Television Stories for 2019

3D TV Tells You Everything About This Decade's Tech 196
New Law Finally Bans Bullshit Cable TV Fees 49
Why Do 88% of Americans Use a Second Screen While Watching TV? 138
Ask Slashdot: Will Future TVs Be Able To DeepFake Actor Faces In Realtime? 65
The Next Big Streaming Trend? Recommendations From Actual People 36
The BBC's 1992 TV Show About VR, 3D TVs With Glasses, and Holographic 3D Screens 54
TiVo, Xperi to Merge in $3 Billion Entertainment Tech Deal 21
Over 100 PBS Local Stations Start Streaming Today On YouTube TV 35
LucasFilm President Answers The Burning 'Star Wars' Question: What's Next? 211
'Maximum PC' Magazine Accurately Predicted Apple TV-Like Devices In 2001 44
Remembering Rene Auberjonois, 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' Actor 27
Roku Built the Dominant Streaming Box. Now It's Under Siege 93
Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Movies, TV Shows, and Documentaries of 2019? 107
Google Built Its Own Tiny HDMI 2.1 Box To Jump-Start 'the Next Generation of Android TV' 23
Linux Users Can Now Use Disney+ After DRM Fix 26
Remembering Star Trek Writer DC Fontana, 1939-2019 25
EU Study Shows Online Piracy is Complex and Not Easy To Grasp 44
Plex Launches Free, Ad-Supported Video Service in 200-Plus Countries, Territories 35
Cord-Cutting Pushed To 'Tipping Point' as Video Streaming Grows 78
Now Even the FBI is Warning About Your Smart TV's Security 126
Apple's and Microsoft's 2019 Holiday Ads: Naughty Or Nice? 71
Netflix Cancels Rebooted 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' 80
Cable Execs Now Falsely Claiming Cord Cutting Is Slowing Down 59
YouTube Masthead, Rolling Out To All Users, is a Massive Auto-Playing Video Ad for TV 58
The Filmmaking Tech Behind 'The Mandalorian' Is Straight Out of the Star Wars Universe 90
Thousands of Hacked Disney+ Accounts Are Already For Sale On Hacking Forums 46
Hulu Boosts the Price of Its Live-TV Service 36
Disney + and 'The Mandalorian' Are Driving People Back To Torrenting 277
More Than 10 Million Sign Up For Disney+ in First Day 59
Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Exploring New Ways Such as Authentication Using Fingerprints To Crack Down on Password Sharing 116
Older Samsung Smart TVs, Certain Roku Devices To Lose Netflix Support Next Month 170
Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+ 71
Enjoy Netflix While It Lasts. It Can't Keep Going Like This Forever. 194
Apple TV+ Meets Rivals on Originals, But Lack of Back Catalog Is Big Omission 44
Sony is Closing Vue, Its Pay TV Streaming Service You Never Used 40
Netflix Plan To Test Varying Play Speeds Meets Filmmaker Backlash 212
Nvidia Revamps Shield Android TV Streamer, Introduces New $150 Model 47
The FCC is Using Streaming Services as an Excuse To Raise Cable Rates 52
Netflix Launches $4 Mobile-only Monthly Plan in Malaysia 20
Comcast's 'Free' Streaming Box Actually Requires an Additional $13 a Month Fee 29
Netflix May Crack Down On Password Sharing 94
Disney+ Does Not Work On Linux Devices 80
'South Park' Nears $500-Million Deal for US Streaming Rights 52
Apple Hid a Lightning Connector For Debugging In the Apple TV 4K's Ethernet Port 60
Unnatural Selection: the Eye-Opening Netflix Docuseries On Gene Editing 27
Apple Told Some Apple TV+ Show Developers Not To Anger China 78
Smart TVs Are Data-Collecting Machines, New Study Shows 41
Hulu Finally Adds Downloads For Offline Mobile Viewing 16
Monty Python's 50th Anniversary Celebrated With 'Extremely Silly' Event 51
Disney Bans Netflix Ads As Streaming's Marketing Wars Intensify 44
Apple TV Plus Movies Might Hit Theaters Before Streaming Service 6
Spider-Man Returns To the Marvel Cinematic Universe 40
Court Says FCC Ignored Hard Data In Rush To Help Media Companies 35
Mysterious Avid Issue Knocks Out Mac Pro Workstations Across Hollywood 98
As Netflix Loses TV favorites Like 'The Office' To New Rivals, DVD and Blu-ray Sellers See a Big Opportunity 54
HBO Fends Off Streamers at Emmys While Other TV Networks Struggle 92
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 'Nog' Actor Aron Eisenberg Has Died at 50 63
'Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates' Premieres on Netflix 49
TiVo Tests Running Pre-Roll Ads Before DVR Recordings 46
AT&T Explores Parting Ways With DirecTV 59
Smart TVs, Smart-Home Devices Found To Be Leaking Sensitive User Data, Researchers Find 66
Amazon Confirms 'Lord of the Rings' TV Series Will Be Filmed In New Zealand 106
