet. When you can, which should be this fall, you'll notice something really peculiar: Unlike other music lockers, iCloud c...

Alex Wagner

Pandora IPO: A Win For Listeners?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 08.15.2011

As Pandora’s IPO sends Wall Street spinning, the hefty infusion of cash will position the company to deliver a better experience to its estimated 34...

Obama 'IP Czar' Suggests Felony Charges For Illegal Web Streaming

Ars Technica | Posted 05.25.2011

The Obama administration wants to make sure that the illegal streaming of music and movies over the Internet is a felony, and it also wants to give th...

New Apps Will Expand Bloomberg's Online Dominance (VIDEO)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

Bloomberg News is the only news organization to provide a free, live version of its linear television programming in the U.S. online. And it will soon expand its live streaming to Apps too.

Verizon's "Flex View" Will Download Premium Video to Apple Devices in "Early" 2011

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

Subscribers to Verizon FiOS TV now have the ability to download a range of premium video to rent or buy onto several devices including Windows PC's,...

The Game Has Changed

Katherine Warman Kern | Posted 05.25.2011

Katherine Warman Kern

The video game business has discovered what movie theaters, live sports and concert events have known for a long time: there is a reason motivating people to pay a huge premium to attend events.

Video: Wall Street Journal Will Stream Six-Hour Video Program on Election Night

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Plesser

The Wall Street Journal, which has been expanding live programming from its Manhattan newsroom with a twice-daily live show called The News Hub, wil...

Losing Steam: Why Digital Track Sales Are Flat

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Pollack

With so many ways to instantly access music and movies, it's not surprising individual track sales are leveling off. Could affordability set the stage for subscriptions to finally gain some real traction?

STREAMING LIVE NOW: Richard Strauss's 'Salome' on MediciTV, Straight From Verbier

Posted 05.25.2011

Time to return to our beloved discovery, MediciTV. (Assuming we'd ever left.) Still live from the Verbier Festival in France, you can currently catch...

STREAMING: Art On The Air, Direct From NY's Clocktower

Art On Air | Posted 05.25.2011

AIR, Art International Radio, is a non-profit Internet radio station, free online cultural archive, and media arts center. Producing over 500 new radi...

Marvell's Nafea Bshara Talks about Broadband

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Ramon Nuez

Marvell CTO Nafea Bshara says lack of ISP competition coupled with the lack of government support may reduce broadband speed in the U.S..

Google Bringing High Speed to Your Home

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Ramon Nuez

On February 10th, Google announced its plans to to get into the ISP game by building an ultra-fast broadband network.

Apple Tablet & eReader? : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 19, 2010

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Shelly Palmer

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. As Apple's scheduled event nears, sources now say that not only ...

Piracy vs. Availability: A Parable

Hugh McGuire | Posted 05.25.2011

Hugh McGuire

If as providers of content, give me what I want, when I want it, at a reasonable price, I'll be happy to pay for it. If not, I'll be compelled -- when I really want something -- to find other ways to get it.

Cablevision, Yankees First To Offer Local Game Streaming Rights

paidContent.org | Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Yankees may be able to claim another first: in-market live game streaming. MLBAM and the YES Network have agreed to a streaming rights pa...

The Future of the Music Industry

Mike McCready | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike McCready

It is a jungle out there! How can the fans find the needles in the haystack they want to hear? It's the fundamental problem the labels were solving but now they can't do it effectively.

Dow Nears 5 Year Low: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 23, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Shelly Palmer

Yesterday the Dow Jones closed at 8519, near its five year low. The story did not make the front page of the New York Times nor the evening news. Fo...

MediaBizBuzz on Democrats, Republicans, Gustav and Ike

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Weinstein

Click for News, Photos and all the links to major press coverage of the Republican Convention and for the Democratic reaction. This past week could ha...