How Rupert Murdoch's Fear Is Getting in the Way of Internet TV
News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch's reaction to a Google TV presentations is the best explanation yet of why we won't be seeing truly integrated Internet TV any time soon.
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Tim Cook's vague references to Apple's iTV plan on Tuesday night sounded less like "coy" admissions about a much rumored plan to take over the living room, and more like the exact same company line we've been hearing for years about Apple TV 2.0, which have resulted in everything but the television of the future.
News Corp. mogul Rupert Murdoch's reaction to a Google TV presentations is the best explanation yet of why we won't be seeing truly integrated Internet TV any time soon.
Just as Netflix is about to lose all of its Starz movie offerings, HBO has decided to stop selling its DVDs to the service.
Unimpressed by the shiniest TV technological innovations, consumers aren't jumping to buy the latest models, which has pushed set prices down, making it all the better for shoppers.
Unable to kill its DVD business by separating out into Qwikster, Netflix seems to have stumbled on a new strategy to wean new customers off their shiny disc addiction: make it pretty much impossible to find a way to sign up for a subscription.
We've known Apple has had TV ambitions bigger than its relatively useless TV box for awhile, but according to the The Wall Street Journal's Jessica Vascellaro and Sam Schechner, Apple is really, really thinking about it now.
With the Internet TV model not quite perfected, the field is wide open for predictions and theories on what the future holds for the seemingly inevitable conjoining of television with web offerings.
With the Internet coming to TV on streaming boxes, like Xbox's Live TV redux, which debuts tomorrow, the experience of television watching is looking to get a lot more like Web surfing and a lot less like vegging out on the couch.
Microsoft's Xbox 360 Live, which customers can now sign up for, offers more than any other box in the lame streaming TV industry, but if you're looking to cut pricey cable out of your life and totally rely on the Internet for TV, these aren't the gadgets for you.
Netflix may have reached a financial roadblock in its plan to win back respect and subscribers.
In the race for who can win TV, it's been Apple-this and Apple-that, but the once-shamed Google's been making serious moves lately.
For all the talk about cord cutting and our magical future of Internet TV, in real life, television is very much still corded with no signs of being unfettered.
After a freshman flop, Google has announced it's releasing version 2.0 of its TV on Sunday, this time with some features that turn it into a little personal TV aggregator.
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