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The streaming wars are heating up, as John Krasinski’s 'Some Good News' signs on with CBS, 'Hamilton' heads to Disney Plus, and Tom Hanks’ new war movie goes straight to Apple TV.The coronavirus crisis accelerated the trend of consumers choosing in-home entertainment — particularly, video-on-demand streaming services such as Netflix that maximize choices and almost eliminate ad breaks. U.S. theater ticket sales had already been in decline for the past 20 years, and today most theaters remain closed due to concerns about spreading COVID-19 in crowded, enclosed spaces. Ten major streaming services are now vying for subscribers, with hundreds of...

Sending dozens of emails a day, making a quick call on WhatsApp, uploading some photos to the cloud, watching a short viral clip on YouTube: it’s all part of the digital daily life around the world. For the individual, it may be “just one photo” or “just a few minutes of video,” but taken together, our collective internet traffic contributes enormously to climate change. Everything a computer, tablet or smartphone does requires electricity. And to generate that electricity, the world still predominantly uses fossil fuels — which produce carbon dioxide and contribute to heat-trapping greenhouse gases. Digital technologies have even...

If we cut the cord, what is the best way to get TV via the web?

Last week Apple sucked up most of the air in the tech press with its newest gadgets, which included a long-awaited, new Apple TV. This week, Amazon has some TV box news of its own. The e-commerce giant just announced a variety of updates to its Fire TV product line. The newest Fire TV set-top box, a flat, plastic box that plugs into your TV and offers a variety of internet video content, now supports 4K Ultra HD video, a claim that Apple can't make with its own set-top box. (You'll have to be watching 4K content, on a 4K...

The popular online streaming site Hulu has struck a $700,000-per-episode deal to offer reruns of “Seinfeld,” according to a report. Hulu will make available all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld,” which ran on NBC for nine seasons. Despite the Hulu deal, “Seinfeld” reruns will still air on cable network TBS.

Federal regulators overseeing Comcast’s proposed merger with Time Warner Cable want to know if the cable giants put limits on companies’ streaming video options.In letters last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked eight major programmers including Walt Disney Co., Viacom and CBS whether or not the companies placed any “restrictions or limitations” on their ability to distribute TV shows over the Internet. ADVERTISEMENT According to Bloomberg, the Justice Department — which is also charged with reviewing the $45 billion merger proposal — is doing its own investigation into whether the merger would hurt competition for online video. While the FCC has...

Netflix reported higher profit for the fourth quarter as the company added 2.3 million customers to its TV and movie streaming service in the United States, sending its shares up more than 17 percent in after-hours trading. (Click here to get the latest quote.) The company on Wednesday reported net income of $48 million for the quarter, up from $8 million a year ago. Earnings-per-share were 79 cents, Netflix said in a statement.

Dish Network said on Wednesday it will close all 300 or so retail locations of the Blockbuster video rental chain by January, closing a chapter on a brand that failed to compete in the digital world. Dish plans to lay off as many as 2,800 employees. Dish, the second-largest U.S. satellite TV company, bought the failed Blockbuster LLC video rental chain in a bankruptcy auction in 2011 for $320 million, a dramatic fall for a brand that at its peak in 2002 had a market value of $5 billion.

Comcast’s plans to do away with its 250 GB data cap and charge users based upon usage marks the end of an era for cable TV providers, and for the online video industry. No longer will users be able to endlessly stream all the content their hearts desire. Not just that, but the fact that usage-based pricing is arriving at the same time that more, higher-quality content is appearing online could have a dampening effect on demand for services like Netflix or Hulu Plus. Comcast, of course, says that its new, usage-based pricing policy is pro-consumer, and to a certain...

I wasn't sure under which topic this thread should go.. In a previous post here on FR, I gave a link to a page on my personal website/blog where I had embedded some live streaming of Fox News. I decided to do it after Blinkotv did away with FNC. So many people relied on that service to watch FNC..Lately a lot of folks have been forced to cut their cable or satellite subscriptions due to the current financial mess we're in. To make a very long story short, I had an experience with some not-so-friendly folks who decided to check...

Looking for link for Foxnews online.

Having problems with my new PC Again.About a month ago I bought a HP Media PC, it has an AMD64x2, 2gigs RAM, 500gig HD with WindowsXP Media edition. I am hard wired to my router and am using SBC Yahoo DSL with 2374.9 kbps on my last seed test. I am having problems with streaming videos, they are choppy and keep freezing. My laptop, with a P4 mobile and only 512 MB Ram connected to the same router plays fine. I am taking several classes on-line and it is really annoying trying to watch videos for the class. I don't mind...

Anyone know how to capture streaming audio and video? Have some items I would love to save to disk but don't how and what to use to capture them.

Amazon is launching a new show via the internet called Amazon Fishbowl here is the blurb: ------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the sneak preview of Amazon Fishbowl with Bill Maher, a weekly original program coming to Amazon.com this June. Every week throughout the summer, the show will feature live performances from renowned musicians and thought-provoking interviews with authors, directors, and actors. Beginning June 1, the show will be streamed every Thursday at Amazon.com at 8 p.m. Pacific / 11 p.m. Eastern. Until then, you're invited to enjoy the sneak preview in the video player below. ------------------------------------------------------- The featured interview is with Stephen...

Soldier In Iraq Views Twins' Birth Via Internet POSTED: 1:33 pm EST November 5, 2005 PINEHURST, N.C. -- April Dyer has given birth to twins, and a special Internet hookup allowed her husband to be there even though he's in Iraq. U.S. Army Cpl. Jesse Dyer watched from his post 6,500 miles away as his wife gave birth in a North Carolina hospital. The births of Nathaniel and Ashlee Dyer represent a milestone for First Health Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. It's the first time the hospital has streamed video of a delivery over the Internet. Dyer had the Army's...

CSPAN isn't working too well, even though I have a DSL connection. Anybody know of another live link?

Fox News goes broadband Last modified: January 13, 2004, 11:42 AM PST By Jim Hu Staff Writer, CNET News.com Fox News has become the latest major media outlet to offer streaming video clips of its TV programs for free on the Web in hopes of attracting more broadband users. The cable news station, owned by News Corp., on Tuesday said its FoxNews.com Web site now lets visitors stream clips from its breaking news and popular talk shows such as "The O'Reilly Factor." Fox News joins other news outlets that offer free, advertising-supported streaming video to its Web visitors. After...