Television Stories for 2016

Amazon Prime Video's Global Launch Looks Soft, But It's Just a First Step 19
BitTorrent Live's 'Cable Killer' P2P Video App Finally Hits iOS 37
Google and Amazon Will Let You Rent a Movie for $0.99 During the Holiday 63
A Record High of 455 Scripted TV Shows Aired in 2016 189
Sling TV Accidentally Reveals Its Set-Top Box For Cord Cutters 86
Chicago Electronics Recycler Faked Tear-Downs, Sent Hazardous Waste To Overseas Landfills 91
YouTube Bans North Korea's State-Owned TV Channel 55
Netflix Gets New Global Rival: Amazon Prime Video Now Available In Over 200 Countries 65
Comcast Raises Controversial 'Broadcast TV' and 'Sports' Fees $48 Per Year 166
Google Is Testing User Ratings For Movies, TV Within Search Results 11
Slashdot Asks: Would You Like Early Access To Movies And Stop Going To Theatres? 341
Apple Is In Talks With Hollywood For Early Access To Movies On iTunes: Bloomberg 51
Falsely Accused Movie Pirate Deserves $17K Compensation, Court Says 60
Apple Launches Single Sign-On Service To Make Logging Into TV Apps Less Time-Consuming 29
Netflix Says People Watch Same Amount of Movies Regardless of Perceived Quality or Depth 162
Panasonic Announces 1,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio LCD Panel To Rival OLED 103
Most DVR Owners Are Recording Live Sports, Survey Says 137
Free TV-Show Streaming Hurts Online Sales, Research Finds 67
Plex Media Player Now Doesn't Require a Subscription; Pass Users Get Kodi Plug-in 84
British Film Institute To Digitize 100,000 Old TV Shows Before They Disappear 124
Social Media Is Killing Discourse Because It's Too Much Like TV 220
Netflix Finally Gets Download Option 105
AT&T Unveils DirecTV Now Streaming TV Service With Over 100 Channels 80
Ron Glass, Firefly's Shepherd Book, Has Died 67
Samsung Places A Big Bet on Quantum-Dot TV, Acquires QD Vision 46
False Porn-on-CNN Report Shows How Quickly Fake News Spreads 158
Aussie Internet Pirates Are The Best Customers 48
4K Netflix Arrives On Windows 10, But Only Via Microsoft's Edge Browser 126
The Grand Tour Show To Be Streamed In Over 200 Markets as Amazon Prime Video Goes Global 70
FCC Abides By GOP Request To Stop What It's Doing, Deletes Everything From Meeting Agenda 119
Police Raid Pirate Site, Seize 60 Servers Following MPAA Complaint 60
'Stranger In a Strange Land' Coming To TV 227
Samsung Patent Describes Holographic TV Technology 52
IMDb Sues California To Overturn Law Forcing Them To Remove Actors' Ages 68
DirecTV Now Leak Reveals Channels, Promotions of AT&T's Upcoming TV Service 45
Mythbuntu Linux Has Been Discontinued 49
US Government Sues AT&T/DirecTV, Calls It 'Ringleader' of Collusion Scheme 113
Facebook Deletes Music Piracy Groups Following Complaints 26
Cable TV Price Increases Have Beaten Inflation Every Single Year For 20 Years 112
Star Trek Discovery Gets Delayed After Losing Showrunner Bryan Fuller 191
Apple Debuts New 'TV' Guide and Watchlist App For Apple TV, iPhone and iPad 20
Apple To Help Viewers Discover TV Shows Through an App 45
AT&T CEO: DirecTV Now Streaming Service Will Cost $35 a Month 121
People Like Netflix's Original Content More Than Its Other Content: AllFlicks 77
AT&T Buys Time Warner For $85B. Is The Mass Media Consolidating? 132
Television Needs To Be Reinvented, Says Apple SVP 200
All the Good Netflix Movies Are in Canada and Brazil 93
Google To Launch Streaming TV Service In Early 2017 21
LeEco Who? Chinese Tech Giant Tries Its Luck In the US With 'More Products Than You've Ever Seen' 59
