Television Stories for 2017

That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You're Watching on TV 98
Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Books, Movies, Documentaries and Shows From This Year That You Liked and Recommend To Others? 91
Firefox Is Now Available On Amazon's Fire TV, Bringing YouTube Access With It 49
Cable TV's Password-Sharing Crackdown Is Coming 143
What's The Best TV Show About Working in Tech? 197
Mozilla Slipped a 'Mr. Robot'-Promo Plugin Into Firefox and Users Are Pissed 307
What Disney's Acquisition of Fox Means For the Future of Film and TV 139
T-Mobile Is Becoming a Cable Company 92
Jordan Peele To Executive Produce CBS 'The Twilight Zone' Reboot 64
40 Percent of America Will Cut the Cord By 2030, New Report Predicts 114
Quentin Tarantino and JJ Abrams Team Up For 'Star Trek' Movie 228
Not Even Free TV Can Get People To Stop Pirating Movies and TV Shows 221
Amazon Launches Web Browser For Fire TV 61
HDMI 2.1 Is Here With 10K and Dynamic HDR Support 176
Tom Baker Returns To Finish Shelved Doctor Who Episodes Penned By Douglas Adams 83
Plex's DVR Can Now Automatically Remove Commercials For You 75
A Third of Americans Still Buy and Rent Videos 126
Television's Most Infamous Hack Is Still a Mystery 30 Years Later 116
FCC Approves Next-Gen ATSC 3.0 TV Standard 158
FCC Repeals Decades-Old Rules Blocking Broadcast Media Mergers 146
Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed 203
Amazon Is Making a 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel Series 109
Amazon Developing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Prime Video: Report 74
Star Trek: Discovery Will Return On January 7th, 2018 278
Ask Slashdot: Can Smart TVs Insert Ads Into Your Movies? 235
Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series 236
Ask Slashdot: Should I Allow A 'Smart TV' To Connect To The Internet? 299
CBS To Reboot 'The Twilight Zone' 125
Another Million Subscribers Cut the Pay TV Cord Last Quarter 105
How Kodi Took Over Piracy 143
FCC To Loosen TV, Newspaper Ownership Rules 86
DirecTV to Launch Android TV-Based OTT Set-Top Box 28
FCC Ends Decades-Old Rule Designed To Keep TV, Radio Under Local Control 223
Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season 478
Verizon Loses 18,000 Pay TV Subscribers, Signals Delay For Live TV Streaming Service 42
Netflix, Amazon, Movie Studios Sue Over TickBox Streaming Device 135
Netflix Adds 5.3 Million Subs In Q3, Beating Forecasts 70
Cord-Cutters Drive Cable TV Subscribers to a 17-Year Low 201
Comcast Pressures Local Cable Firms to Curb Low-Cost TV Packages 98
Hulu Lowers Prices After Netflix Raises Theirs 108
Latest TVs Are Ready for Their Close-Ups 219
According To Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Still Runs Microsoft Windows 237
T-Mobile Won't Stop Claiming Its Network Is Faster Than Verizon's 106
Hollywood's International War on Kodi Plugins And Video-Streaming Boxes 57
Comcast's New 'Xfinity Instant TV' Streaming Service Charges $18 For What Antennas Offer For Free 91
Star Trek: Discovery Nearly Cracks Pirate Bay's Top 10 In Less Than 24 Hours 390
'Star Trek: Discovery' Premieres Tonight 456
NVIDIA Drops the Basic Shield TV's Price To $180 66
There Will Be 22 Million Cord Cutters By 2018, Says Report 113
South Park's Season Premier Sets Off Everyone's Amazon Echo 291
Disney Is Lone Holdout From Apple's Plan to Sell 4K Movies for $20 148
Rotten Tomatoes Scores Don't Correlate To Box Office Success or Woes, Research Shows 106
The Washington Post Pans Apple-Sponsored School Reform TV Special 162
Disney Is Pulling Star Wars and Marvel Films From Netflix 195
TV Turns 90 117
Binge Watching TV Makes It Less Enjoyable, Study Says 139
