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President Barack Obama on Monday embraced a radical change in how the government treats Internet service, coming down on the side of consumer activists who fear slower download speeds and higher costs but angering Republicans and the nation's cable giants who say the plan would kill jobs....
The marquee at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood said it all--with top billing going to the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) and the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE), marking in a sense the coming out party for the recently struck partnership between the two...
Television has increased its depiction of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters, with the edge going to cable and the Internet over broadcast networks, according to a study released Wednesday by the advocacy group GLAAD.
Networks are promoting the...
Hollywood's carefully controlled system of movie rollouts is officially under siege.
Windowing — the practice of opening a movie first in theaters and then in other stages of home video, streaming and television release — has been under increasing...
Should the company that supplies your Internet access be allowed to cut deals with online services such as Netflix, Amazon or YouTube to move their content faster?
The Federal Communications Commission is tackling that question this fall after the...
Netflix is tapping into six new markets Monday hoping to gain a big subscriber base around Europe, but is facing a frosty welcome in France. Well-established French competitors are trying to head off a Netflix wave, the government wants oversight and the cinema...
You can have Bill Cosby in the palm of your hand. And Jim Jefferies will tickle you at your discretion.
Netflix is announcing performances by both comics and three more, set to roll out this fall. It's the latest in the
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In a Los Angeles Film Festival session titled “Women Who Call The Shots,” panelists including showrunner Marta Kauffman (co-creator/executive producer of Friends), writers/directors Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball) and Nicole...
If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is the star of the Internet video-streaming phenomenon, then Roku CEO Anthony Wood is the best supporting actor.
Both men play pivotal roles in popularizing technologies that are shaking up the entertainment and broadband...
The Big Apple has landed its biggest filming catch. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, The Walt Disney Company, Marvel and Netflix Inc. today announced that Marvel’s landmark live-action television series, which will bring Marvel’s “flawed heroes of Hell’s Kitchen”...