Netflix's Big Bet on Original Shows Finally Seen Paying Off 90
Netflix Is 12x As Popular As Its Streaming Competitors Among Younger Viewers, Says Survey 44
Facebook Now Lets You Use Google Cast or AirPlay To Stream Video On Your TV 31
Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies From IMDB's Top 250 List 181
Viewers Only Watch 10% of Pay-TV Channels: Nielsen 198
Sharp Unveils 27-inch 8K 120Hz IGZO Monitor With HDR 105
Netflix CEO: Movie Theaters Are 'Strangling the Movie Business'' 342
Netflix Partners With iPic To Release Its Original Movies In Theaters, NATO Urges To 'Tread Lightly' 134
Google Gets Serious About Home Automation: Unveils Google Home, Actions on Google and Google Wifi 91
Google Refreshes Its Streaming Dongle: Unveils $69 Chromecast Ultra With 4K and HDR Capabilities 51
Netflix Goes Down, People Freak Out and Discover Real Life 88
Cable TV Companies Could Lose Nearly $1 Billion in the Next Year From People Ditching Their Subscriptions 250
You're Paying 40% More For TV Than You Were 5 Years Ago 219
TV Manufacturers Accused of Gaming Energy Usage Tests 86
Netflix Wants 50% Of Its Library To Be Original Content 187
4K UHD TVs Are Being Adopted Faster Than HDTVs 207
Cable Lobby Tries To Make You Forget That It Represents Cable Companies 33
SciFi TV Series 'Space Patrol Orion' Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary 73
21st Century Fox Sues Netflix Over Executive Poaching 83
26% of Netflix Users May Cancel Cable TV This Year, Says Survey 92
28 Years A Smeghead: Red Dwarf Is Coming Back 153
Why The FCC Chair Says Set-Top Box Reform Proposal Could Change 33
Samsung Stops Airing Galaxy Note 7 Commercials, Preps Early Launch of Galaxy S8 86
Today Marks The 50th Anniversary of 'Star Trek' 204
FCC Chief To Unveil Revised Plan To Eliminate Cable Boxes 149
Canadian Telecoms Will Try to Justify Their 'Ripoff' TV Plans Today 141
Star Trek's LCARS Could Become Your Virtual Assistant 145
Judge Allows Kim Dotcom To Livestream Court Hearing 72
Welcome To 1986: Inside 'Halt And Catch Fire's' High-Tech Time Machine 75
US Unveils Charges Against KickassTorrents, Names Two More Defendants 110
North Korea Unveils Netflix-Like Streaming Service Called 'Manbang' 162
'SingularDTV' Will Use Ethereum For DRM On A Sci-Fi TV Show 78
Comcast Rolls Out $70-Per-Month Gigabit Internet Service In Chicago 93
Star Wars Actor Kenny Baker Dies at Age 81 51
Barry Jenner, Who Played Admiral Ross On 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,' Dies At 75 59
Hulu Ends Free Streaming Service, Moves Free Stuff To Yahoo View 111
Star Trek Convention Celebrates The Show's 50th Anniversary 25
Assange Says Wikileaks is 'Working On' Hacking Donald Trump's Tax Return 231
BBC To Deploy Detection Vans To Snoop On Internet Users 212
US Copyright Office Sides With Cable Companies Against FCC's Set Top Rules 137
TVs Are Still Too Complicated, and It's Not Your Fault 234
Japan Starts 8K TV Broadcasts In Time For Rio Olympics 154
Washington State Sues Comcast For $100M Over 'Pattern of Deceptive Practices' 90
Mr. Robot 'Plugs' uTorrent and Pirate Release Groups 118
Babylon 5 Actor Jerry Doyle Dies 156
Movie Studios 'Take Down' Popular KAT Mirror 111
The Mojave Desert: Home of the New Machine Movement 48
Apple's Rigid Negotiating Tactics Cost Us 'Skinny Bundles' For Apple TV, Says Report 111
Comcast Excited To Have Lost 4,000 TV Subscribers This Spring 68
James Cameron: Theater Experience Key To Containing Piracy 331
Nintendo NX Is a Portable Console With Detachable Controllers, Says Report 158