Amid Crackdown On Torrent Websites, Some Users Move To Google Drive To Distribute Movies and Shows 84
Google Conducted Hollywood 'Interventions' To Change Look of Computer Scientists 644
Sharp Announces 8K Consumer TVs Now That We All Have 4K 285
Comcast Sues Vermont To Avoid Building 550 Miles of New Cable Lines 201
Apple Pushes Studios to Offer 4K Content for Upcoming Apple TV at Lower Prices, Report Says 76
Mayweather-McGregor Streaming Glitches Prompt Lawsuit Against Showtime 118
Columnist Mocks The Case Against Cord-Cutting As 'Too Many Choices' 314
Streaming Glitches Delay Massively Hyped Mayweather-McGregor Boxing Match 186
Ask Slashdot: Best Non-Smart TV Sets? 320
Apple Is Planning a 4K Upgrade For Its TV Box 63
Samsung TV Owners Furious After Software Update Leaves Sets Unusable 346
Roku Is the Top Streaming Device In the US and Still Growing, Report Finds 96
Plex Responds, Will Allow Users To Opt Out Of Data Collection 91
Should Plex Stop Allowing Users To Opt Out of Data Collection? 158
How Hackers Can Use Pop Songs To 'Watch' You 33
Netflix Plans To Spend $7 Billion On Content In 2018 97
Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step With the Body-Positive Movement? 688
Roku Gets Tough On Pirate Channels, Warns Users 79
YouTube Has An Illegal TV Streaming Problem 119
Samsung Pushes Its 4K/HDR TV Service in Europe 55
Netflix Discussing Keeping Streaming Rights To Disney's Marvel, Star Wars Films 52
HBO Hacker Leaks Message From HBO Offering $250,000 'Bounty Payment' 60
Facebook Launches Watch Tab For Video Shows, Uses TV's 75-Year-Old Marketing Pitch 40
Disney Ditching Netflix Keeps Piracy Relevant 263
David Letterman Returning to TV With Netflix Talk Show 70
Game of Thrones Hackers Demand Ransom 70
CBS Delaying 'Star Trek: Discovery' To Maintain Quality 228
Millennials Unearth an Amazing Hack to Get Free TV: the Antenna 564
Hackers Break Into HBO's Networks, May Have Leaked 'Game of Thrones' Script 82
YouTube Red and Google Play Music Will Merge To Create a New Service 59
AT&T Loses Record Number of Traditional TV Subscribers In Q2, Drops 156,000 DirecTV Satellite Customers 83
George A. Romero, Martin Landau Both Died This Weekend 53
Tech Companies Capture A Third Of This Year's Emmy Nominations 31
Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker 508
Netflix Shows Are All Worldwide Hits -- Until They're Not 193
Amazon Prime Will Soon Be More Popular Than Cable TV 116
TV Networks Hide Bad Ratings With Typos, Report Says 115
HBO and Cinemax Come To Hulu, But You'll Need the New App To Watch 67
Forced Arbitration Isn't 'Forced' Because No One Has To Buy Service, Says AT&T 342
PBS Bets $3 Million That Monkeys Are Better CS Preschool Teachers Than Rabbits 82
Amazon Will Offer Prime Video At Half-Price In All New Markets For Six More Months 34
Netflix Launches New 'Interactive Shows' That Let Viewers Dictate the Story 104
BBC Technical Glitch Leaves TV Presenter In Silence 56
Domestic Appliances Guzzle Far More Energy Than Advertised, Says EU Survey 205
How Hollywood Got Hacked: Studio at Center of Netflix Leak Breaks Silence 79
The Best And Worst ISPs According To Consumer Reports 90
'Star Trek: Discovery' Gets September Premiere Date On CBS & CBS All Access, Season 1 Split In Two 243
Studio-Defying VidAngel Launches New Video-Filtering Platform 201
Pirate Bay Is Infringing Copyright, European Court of Justice Rules 108
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier 263
Netflix Has More American Subscribers Than Cable TV 74
Ask Slashdot: Your Favorite Subscription Services? 223
Sharp To Americans: You Don't Want to Buy a Sharp-Brand TV 115
That Time Adam West, TV's 'Batman', Also Advocated For Videogames 38
Younger Millennials Don't Know What Networks Are Responsible For TV Shows, Unless It's Netflix 185
