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Why Verizon wants to buy AOL

May 12, 2015
It isn't for the dial-up.

Live-streaming comes to the smartphone era

Mar 26, 2015
Periscope, Meerkat, YouNow and others have ushered in a new "wild west."

Everybody's a television producer

Feb 13, 2015
BitTorrent, the file sharing platform, will create original video content.

'The Interview' makes history

Dec 29, 2014
Downloads of “The Interview" give a healthy nudge to trend away from seeing movies in a theater.

Netflix grabs rights to 'Crouching Tiger' sequel

Sep 30, 2014
Netflix's new feature film deal leaves the big theater chains in the dust.

.tv and the surge of Internet video

Sep 18, 2014
What does a tiny island nation have to do with streaming video games?

Netflix to raise prices for new members

Apr 22, 2014
The streaming video announces a price hike coming off a better-than-expected earnings report.

For public good, not for profit.

Will Stringwire be a game changer for NBC News?

Aug 13, 2013
NBC News just bought a new startup that aims to revolutionize news gathering.

Netflix confirms it wants more 'Arrested Development'

Jul 12, 2013
Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos talks about the possibility of a fifth season for "Arrested Development."
Social mobility isn't always a story of rags to riches.  The show "Arrested Development" is about the dysfunctional Bluths, who loses their fortune after a corporate accounting scandal. The show was canceled by FOX in 2006, but demand for the show's return resulted in a deal for 14 new episodes to be released on Netflix in May 2013.