Subscribers Pay 61 Cents Per Hour of Cable, But Only 20 Cents Per Hour of Netflix 174
Chinese Giant LeEco Buys Vizio For $2 Billion, Gets Instant Foothold In US Market 56
Slashdot Asks: What's Next For Netflix? 193
MIT Developed A Movie Screen That Brings Glasses-Free 3D To All Seats 100
Star Trek's 50th Anniversary Celebrated at Comic-Con 106
Comcast To Offer Pay-As-You-Go TV, Broadband Service 43
Man Builds $1.5 Million Star Trek-Themed Home Theater 162
'The Wolf of Wall Street' Movie Was Financed With Stolen Money, Says DOJ 160
Feds Seize KickassTorrents Domains and Arrest Owner In Poland 302
Netflix Stock Price Tanks As Customers Quit Over Higher Prices 460
Pixels Are Driving Out Reality 304
Star Trek CBS Series To Be Streamed Internationally On Netflix 161
Apple Launching Reality TV Show Called 'Planet of the Apps' 62
Microsoft: Only Microsoft Edge Will Play Netflix Content At 1080p On Your PC 237
NBC Universal Patents a Way To Detect BitTorrent Pirates In Real-Time 104
Netflix Is The Least-Cancelled of All Major Streaming Services, Says Study 72
George Takei Opposes Gay Sulu In 'Star Trek Beyond' 354
YouTube Looking To Launch Online TV Service Next Year With ESPN, ABC, and CBS 24
Ask Slashdot: Is It Ever OK To Quit Without Giving Notice? 765
73% of Subscribers Would Download Netflix Content, Says Survey 94
Google Cast Is Now Baked Into Chrome, No Extension Needed 93
Top Gear Host Chris Evans Steps Down After Poor Ratings 251
Why Did The Stars Wars and Star Trek Worlds Turn Out So Differently? 359
DVD Player Found In Tesla Autopilot Crash, Says Florida Officials 485
CBS/Paramount Sets Phasers To Kill On Star Trek Fan-Fiction With New Guidelines 254
Ask Slashdot: What's Your Preferred Media Streaming Device? 226
IMAX Will Build You a Home Theater -- Starting at $400K 94
FCC Says TV Airwaves Being Sold For Wireless Use Are Worth $86.4 Billion 72
You Are Still Watching a Staggering Amount Of TV Every Day 188
Is The Future Of Television Watching on Fast-Forward? 296
Scientists Force Computer To Binge On TV Shows and Predict What Humans Will Do 63
Netflix to Soon Let Users Download Videos, Says Report 83
74% of Netflix Subscribers Would Rather Cancel Their Subscription Than See Ads 316
LG Sells Mosquito-Repelling TV In India 50
Cable Companies Pledge Industry-Wide Commitment But Want Control Over UI 83
Alien Contact Unlikely For Another 1,500 Years, Says Study 159
Social Media Overtakes Television As Young People's Main Source of News, Says Report 159
Google Matches Apple's Plan To Give Developers A Bigger Cut of The Revenue 44
Microsoft Isn't Adding a TV DVR Feature To Xbox One Anymore 76
Netflix Blocks Many IPv6 Users Over Geolocation Difficulty 229
Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Want a 'Smart TV'? 507
Panasonic To Stop Making LCD Panels For TVs 103
Samsung To Roll Out In-TV Ads To Legacy Displays Via Software Update 304
Smartphone Surveillance Tech Used To Target Anti-Abortion Ads At Pregnant Women 260
Americans Used Nearly 10 Trillion Megabytes of Mobile Data Last Year 91
September: Netflix Will 'Become Exclusive US Pay TV Home of Films From Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar' 175
Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women 858
Transparent Displays Are Here, But They're Pretty Useless 171
Live-Action Tetris Movie Secures $80 Million Funding, Plans To Be Part Of A Trilogy 122
EFF Confronts World Copyright Committee 32
Jeremy Clarkson's Amazon Show To Be Called The Grand Tour 145