What Are Some Documentaries and TV Shows That You Recommend To Others? 278
Apple's 'Planet of the Apps' Reality Show Is 'Bland, Tepid, Barely Competent Knock-off of 'Shark Tank' 78
Cable TV 'Failing' As a Business, Cable Industry Lobbyist Says 185
Hackers Leak Eight Episodes of An Unreleased ABC Show 87
Movie Studios Are Blaming Rotten Tomatoes For Killing Movies No One Wants To See 316
Bill Simmons Says ESPN Blew It By Not Embracing Tech 120
UCF Research Could Bring 'Drastically' Higher Resolution To Your Phone and TV 108
Comcast Customer Satisfaction Drops 6% After TV Price Hikes, ACSI Says 52
Cord-Cutters Are Ditching Their Cable Packages At the Fastest Rate Ever 204
The Cable TV Industry Is Getting Even Less Popular 104
Facebook Signs BuzzFeed, Vox, Others For Original Video Shows 15
EU Passes 'Content Portability' Rules Banning Geofencing 119
Families Will Spend More Than a Third of Summer Staring At Screens 103
Star Trek Discovery's First Trailer Brings a New Ship, New Characters, and Old Conflicts 507
Google Home Gets Notifications, Hands-Free Calling, a TV Interface and More 37
Popular Torrent Site ExtraTorrent Permanently Shuts Down 169
Amazon Targets Cord Cutters With First-Ever Integrated Fire TV Sets 80
Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse 206
Our Obsession With Trailers Is Making Movies Worse 28
Streaming Services Will Pay Writers More Under New Writers Guild Pact 64
HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Joins The Push For A Decentralized Web 115
Going After Netflix, Cannes Bans Streaming-Only Movies From Competition Slots 136
The Apple Watch Outsold Every Other Wearable Last Quarter 109
Cord-Cutting Spikes Fivefold In Cable TV's Worst Quarter Ever 156
Hulu Launches Its Live TV Streaming Service 53
Hacker Leaks 'Orange Is the New Black' Episodes After Failing To Extort Netflix 144
BitTorrent is Shutting Down Its Live TV Streaming Service 18
What Happens To Summer TV Binges If Hollywood Writers Strike 205
Netflix Is Now In China Via a Deal With iQiyi 18
WikiLeaks Releases New CIA Secret: Tapping Microphones On Some Samsung TVs 100
Court Rules Fan Subtitles On TV and Movies Are Illegal 137
FCC Takes First Step Toward Allowing More Broadcast TV Mergers 71
Netflix Nears 100 Million Subscribers 47
17 Years Later, A New Season Of MST3K Premiers On Netflix 84
Roku-Enabled TVs Will Soon 'Listen' To Programs You're Watching To Suggest Streaming Content 52
Broadcasters Put New Ad-Skipping Restrictions On YouTube TV 227
TV's Golden Age Is Anything But, Say Writers Preparing To Strike 200
China's LeEco Calls Off Its $2 Billion Purchase of TV Maker Vizio 25
Over 90% of College Students Today Regularly Use Netflix, But Only 34% Are Actually Paying For Their Own Account 55
YouTube Launches 'YouTube TV' In Select Markets 62
A Case For Why Movie-Theater Experience Is Still Worth the Effort 370
Netflix Now Lets You Download Videos Onto Your PC 60
Apple Wants To Sell Premium TV Channels in a Bundle 43
Will Streaming Media Lead To A Massive Writer's Strike? 316
Amazon Bans Sales of Media Player Boxes That Promote Piracy 102
Christopher Nolan and Sofia Coppola Urge Fans To Watch Films in Cinemas, Not On Netflix 360
About 90% of Smart TVs Vulnerable To Remote Hacking Via Rogue TV Signals 76
Enemy Number One is Netflix: The Monster That's Eating Hollywood 312
AMC Plans Ad-Free Streaming Service 40
Hollywood Producer Blames Rotten Tomatoes For Convincing People Not To See His Movie 395
Studios Flirt With Offering Movies Early in Home for $30 128
18 To 24-Year-Olds Are Hitting the Big Screen at Lower Rates 226
Cord-Cutting Isn't Nearly as Significant as Cable Providers Make It Out To Be 143
Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down 97
Movie Theaters Haven't Innovated Beyond Popcorn, Says Netflix CEO 213
DirecTV Admits Screwing Up Regional Sports Fees, Starts Issuing Credits 15
Buying a Samsung TV Online Could Jeopardize Your Data 30
Netflix Will Explore Mobile-Specific Cuts of Its Original Series 80
'The Matrix' Reboot: It's Finally Happened. Hollywood Has Run Out of All the Ideas 542
82% of Kids in 'Netflix Only' Homes Have No Idea What Commercials Are 301
Verizon Wireless Wades Right Back Into the Net Neutrality Debate With Fios Deal 37
Amazon Says It's Open To Pushing Content Through Cable Boxes 21
Despite Netflix and Amazon Prime, Most of the World Watches Pirated Content 244
For the First Time, More US Households Have Netflix Than a DVR 70
Streaming Pirate Content Isn't Illegal, UK Trading Standards Says 70
Streaming TV Sites Now Have More Subscribers Than Cable TV 47
Curated Advertising Is Coming To Highway Billboards 110
Americans Have Fewer TVs On Average Than They Did In 2009 164
YouTube Unveils YouTube TV, Its Live TV Streaming Service 95
One Billion Hours of YouTube Are Watched Every Day 72
In Twenty, Fifty Years, 'We May Be Entertaining AI', Says Netflix CEO 111
Slashdot Asks: Are Curved TVs Worth It? 179
Studios Push for $50 Early Home Movie Rentals 248
70 Percent of Young Swedish Men Are Video Pirates, Study Says 207
Facebook is Bringing Its Social Network To TV, Video App Announced For Apple's and Amazon's Set-Top Boxes 21
Netflix Geoblocking Loosened Under New EU Law 56
Police Arrest Five Men For Selling Kodi Boxes 'Fully Loaded' With Illegal Streaming Apps 105
EU Agrees To Cross-Border Access To Streaming Services 55
Battlestar Galactica Actor Richard Hatch Dies At 71 100
Vizio Settles With FTC, Will Pay $2.2 Million and Delete User Data 44
'The End Of The Level Playing Field' 108
A Super Bowl Koan: Does The NFL Wish It Were A Tech Company? 126
IMDb Is Shutting Down Its Long-Running, Popular Message Boards After 16 Years 168
Film Industry's Latest Search Engine Draws Traffic With 'Pirate' Keywords' 73
Roku Owners: Comcast Is About To Sell You Cable TV Without the Cable Box 108
Sony Warns It Will Take $1 Billion Writedown, Blames Slowing DVD Sales 157
Netflix Will Now Let Android Users Download Content Onto SD Storage 62
Amazon's Best Picture Oscar Nod Makes History For Streaming Media 38
NASA Names an Asteroid After 'Star Trek' Actor Wil Wheaton 126
Despite Glitches, AT&T's DirecTV Now Hits 200,000 Subscribers in Its First Month 25
Sony Is Weighing a Sale of Film, TV Business 37
Star Trek Discovery Gets Delayed Again As Spock's Father Is Cast 164
3D TV Is Dead 399
Netflix Calls Out HBO For Not Letting Subscribers Binge On New Shows 59
Verizon Looking To Buy Comcast or Charter, Says Report 82
Netflix is 'Killing' DVD Sales, Research Finds 316
Apple Exec Jimmy Iovine Confirms Company's Interest in Making 'Pop Culture' TV Shows 86
Head of Sony Entertainment, Michael Lynton, To Step Down 9
Apple Planning To Make Original TV Shows and Movies as Hardware Sales Soften 130
Streaming TV is Beginning To Look a Lot Like Cable 209
'OLED TVs Will Finally Take Off in 2017' 238
IMDb Ignores New Law Banning It From Publishing Actors' Ages Online, Cites Free Speech Violations 218
Ultrasound Tracking Could Be Used To Deanonymize Tor Users 207
Ask Slashdot: Why Did 3D TVs and Stereoscopic 3D Television Broadcasting Fail? 435
Samsung Claims Its New QLED TVs Are Better Than OLED TVs 190
Netflix Hasn't Forgotten About Its 4.3 Million DVD Subscribers 84
Piracy 'Warnings' Fail To Boost Box Office Revenues, Research Says 189
Dish's New AirTV Set-Top Box Does Over-the-Air and 4K Streaming 22
Programmer Finds Way To Liberate Ransomware Affected Smart TV, Thanks To LG 161