'Big Bang Theory' Sets Staggering Multi-Billion-Dollar HBO Max Streaming Deal 94
NBCUniversal's Streaming Service Is Called Peacock and It's Launching Next April 69
Netflix Lands 'Seinfeld' Rights in $500M-Plus Deal After Losing 'Friends' and 'The Office' 115
'Men In Black' Director Barry Sonnenfeld Calls 8K, Netflix HDR 'Stupid' 279
AT&T To Lose 1.1 Million TV Subscribers As DirecTV Continues Nosedive 75
Comcast Sues Maine To Stop Law Requiring Sale of Individual TV Channels 141
Apple Prices TV+ Video Service at $4.99 a Month, Hitting Netflix and Disney 74
Google Search is Getting Personalized TV and Movie Recommendations 15
Disney Is Leading the Charge Against Netflix By Returning To Weekly Episode Releases 129
TV Manufacturers Unite To Tackle the Scourge of Motion Smoothing 152
Jessi Combs, the 'Fastest Woman On Four Wheels,' Killed In Land-Speed Record Crash 152
Netflix-like Pirate Sites Offered More Video Than the Real Netflix, Feds Say 31
Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? 893
UHD Alliance, Filmmakers, TV Vendors, and Hollywood Studios Announce 'Filmmaker Mode' To Fight Motion Smoothing 6
Netflix Tests 'Collections' That Are Curated By Humans Instead of Algorithms 32
Streaming Video Will Soon Look Like the Bad Old Days of TV 140
YouTube To Allow Everyone To Watch YouTube Originals For Free 57
Disney Fights Streaming Account Sharing With Help From Cable Industry 46
America's Elderly Seem More Screen-Obsessed Than the Young 38
Chernobyl and Why Some TV Shows Should Be Unbingeable 206
Disney Announces $12.99 Bundle For Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ 118
MoviePass Worked Out Great 118
Major Broadcasters Sue TV Streaming Nonprofit Locast 90
AT&T Kills DirecTV Now Brand Name As TV Subscribers Leave In Droves 73
American Movie Studios Appease Chinese Censors 284
Amazon Just Brought Prime Video To VR Headsets 55
Would You Pay $17 To $27 Monthly For All Video Streaming Services Combined? 196
AT&T Loses Nearly 1 Million TV Customers After Raising DirecTV Prices 75
Is Motion Smoothing Ruining Cinema? 347
As Streaming Offerings Become More Expensive and Convoluted, People Are Setting Up Their Own Smaller, More Intimate Platforms 159
TV Antenna Listings on Amazon Are Rife With Dubious Claims 170
6.6 Million Lose CBS Channels After 'Business Dispute' With AT&T 143
Comic-Con Trailers Include 'Star Trek: Picard' and HBO's 'Watchmen' Series 205
New 'HBO Max' Streaming Service Will Include a 'Dune' TV Series 53
Netflix Will Roll Out a Lower-Priced Subscription Plan in India 58
Ajit Pai's New Gift To Cable Companies Would Kill Local Fees and Rules 96
Streaming's Bounty of Choices Overwhelms Consumers 115
Coming To a Streaming Service Near You: Shows Costing as Much as Big-Budget Movies 81
WarnerMedia Announces HBO Max, Its Netflix Rival That Will Launch Next Year 65
Netflix Could Lose Almost a Quarter of Its Subscribers If It Started Running Ads, Study Shows 172
Is Streaming TV About To Get Really Expensive? 378
TV is Still the Most Common Way For Americans To Get Local News, But Fewer People Are Watching 94
In Japan, It's a Riveting TV Plot: Can a Worker Go Home On Time? 170
'Avengers: Endgame' Is Returning To Theaters With New Footage 122
Samsung Recommends Scanning QLED TVs For Viruses 191
Netflix Unveils Plans To Develop Original Shows Into Video Games 57
Steven Spielberg Is Writing a Horror Series That You Can Only Watch At Night 136
Supreme Court To Consider Racial Discrimination Case Against Comcast 74
Cringely Predicts The End Of Broadcast TV Within A Decade 171
Piracy is Ethically Acceptable For Many Harvard Lawyers, Research Finds 101
WarnerMedia Scraps Plan For a Three-Tiered Streaming Service, To Package HBO, Cinemax and its Library Into One Offering For $16 to $17 a Month 61
HBO's 'Chernobyl' is Now the Top-Ranked TV Show of All Time 298
Blake's 7 Actor Paul Darrow Dies At 78 107
NSF Greenlights $1.1 Million Remake of Microsoft's 2016 'Code Trip' PBS Show 40
Netflix To Raise Prices For UK Subscribers By Up To 20% 70
Will Disney+ Destroy Netflix? 348
How 'The Big Bang Theory' Normalized Nerd Culture 375
Cable TV Customer Satisfaction Falls Even Further Behind Streaming Video 52
10-Year-Old's Reality-Show Victory Revoked After Automated Bot Voting 56
'Game of Thrones' Fan Petition for Final Season Do-Over Snowballs 494
New HHS Rule To Force Drug Companies To List Prices In TV Ads 76
Huawei's First Television Could Also Be the World's First 5G 8K TV 196
'Let's Watch Netflix: Three Words Guaranteed To Kill a Romantic Mood' 439
