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How to watch the Olympics closing ceremony — even if you're not in front of your TV

By Ina Fried Aug 21, 2016, 10:00a

As with the opening festivities, the TV broadcast will be delayed.

Disney is investing $1 billion in streaming tech and will launch a streaming sports network — but it won’t include ESPN

By Edmund Lee Aug 9, 2016, 4:44p

If cord-cutting ever gets bad, Disney now has an easier way to go direct to consumer.

Mossberg: TVs are still too complicated, and it’s not your fault

By Walt Mossberg Aug 3, 2016, 9:00a

LG tries, but mastering all the features is daunting.

Jon Stewart came back on TV last night, and it was great

By Peter Kafka Jul 22, 2016, 8:02a

Just like old times.

Donald Trump’s terrible Mike Pence speech showed us Twitter at its best

By Peter Kafka Jul 16, 2016, 3:28p

Live commentary you can’t get anywhere else.

Here’s what Apple really meant to say today about its plans to sell web video

By Peter Kafka Jul 14, 2016, 1:18p

Eddy Cue on skinny bundles, translated.

Livestreaming video is great for TV news!

By Peter Kafka Jul 13, 2016, 10:43a

The TV guys have problems, but free content isn’t one of them.

ABC is creating dozens of free, digital-only shows it wants you to watch on your phone

By Peter Kafka Jul 13, 2016, 7:00a

Remember webisodes? This is like that, but ABC says it will work this time.

Updated: ‘Mr. Robot’ returns this week — here’s how to get caught up

By Kurt Wagner Jul 10, 2016, 11:30a

Season 2 debuts on Wednesday night (but you can watch the premiere on Twitter now).

Comcast will let customers get Netflix on its set-top box (which is a very big deal)

By Kara Swisher Jul 5, 2016, 12:04p

The move means the once contentious pair have declared a truce.

'Silicon Valley,' season three, episode ten: And then there’s fraud

By Amy Keyishian Jun 27, 2016, 5:41p

The season finale went too fast and raised too many questions.

You are still watching a staggering amount of TV every day

By Peter Kafka Jun 27, 2016, 1:13p

Unless you are a millennial. Then you’re only watching an enormous amount of TV every day.

Facebook’s newest live video hit: Livestreams of the Congressional sit-in

By Peter Kafka Jun 23, 2016, 2:28p

3 million views in 26 hours

Viacom starts selling another channel over the internet — outside the U.S.

By Peter Kafka Jun 22, 2016, 9:05a

BET Play goes on sale for $4 a month in 100 territories.

The sports bubble isn’t deflating yet: The Big 10 just raised its TV prices 3x, and ESPN, CBS and Fox are paying up

By Peter Kafka Jun 20, 2016, 10:50a

$2.64 billion over six years.

A live TV package — ESPN, CNN, AMC and more — is finally coming to Apple TV

By Peter Kafka Jun 13, 2016, 1:28p

Apple gets first crack at Sling TV’s new user interface.

Chelsea Handler left TV for Netflix, and she’s not looking back

By Eric Johnson Jun 13, 2016, 6:30a

Handler says “Chelsea” is a talk show, but don’t call it “late-night.”

Xiaomi plans to sell an Android TV set-top box in the U.S.

By Ina Fried May 18, 2016, 4:29p

Until now, the Chinese phone maker has sold only accessories in the States.

Turnabout: Now Netflix is bringing repeats of its home-grown shows to TV

By Peter Kafka May 17, 2016, 1:56p

"Narcos" is coming to Univision.

Let Samantha Bee show you how to hire more women

By Eric Johnson May 12, 2016, 6:30a

"It's not like we've solved the diversity problem, but we do need to kind of keep the needle pushing forward."

Stop watching movies on Netflix, start watching sports on ESPN, says ESPN

By Peter Kafka May 10, 2016, 12:49p

"Silly algorithm."

Comcast buys French startup StickyAds to build out its digital video business

By Peter Kafka May 8, 2016, 10:04p

It’s part of the cable giant’s move into “programmatic” TV ads.

Fox and Disney want to sell their own web TV bundle, via Hulu, for $40 a month

By Peter Kafka May 1, 2016, 8:15p

Which means the TV networks are now going to compete with their customers -- pay TV distributors like Comcast.

Programmatic TV 101: The multi-billion-dollar ad tech that's transforming television

By Scott Ferber Apr 26, 2016, 7:00a

In the very near future, we will no longer even think of there being a difference between television and digital video.

How Will Facebook Make Money Off Live Video? Just Look at TV.

By Kurt Wagner Apr 18, 2016, 10:37a

Publishers are waiting patiently ... for now.

The White House wants to let Google and Apple build your cable TV box

By Peter Kafka Apr 15, 2016, 6:40a

Barack Obama endorses a plan the cable guys hate.

Glitch causes Samsung Smart TVs to spontaneously reboot

By Dawn Chmielewski Apr 6, 2016, 10:27a

The Smart TVs develop a mind of their own, turning off and on.

Apple Is Working on a TV Series About App Developers

By Kwame Opam Mar 24, 2016, 3:31p

An "opportunity right up our alley," says Eddy Cue.

Remote, Controlled: How Vizio and Google Radically Reinvented the TV

By Nilay Patel Mar 22, 2016, 12:27p

Vizio has partnered with Google to redesign the entire TV experience around the Google Cast streaming protocol.

Behind the Scenes of 'The Amazing Race' and Its Social-Media-Star Season

By Eric Johnson Mar 19, 2016, 12:00p

Host Phil Keoghan says taking away Internet celebs' phones for a month is a "social experiment" that's paying off.

How the Internet Made 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul'

By Eric Johnson Mar 10, 2016, 3:30a

"If ‘Breaking Bad' had aired five years earlier, it might not have made it past season one."

Another Vote for Sports on the Web: Fox, Sky Invest in Streaming Soccer Startup FuboTV

By Peter Kafka Mar 9, 2016, 11:00p

The service, which launched in 2015, boasts 40,000 subscribers paying $10 a month.

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