Netflix Cuts Out Over 6 Days Of Commercials From Your Life Per Year, Compared To Cable TV 127
The Pirate Bay Now Blocked In Chrome, Firefox, And Safari 202
YouTube: Our Primetime Audience Is Bigger Than the Top 10 TV Shows Combined 46
Netflix Enables Streaming Quality Control To Reign In Mobile Data Usage 69
Star Wars Buttons And Lights You May Have Missed 125
YouTube To Launch 'Unplugged' Online TV Service In 2017 67
Slashdot Asks: What Do You Think Is The Most Influential Gadget Of All Time? 397
76% Of Netflix Subscribers Think Netflix Can Replace Traditional TV 160
The Pirate Bay Gets a 'Massive' $9 in Donations Per Day 103
Cable Industry Threatens To Sue If FCC Tries To Bring Competition To Cable Set Top Boxes 100
Rovi Acquires DVR Company TiVo For $1.1 Billion 50
Report: Comcast In Talks To Buy DreamWorks For $3 Billion 49
US Justice Dept Approves Charter's Time Warner Cable Purchase With Conditions 67
Google Search Will Soon Include Live TV Listings 36
Comcast To Allow TV Customers To Ditch Set-Top Box 113
Cheaper Vizio 4K TVs With Built-in Google Cast Are Here 81
VPN Blockade Backlash Doesn't Hurt Us, Says Netflix 98
Amazon Splits Prime Video Service To Compete Directly With Netflix 105
Netflix Has Twice As Many US Subscribers As Comcast 112
Google's Android N OS Will Support Pressure-Sensitive Screens 68
Obama Urges Opening Cable TV Boxes To Competition 75
Sarah Palin Says 'Bill Nye Is As Much A Scientist As I Am' 634
About 40,000 Unionized Verizon Workers Walk Off the Job 189
Netflix's Original Content Library Is Growing By 185% Each Year 103
Vizio's New TVs Sport Google Cast, HDR and Android Tablets 56
Netflix CEO Says Blocking Proxy Services Is Maturation of Internet TV 191
An Inside Look At How Netflix Builds Code 48
Amazon Job Posting Hints At New VR Platform 17
Comcast Hit With FCC Complaint Over Net Neutrality Violations 109
Government To Bring Forward Law To Close BBC 'iPlayer Loophole' 100
CRTC Enforced $25/mo Cable TV Is Now Available To Canadians, But With Caveats 194
FCC Complaints For the 2016 Primary Debates 178
Microcasting Color TV By Abusing a Wi-Fi Chip 63
China Set To Ban All Foreign Media From Publishing Online 110
FCC Votes To Fight Cable's Reign Over Set-top Boxes 186
End of an Era As Pioneering BBC3 Becomes an Online-Only Station 85
The Pirate Bay Now Let You Stream Movies and TV, Not Just Download 125
In Japan, a Battle Brewing Over the Right To Record 4k and 8k Broadcasts 105
Torrents Time Lets Anyone Launch Their Own Web Version of Popcorn Time 144
Price Dispute Means 800k Customers Lose TV Channels In Sweden 164
Cable Lobby Steams Up Over FCC Set-Top Box Competition Plan 167
DOJ and 4 States Want $24 Billion In Fines From Dish Network For Telemarketing 117
Intel Compute Stick Updated With Cherry Trail Atom, Tested 90
Netflix's Doomed Battle Against VPNs Begins 159
Nielsen Adds Facebook To Social TV Ratings 28
Tension Escalates Between Netflix and Its TV Foes 302
Matt Groening In Talks With Netflix For Animated Series 103
RIP Alan Rickman, AKA Hans Gruber, Severus Snape 174
The BBC Announces Robot Wars' Return To TV 77
AT&T Brings Back Unlimited Mobile Data To Lure TV Subscribers 68
Android-Based Smart TVs Aren't That Smart When You Install Malware On Them 89
Netflix Teams With LG For 'Prepaid' Streaming Worldwide 32
CBS, Others Sued For Copyright Infringement Over "Soft Kitty" In Big Bang Theory 349
A New, App-Based Format For Novels 57
Gene Roddenberry's Floppy Disks Recovered 277
What the Future Fiction of 2015 Revealed About Humans Today 179
LG Announces "Super UHD" TV Lineup 121