Tag archive: Fox

Announced on the official TiVo blog earlier this week, the DVR service company is rolling out a new user interface for owners of the TiVo Premiere, TiVo Premiere XL, and TiVo Premiere Elite. Called version 20.2, the new update overhauls the previously translucent high definition grid guide and live guide as well as introduces a mini-guide, info banners, speed improvements, a revision to the discover bar, improvements to the search algorythm and… Read More

Very similar to the contract renewal announcement out of Netflix earlier today, Amazon has sealed a deal with Disney-ABC Television that brings more content to the Prime Instant video streaming service. Designed to help beef up streaming content before the launch of the upcoming Kindle Fire, Amazon gets access to popular television programs such as Grey's Anatomy and Lost. Other announced shows include Felicity, Greek, The Secret Life of… Read More

It is pretty safe to say that to this point Google TV has been a flop, but Google hasn’t given up hope on the system just yet. Google has announced that a big update is coming to your local set top box, or Google TV enabled TV soon. It is too late for Google TV to make a good first impression, but so this update might be too little too late to win back the heart of customers. Google claims that it has addressed the four biggest areas of concern… Read More

In the ever growing battle over video streaming content Amazon just gained some more ammunition. Amazon announced on Wednesday that they have signed an agreement to stream content from PBS, both current shows and archived collections. With this deal in place Amazon will have 12,000 streaming titles for its Prime customers, which is more than double the titles the service launched with in February. The new deal will bring all current shows to… Read More

It has been an exciting summer for video streaming company Hulu. NBC Universal, Fox, and Disney, the owners of Hulu, have been trying to sell the company to the highest bidder. The bidding adventure has officially ended today without a winner; Hulu announced on the company blog that it has decided that it is no longer for sale. There have been several rumors about who has been trying to buy Hulu including Yahoo, Apple, Google, and DirectTV. The… Read More

This sounds like a disaster in the making: User-contributed blog Texts From Last Night is being turned into a television show for Fox, reports Deadline. Silvio Horta, the creator of hit show Ugly Betty, is said to have been hired on to devlop the comedy series, which is being produced by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison and Sony TV. Believe it or not, this is actually the third attempt to create a show based on the notorious blog. The same… Read More

The instant streaming subscription wars are beginning to heat up. Today, Jeff Bezos announced in a big letter on Amazon's homepage that he has inked a deal with Fox to bring a large catalog of TV shows and movies to its Amazon Prime instant streaming service. Shows like Arrested Development, 24, The X-Files, Ally McBeal, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Wonder Years, which will debut online for the first time through Amazon. This brings… Read More

Announced last week, NBC brought an update to its iPad application which allows users to watch ad-supported episodes of 28 popular NBC shows including The Office, Community, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, America's Got Talent, Chuck, 30 Rock and The Biggest Loser. Oddly, this eliminates a reason for iPad owners to subscribe to Hulu Plus, the streaming video company that's partly owned by NBCUniversal and currently up for sale to the… Read More

On Friday, Apple removed the option to rent episodes of television shows from iTunes. Previously, rentals had cost iTunes members 99 cents an episode, but an episode could be purchased for $1.99 for standard definition or $2.99 for high definition. The purchase options remain in the store as of Friday. Rentals were first offered to iTunes members when the Apple TV made its first public appearance in September of last year. When an iTunes member… Read More

Science enthusiasts, rejoice! Carl Sagan's classic television series Cosmos, considered by many to be one of the greatest science series of all-time, is returning to television, reports Deadline. The Cosmos refresh, officially titled Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, is being produced by self-professed nerd Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy. And the 13-episode series will be written by Ann Druyam, Carl Sagan's widow and a… Read More

On August 15 before the fall television season begins, Fox Broadcasting is shifting to an 8-day exclusivity window and preventing consumers from watching the latest episode of House or The Simpsons for free. According to the Wall Street Journal, consumers will be forced to wait for a bit over a week to catch up via online video on services like Fox.com and Hulu. However, subscribers of Hulu Plus and Dish Network will be able to see the latest… Read More

The first UltraViolet-enabled devices and titles are cleared for release this fall. The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem alliance has begun the licensing process making UltraViolet available to the consumer as early as October. If a consumer purchases a new Blu-ray or DVD movie, UltraViolet allows the consumer to create an account to own the digital rights of the content. With a digital locker of content in the cloud, consumers can… Read More

Reports of Barack Obama's death have been greatly exaggerated. Fox News said that on Monday morning its Twitter feed covering political news was hacked, with tweets posted reporting the death of the president. The tweets stated that Obama had been shot in a restaurant in Iowa while on the campaign trail. On its website, Fox News said that “hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been… Read More

Last week, reports surfaced that streaming video service Hulu had been approached by a mystery bidder about taking over the comp[any, and now the Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) that the company will be meeting with a range of potential buyers in the next few weeks—and names on the table run from Internet giant Yahoo to private investors. The Wall Street Journal piece cites anonymous sources claiming the company is… Read More

If you were forewarned and had a quick set of eyes, you might have been able to catch a glimpse of the promised Angry Birds secret level clue hidden in Fox's commercial for the upcoming animated feature Rio. Players who successfully beat the secret level will be entered to win a trip to Rio de Janiero on March 22 to watch the premier of Rio. If you didn't catch the clue (or if you did, and couldn't make sense of it),… Read More