Television Stories for 2021

LG Unveils OLED EX, the Next Generation of Its OLED TV Tech 41
How Peter Jackson's Beatles Documentary Used Custom AI To Remove Background Noise 44
Google's YouTube TV Reaches Deal to Restore Disney Channels 26
2021's Hugo Award Winners Include a Videogame, Plus Netflix and NBC Shows 71
YouTube TV Warns It May Lose All Disney-Owned Channels Amid Contract Dispute 72
Don't Buy a Monitor or TV Just for HDMI 2.1 -- Read the Fine Print or You Might Get Fooled 91
Cable News Talent Wars Are Shifting To Streaming Platforms 77
Roku, Google Settle Messy Battle Over YouTube Distribution 34
Ridley Scott Confirms 'Blade Runner' and 'Alien' Live-action Shows 37
Ask Slashdot: What's a 2021 Movie or TV Show That You Enjoyed Watching? 192
Vizio's Profit On Ads, Subscriptions, and Data Is Double The Money It Makes Selling TVs 49
Netflix Starts Rolling Out AV1 Codec To TVs 59
Amazon Discussing Renaming IMDb TV To Help Draw More Viewers 36
Disney+ Will Slash Your HDTV's Black Bars With IMAX Digital Update 37
Sinclair Workers Say TV Channels Are In 'Pandemonium' After Ransomware Attack 33
Leaked Email Allegedly Shows That Google Did Ask Roku For Special Treatment For YouTube 35
TV Prices Are the Highest They've Been In At Least Nine Years 87
Netflix Drops Action-Packed Teaser For 'Cowboy Bebop' Series 59
Netflix Calls Squid Game Its 'Biggest Ever Series At Launch' 70
Nintendo Throws Rare Bone To Modern EU Gamers Via N64 60 Hz Toggle 13
Comcast's Sky Jumping Into Television Business With Sky Glass 15
Squid Game Subtitles 'Change Meaning' of Netflix Show 86
New 'Babylon 5' Reboot Being Developed By Original Creator J. Michael Straczynski 191
Netflix Reveals Its Most-Watched TV Shows and Movies of All Time 37
'Doctor Who' Showrunner Russell T. Davies To Return For Next Season 162
Comcast and UK Subsidiary Sky Reportedly Launching Smart TVs 17
Netflix Launches Free Plan in Kenya To Boost Growth 30
Locast's Free TV Service Ordered To Shut Down Permanently After Copyright Loss 39
Comcast Will Soon Launch Smart TVs Under Its New XClass TV Brand 44
Amazon Launches a TV Line 60
Forget Netflix, Some Movie Fans Rewind To VHS Tapes 170
Amazon Prime Releases First Trailer for 'Wheel of Time' Series 66
Amazon Reportedly Close To Launching Its Own TV in the US 60
TV Streaming Service Locast Suspends Service After Court Ruling 75
Samsung Activates TV Block Function To Render All TV Sets That Were Looted and Stolen Useless 161
Netflix Reveals Premiere Date, First Images For Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Series 99
This Tiny Simpsons TV Lets You Watch Tiny Simpsons TV 40
Will Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation' Survive Its Transformation into a Streaming Series? 181
Cable TV Lost 1.1 Million Subscribers Last Quarter 45
'Folding Phones Are the New 3D TV' 100
Netflix Intensifies 'VPN Ban' and Targets Residential IP-Addresses Too 119
Young People Get Their Knowledge of Tech From TV, Not School 46
Vudu and FandangoNow Merge Into a Single Streaming Service 10
Netflix Announces SpaceX Documentary On Civilian Mission Into Orbit 42
Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series Will Premiere In September 2022 82
Jodie Whittaker and Showrunner Chris Chibnall To Leave 'Doctor Who' 131
Olympics Opening Ceremony Ratings Fall To 33-year Low 143
Iconic Japanese Videogame Music Incorporated Into Olympic Opening Ceremony 23
TV Networks Want To Yank Nielsen Accreditation 43
Nvidia Shield TV Owners Are Pissed About the Banner Ads in Android TV 65
Netflix Datamine Could Suggest a Partnership With PlayStation 7
LG's Rollable OLED TV On Sale In US For a Whopping $100,000 34
Netflix Plans To Offer Video Games In Push Beyond Films, TV 51
