Is the world's largest online retailer getting ready to challenge movie-subscription service Netflix? Amazon.com on Tuesday unveiled a videostreaming service -- available to its Prime members at no additional cost -- that could position it for battle.
Netflix, whose DVD-by-mail service hastened the demise of several video rental chains, may soon find itself under siege from Amazon. The world's largest online retailer appears to be on the verge of launching its own unlimited movie and TV-show streaming service.
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar threatened to leave the video site last fall over a dispute about its subscription pricing, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Disney is considering lending some of the keys to its television kingdom to Yahoo for its Yahoo Connected TV. If Yahoo is successful in inking such a deal, it would bolster its Internet TV efforts and put on better footing to compete against rival products such as Google TV and Apple TV.
Global broadband service revenue has grown 10% this year, says ABI Research, which expects sales to more than triple by the end of 2011. The cause? More users are watching television and videos on the Web, boosting the need for faster speeds.
Hulu lowered the price of its newly launched Hulu Plus subscription service by $2 to $7.99 Wednesday, just days after the online streaming video service saw its rank decline on a closely watched Internet ranking service for the month of October.
Global shipments of televisions that can connect to the Internet will triple over the next four years according to a report released today.
Sony's lineup of sleek televisions boasting Google's Web-surfing system will go on sale online Saturday and will hit Best Buy shelves early next week. The company unveiled the high-definition LCD sets Tuesday evening, with recommended retail prices from $600 to $1,400.
Hulu is considering raising up to $300 million in an IPO next year to add more shows to its subscription service, Reuters reported Friday. Will that be enough capital to keep Hulu competitive with Netflix, as well as services from companies such as Apple, Amazon and Wal-Mart?
In spite of the growing number of Americans interested in watching television on the Internet, a new ABI Research report finds that seven out of eight viewers aren't ready to give up their cable or satellite services just yet.
With Apple and Google joining Amazon and Netflix in aiming to channel entertainment to your TV, where does that leave the cable guys and broadband providers? They're all girding to fight it out. The biggest winner: consumers.
TV titan Samsung is kicking around the notion of using Google's Android operating system in its television sets. Will this better enable it to keep up with Apple, which is launching its Apple TV set-top device later this month?
