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Netflix is causing us to watch less TV, study reports

Netflix was responsible for around 50 percent of the overall drop-off in TV viewing time in the U.S. to CBS, ABC, and NBC, analyst Michael Nathanson says.
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Apple’s first TV series to star Dre, include orgy scene

Apple will be debuting its first original scripted series called Vital Signs, which will star Dr. Dre, and be semi-auotbiographical.
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Golden Globe fever: Netflix goes big on both screens, Steve Jobs gets redemption

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Watching too much TV may be bad for your brain, study suggests

We may become the plagued-with-serious-cognitive-issues generation in a few years. As it turns out, cognitive function is inversely related to time spent watching TV.
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Disney XD doubles-down on eSports with upcoming Mario Kart 8 special

A televised special featuring Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 will air on Disney XD in December, continuing the network's foray into eSports coverage.
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FYI’s ‘Food Porn’ is an Instagram foodie’s dream come true

FYI shows a preview of its new TV show which features food porn and Instagram.

No Internet? No problem. Amazon now allows offline viewing on iOS, Android devices

Amazon is now letting its Instant Video subscribers download TV shows and movies for offline viewing on iOS and Android devices.
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TV Networks look at more product placement to counteract ad skipping

The idea of the 2-minute commercial break may become a thing of the past as networks toy with new ideas on how to integrate the commercial within the show.
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Comcast’s YouTube rival is just weeks away

Watching TV on your smart living room set is becoming identical to watching video on your laptop or smartphone, and Comcast's new YouTube rival is proof.
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Internet overtakes television as Comcast’s main business

While Comcast may have begun as a cable provider, its main business is now Internet service provision, boasting 22.5 million Internet subscribers.
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Game of Thrones dominates Comic-Con, which is less about comics, more about TV these days

Data from Amobee suggests that the top topic for digital consumption from Comic-Con was Game of Thrones
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Get out your puffy shirts: Seinfeld lands on Hulu June 24

All nine seasons of popular '80s and '90s show Seinfeld will be coming to Hulu starting June 24
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As social media becomes the new water cooler, it’s influencing TV viewing

Everyone brings their favorite TV shows to social media. Studies done by Nielsen and ShareThis have shown that the two are strongly linked to one another.
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Charter Cable may follow Verizon with slimmed down bundles, offer Netflix direct

Charter Cable CEO Tom Rutledge says he's open to offering Netflix and other streaming services, and is considering adding skinny TV bundles
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How could they?! The 10 most shocking recent TV character deaths

The 10 most shocking television deaths in recent TV
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Amazon is showing season 1 of Orphan Black free for everyone today only

The first season of popular BBC show Orphan Black is available for free streaming, to non-Prime members today only, on Amazon Instant Video.
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DreamWorks Dragons will land on Netflix in June with all new episodes

Netflix gets exclusive rights to the kids series DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge, which is based on the animated How to Train Your Dragon films.
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HBO Now offers smooth sailing for Game of Thrones, while HBO Go stumbles

HBO Now, the new streaming service, managed to get through the season 5 premiere of Game of Thrones without a hitch for most users.
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Hulu’s new Watchlist feature really wants to get to know you

Hulu's new Watchlist feature will learn your viewing habits and rearrange content based on how and what you watch.
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Saturday Night Live’s 40-year anniversary celebration: The good, the bad, the awesome

Saturday Night Live celebrates 40 years on the air with a star-studded special
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Rob Lowe to star in new Fox pilot, The Grinder

Rob Lowe will be returning to TV in The Grinder, a Fox show about a TV lawyer who returns to his small town to try and run the family law firm.
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Netflix comes to Cuba, but who will be watching?

Consumers in Cuba who actually have access to Internet can now sign up for Netflix to catch favourite TV shows and movies
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If you like Sling TV, you’re going to love the service Apple is cooking up

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Hulu courts the youth vote, orders up new series from YouTube’s RocketJump

Hulu will be offering a new series from Lionsgate and RocketJump, the studio behind popular YouTube show Video Game High School
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HBO GO is now on Amazon Fire TV, voice search included

HBO GO is now available through Amazon Fire TV, and the catalog is also searchable via voice search.
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HBO is turning Michael Crichton’s Westworld into a TV series, coming 2015

Popular 1973 movie Westworld will be adapted into a TV show for HBO in 2015
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Netflix is going to adapt ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ into a TV show

Netflix is adapting the movie and book series Lemony Snickets' A Series of Unfortunate Events into a TV show
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Netflix hikes up prices for its 4K content

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Forget single episodes, TiVo Mega can record entire channels with its 24TB drive

Today TiVo is introducing the TiVo Mega, quite literally its biggest product yet. The 24-terabyte appliance can record more than 26,000 hours of TV shows.
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Xbox One TV Tuner comes to Europe in October, uncertain for US

Beginning in October Microsoft will make available a Digital TV Tuner for Xbox One users in Europe, though no confirmation on a stateside release.
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Pope calls Internet, smartphones, and TV a “distraction” from what’s really important

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Study finds TV trumps exercise or reading during summer months

Leading set-top box maker Roku has commissioned a study that finds TV-watching to be the very top favorite summertime activity ahead of jogging and reading.
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CBS may create an Internet-TV service if Aereo wins in Supreme Court

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TV audiences increasingly turn to Facebook for their real-time gossip fix

A study published by SecondSync details the Facebook habits of television audiences — most conversations occur during the episode's original airing.