Like many startups, Homemade came to life in a garage. “We put up some phones and some webcams, duct taped it together and just opened it up,” said founder Joel… Read More
Amazon’s desire to stream more live sports has the company looking at launching a standalone app for such content, according to a report Wednesday in The Information. The website cited… Read More
The future may not be evenly distributed, but there’s a dystopia-inducing concentration of it in “The Peripheral,” a science-fiction novel by cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson. Now the novel has been turned into a streaming-video… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos wants to have millions of people living and working in space — that’s why he founded his Blue Origin space venture more than two decades ago.… Read More
Twitch, the streaming video service owned by Amazon, temporarily shut down an account for President Donald Trump on Monday over what it called “hateful conduct” in his posts. The Verge… Read More
Sports fans missing baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer and just about anything else that should be in play right now are holding out hope for the return of football in the… Read More
Looking for a place to think about something other than Election Day and the drama that will play out as midterm results start to trickle in? Perhaps a cute red… Read More
Amazon-owned IMDb is planning to announce a free, ad-supported streaming service for Fire TV this week. First reported by CNBC and confirmed by GeekWire, the new service comes after years… Read More
Redbox customers who rely on the company’s ubiquitous red kiosks for renting or purchasing movies and TV shows, will now have the option to enjoy that content via a streaming… Read More
In its quest to find the next “Game of Thrones,” Amazon Studios is reportedly adding three science-fiction series to its list of production prospects, including Seattle author Neal Stephenson’s “Snow… Read More
Did your favorite character get killed off on “Orange is the New Black?” Did you hate the latest twist in “House of Cards?” Well, Netflix might soon let you change… Read More
YouTube unveiled a new live TV service on Tuesday, setting up another major threat to cable and satellite companies. This service, launching this spring, will offer a bundle of more than… Read More
Comcast says it will bring YouTube to its Xfinity X1 platform, continuing to embrace streaming options that otherwise compete with its core cable service. The cable giant and YouTube parent Google announced plans on Monday to integrate… Read More
Amazon’s hit show “The Man in the High Castle” broke records as the most-watched original production on Prime Video, and, now, the retail giant has grabbed the rights for a show about the… Read More
Redbox is testing a new streaming service with a small group of customers called Redbox Digital, Variety reported on Thursday. The move comes about four months after a report first surfaced… Read More
T-Mobile’s Music Freedom and Binge On programs are expanding again today, bringing the total number of services available through the data-saving programs to more than 100. Music Freedom, which lets… Read More
Redbox is reportedly getting back into the video streaming game with a new service called Redbox Digital. The move, reported in Variety, comes two years after Redbox shut down its last streaming… Read More
We have become a nation of video streamers. That’s the upshot of Deloitte’s new national survey of American households: 56% of consumers now stream movies and 53% stream television on… Read More
Netflix wowed investors today when it announced that it picked up 4.9 million subscribers to its online streaming video platform during the first quarter of 2015. That beat the company’s… Read More
HBO Now, the over-the-top streaming service that offers people a chance to watch shows like “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” without a cable subscription, launched today for Apple and Cablevision… Read More
Cutting ties with cable TV is not a simple or cheap. According to new report released today, in order to get the content consumers are craving, they are having to source it from a… Read More
Amazon continues to roll out upgrades for its Fire TV family of devices. Today, the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick got access to Sling TV, Dish Network’s new $20/month over-the-top TV… Read More
Starting today, anyone can sign up for Sling TV, Dish Network’s over-the-top TV streaming service. The company announced that it was ending the invite-only beta for Sling TV and allowing… Read More
Netflix is going to be doubling down on its original content offerings in 2015, since they offer a better return on investment for the company compared to some of its… Read More
Amazon is going to have another competitor in the video market starting this year. Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne announced that his company plans to add a new video offering to… Read More
Not content to sit back and let online video titans like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon slug it out alone, CBS is jumping into the fray with a new streaming service.… Read More
Maybe you just bought the new Amazon Fire TV — and just maybe you thought that meant you were getting the most cutting edge technology. But it’s not so simple.… Read More
Amazon is reportedly planning a free streaming video service that’s supported by ads and doesn’t require a an annual Prime membership for $99. The Wall Street Journal report comes hours… Read More
There’s several reasons why consumers still prefer Netflix over Amazon, but the new $99 price tag of Amazon Prime isn’t one. That’s potentially good news for Amazon, which was seeing… Read More
If it’s good for Netflix, is it also good for Amazon Instant Video? This week Netflix was in the spotlight for signing a deal with Comcast to deliver better quality… Read More