If the rumors are to be believed, it would seem that Hulu is coming to the conclusion that it may have gone too far in pricing its premiun service at $9.95 a month. That sound you just heard was the collective “Duh!” uttered by the entire Internet. Back in June streaming video site Hulu announced

Netflix is continuing to expand at a rate that always beats the predictions of analysts, and it does make you take pause and wonder just how large can this company grow. Yesterday Netflix announced its third quarter earnings, and much to everyone’s pleasant surprise, the company again beat all predictions.  The company ended the quarter with 16,933,000

Fights between cable companies and TV networks are becoming more and more common as all the parties involved are trying to make every cent that they can.  At 12:01 AM on Saturday the 16th, Fox stations were cut off from Cablevision’s three million subscribers in the northeast part of the country.  What no one expected,

During the Sony Google TV event the other day, details were a bit skimpy on what exactly the features of each television were going to be.  While we still don’t have every last details a TV aficionado would want, we do have a pretty good list of what we can expect.  We’re not quite sure why

Keep hitting refresh folks as we bring you all of the latest news from the Sony Google TV launch event! First up, it’s not just TVs getting the Google TV treatment, but also a Blu-ray player.  So, if you’re hankering for some Google TV in your life, brought to by you Sony, you aren’t going

People like to wax poetic endlessly about how services like Netflix Watch Instantly and Hulu are going to make people finally cut the proverbial cable that brings television programming into their homes. To date, however, there has not been much conclusive proof of this actually happening. A newly released study is finally saying that this

After four years of waiting, and about nine months since it was first demoed, AT&T’s U-Verse IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service is finally landing on the Xbox 360 this coming Friday.  However, before you get too excited, for some mysterious reason it requires a technician to get it up and running for you, which means

We mentioned yesterday how the pricing had leaked for the upcoming Sony Google TV sets, and it got me to thinking about just how crazy far televisions have come over the years. This commercial is from sometime back in the 1940′s for a DuMont television set, and it isn’t just the size of the physical

According to reports, Hulu, the video site co-owned by television networks NBC and Fox amongst others, could be looking into the possibility of an IPO (Initial Public Offering) of common stock sometime in 2011. The surprising bit is just how much some people are estimating the company is worth when there have been questions about

It appears that Netflix has struck yet another deal with a studio that will see DVDs from that company delayed for 28 days after the initial retail release in exchange for the rental-by-mail company getting better pricing on discs, and more titles for its growing Watch Instantly service. Unlike other deals, however, the rental company

We’ve already gotten the official word on the Logitech Revue, the company’s entry into the new Google TV program, but what about these Sony TVs we’ve been hearing so much about? The official launch isn’t until next Tuesday, but it appears that at least some of the prices have already leaked out on to the

With everything about Google TV finally coming to be common knowledge, Logitech has made a big announcement about its streaming device that you can add to any existing TV, the Revue. While a lot of people have focused on the Sony televisions that will come with Google TV built-in, Logitech has been putting its efforts

After months of waiting, we’ve finally heard some news from Google about what we can expect out of Google TV, the company’s upcoming Internet-enabled television service. To be honest, it’s about what everyone expected it to be, mixing together Web browsing with streaming video from various sources along with a plethora of other services to

The argument for “cutting the (cable) cord” is getting a bit of a boost now with the announcement that Hulu Plus is coming to both TiVo and the Roku line of streaming media boxes. As we reported yesterday, there was a rumor going around that Hulu Plus would soon be added to the Roku line

While Hulu Plus is still in “invitation only” mode, those that have gotten access to the service have been wishing it would find some way to get on your TV without a whole lot of hassle. According to a new rumor, that is all about to change, and the question iwll no longer be, “How

It’s still difficult to tell what is going to happen with Blu-ray. Is it finally going to pick up steam and become a widely adopted technology? Will it remain a niche product like Laser Disc was? Could we see it go on to become the default format a few years down the road? It’s next

You have to laugh sometimes when you see two stories that were written completely separate of one another, and yet they have an odd impact when you on each other when you take both into account. Case in point, who will be buying prescription 3D glasses when it turns out no one really wants a 3D TV

Netflix has struck a deal with NBC Universal that kind of makes you wonder what the point of Hulu Plus is now. Netflix announced yesterday that it had struck a long term agreement with NBC Universal for the rights to stream prior seasons of some of its hit shows, as well as stream new episodes

Okay, so maybe Netflix had to make a huge sound bite blunder for the subject to come up, but apparently the company is looking into letting Americans have a subscription plan that is streaming only and does not come with any DVD rentals by mail. The other day Netflix finally launched in Canada, and one

Recently I embarked on a search for a second monitor. As an Apple junkie, I really wanted to get an Apple Cinema display to go with the rest of the Mac computers in the house. but as a realistic person on a budget, I went on a non-Apple hunt instead. Tying to fit the features

Not that it should come as a surprise to anyone, but the Blockbuster chain of video rental stores has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As we reported yesterday, it was well-known that the company was preparing the filing, it was just a question of when it would actually happen.  According to Bloombergs, the

It seems that the formerly monolithic Blockbuster video chain is finally ready to go into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, something that has been predicted for months, if not years, at this point. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing could come as soon as today, or some

During Apple’s Keynote last Wednesday, Steve Jobs admitted that the first iteration of Apple TV was not a big hit. This was due to the content, price of content, lack of HD compatibility, storage management, and lack of streaming content. However, it appears that with the second-generation device, Apple has genuinely addressed the first-generation’s complaints.

DVD rentals by mail, and steaming movie company Netflix has struck yet another deal with a film company to make sure that there is always something new in its Watch Instantly system for customers to watch. Netflix announced this morning that it has struck a deal with Nu Image/Millennium Films for their movies to appear

It appears that the Google TV service is getting that much closer to reality as Google CEO Eric Schmidt is now talking about launch dates, as well as what electronics manufacturers are partnering up with them. It looks like it is going to be a very busy rest of the year for Google as it