Why Everyone Is Watching TV With Closed Captioning On These Days 440
Samsung Thinks Millennials Want Vertical TVs 288
Robot News Presenter Causes a Stir On Russian TV 66
Netflix Is Experimenting With a 'Random Episode' Feature For TV Shows 39
Starz Goes on Twitter Meta-Censorship Spree To Cover Up TV-Show Leaks 55
Dragons, Nuclear Weapons, and Game of Thrones 86
China's 'Game of Thrones' Fans Try Torrents, VPNs For Uncensored Episodes 47
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings To Depart Facebook Board of Directors 41
Disney+ Streaming Service To Launch In November, Priced At $6.99 Monthly 130
T-Mobile Rebrands Layer3 Service as 'TVision Home', Inks Deal To Add Amazon Prime Video 29
YouTube TV Costs $50 Per Month After Another Price Hike 227
Apple Will Likely Replace iTunes on macOS With Standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV Apps in Next Major Update 51
Sony Creates Colossal 16K Screen In Japan 56
Viewers Who Stream More Also Go To Cinemas More 53
Cord-Cutting in America May Have Already Peaked 161
Apple TV+ Includes A Muppet Who Codes 80
Android TV Update Puts Home-Screen Ads On Multi-Thousand-Dollar Sony Smart TVs 212
Amazon Plans To Take on Roku By Vastly Expanding Its Free Ad-Supported Streaming Services: Report 39
Apple TV+, With Shows From Spielberg, Oprah and J.J. Abrams, is Coming This Fall 101
Apple's Plan For Its New TV Service: Sell Other People's TV Services 95
Cable Lobby Seeks Better Reputation By Dropping 'Cable' From Its Name 63
Global Box Office Flat in 2018, Netflix and Subscription Services Rise in Popularity 53
Netflix Won't Join Apple's Video Streaming Service 46
New Mirai Malware Variant Targets Signage TVs and Presentation Systems 21
After 40 Years 'Dungeons & Dragons' is Suddenly Popular 182
Vizio Wants Next-Generation Smart TVs To Target Ads To Households 235
Apple Confirms March 25th Event, Expected To Announce New TV Service 38
Disney To Close 'Vault' For Good As It Moves Film Library To Streaming Service 153
Samsung Patents Wireless TV With No Power Cable 55
Netflix Makes Statement In Wake Of Steven Spielberg's Attempt To Block Streaming Giant From Oscars 176
Android TV Bug Gave Users Access To Strangers' Google Photos 41
Can the BBC and ITV Challenge Netflix? 87
Netflix is Testing Even More Expensive Subscription Prices 143
Samsung is Loading McAfee Antivirus Software On Smart TVs 160
Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims 252
Studies Keep Showing That the Best Way To Stop Piracy Is To Offer Cheaper, Better Alternatives 111
Rotten Tomatoes Bans User Reviews and Comments Before a Film's Theatrical Release To Counter Online Trolls 443
Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth' 214
'Netflix Is the Most Intoxicating Portal To Planet Earth' 94
Hollywood Tries To Cripple Several Alleged Pirate TV Services In One Lawsuit 30
Netflix Cancels The Punisher and Jessica Jones, Ending its Marvel Shows 273
How TV Pirates Accidentally Pushed a 25-Year-Old Indie Song to the Top of the Charts in Japan 43
Netflix Has Saved Every Choice You've Ever Made In 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch' 102
Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued 156
Netflix, Amazon, and Hollywood Studios Shut Down Dragon Box 54
Amazon Prime Video Has More Movies, But Netflix Has Higher-Rated Films, Study Says 200
YouTube TV Opens To the Whole US 57
Netflix Becomes First Streaming Company To Join the MPAA 139
Netflix Says It Has 10 Percent of All TV Time In the US 52
Netflix To Raise Prices By 13% To 18% 228
Streaming TV May Never Again Be as Simple, or as Affordable, as It is Now 343
GPU Accelerated Realtime Skin Smoothing Algorithms Make Actors Look Perfect 138
Ask Slashdot: Is Today's Technology As Cool As You'd Predicted When You Were Young? 352
Netflix Sued By 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Publishers Over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch 135
IMDb Launches Ad-Supported Movie Streaming Service 39
Taking the Smarts Out of Smart TVs Would Make Them More Expensive 329
Apple Might Launch Its Long-Awaited TV Service In First Half of 2019 33
LG Introduces Rollable OLED TV 90
AT&T, Dish, Comcast All Raising Cable TV Rates To Counter Cord-Cutting 283
Sony Appears To Be Blocking Kodi On Its Recent Android TVs 115
Samsung Smart TVs Will Support Apple AirPlay 2 and iTunes Videos in Spring 2019 49
LG Unveils 88-inch 8K TV That Doubles as a Giant Speaker 71
Hackers Are Taking Over Chromecasts To Promote a YouTube Channel 90