Not Just OLED: LG is About To Release Its First Mini LED TVs 48
YouTube TV Adds a $20 Monthly Upgrade for 4K Support and Offline Viewing 63
As US Govt Releases UFO Report, 'X-Files' Creator Remains Skeptical 158
Nielsen Now Knows When You Are Streaming 57
Is HBO Max Broken? 68
Rotten Tomatoes Is Launching a Linear Streaming Channel 24
Vizio Makes Nearly As Much Money From Ads and Data As It Does From TVs 55
Chinese TV Maker Skyworth Under Fire For Excessive Data Collection That Users Call Spying 34
On SNL Elon Musk Reveals He Has Asperger Syndrome - and Tanks the Price of Dogecoin 96
Elon Musk Begins Hosting 'Saturday Night Live' - As the World Watches 189
Amazon Is Turning Hit Sci-Fi Podcast 'From Now' Into a TV Show 16
Netflix is Exploring Developing 'N-Plus' 43
Elon Musk Teased on Twitter with Ideas for SNL Comedy Sketches 65
Former Netflix IT Executive Convicted of Fraud and Taking Bribes 24
Netflix Launches Button for Indecisive Couch Potatoes 65
Netflix's Dominance Starts to Slow as Streaming Rivals Gain 78
Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Is Crowdfunding Another Comeback - and Also Apps 22
Elon Musk Will Host 'Saturday Night Live' on May 8th 134
Apple Must Face Lawsuit for Telling Consumers They Can 'Buy' Movies, TV Shows 130
Apple Announces New Apple TV 4K With Redesigned Siri Remote 27
Annoying Loud TV Commercials To Get Scrutiny From the FCC 96
'Addams Family,' 'Buck Rogers' Actor Felix Silla Dies at 84 31
39% of Americans Say Netflix Has Best Original Content of All Streaming Services, Survey Finds 79
Google Is Removing Its Play Movies and TV App From Every Roku and Most Smart TVs 77
Documentary Claims to Unmask 'Q'. Are Q's Drops Over? 150
UK Broadcaster Wins Injunction To Stop Reddit Moderator Sharing Pirated TV Shows 45
How Should the Media Depict Autism? 117
T-Mobile Cuts Its Own TV Cord, Moves to Partner With YouTube TV 28
Most TV Completely Ignores Women's Sports, a 30-Year Study Finds 340
How William Shatner Is Celebrating His 90th Birthday 72
Zack Snyder Plans Another Version of Re-Edited 'Justice League' - in Black and White 93
Streaming Service Subscriptions Surpass 1 Billion as Global Box Office Craters 17
Netflix Tests Cracking Down On Password Sharing 81
LG is Cramming Ads Everywhere It Can On its TVs 262
Disney+ Tops 100 Million Subscribers Worldwide 130
Samsung Will Soon Ship Micro LED TVs, But Mini LED Still Leads the Lineup 26
PlayStation Store Will Stop Selling Movies Nobody Bought 22
Disney CEO Suggests There's No 'Going Back' To Pre-COVID Film Releases 90
Altice USA CEO Says Cable TV Will Die and Broadband and Wireless Companies Should Merge 35
Smart TVs Running Google TV Will Have a 'Basic' Option 173
LG Says It Will License webOS To Other TV Makers 82
Amazon Prime Video Direct and the Dystopian Decision To Stop Accepting Documentaries 75
Disney+ Added Content Disclaimers to 18 Episodes of 'The Muppet Show' 379
Martin Scorsese Argues Streaming Algorithms Devalue Cinema into 'Content' 167
Americans Are Consuming More Foreign Content than Ever 215
Why Does the Apple TV Still Exist? 189
Disney Says It Now Has 94.9 Million Disney+ Subscribers 83
Customized Apple-Themed Game Boy Color Doubles As An Apple TV Remote 11
AT&T Eats a $15.5 Billion Impairment Charge As DirecTV Debacle Continues 44
TiVo Says People Want Ads 154
Ant Group Sponsors Reality Competition Show About Programmers 32
'Babylon 5' Actress Mira Furlan Dies At 65 52
AT&T Kills Off the Failed TV Service Formerly Known As DirecTV Now 54
Samsung's Huge MicroLED TVs Let You Watch Four Things at Once 56
Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce Now Support is Coming To LG's 2021 TVs 24
Final Episode Aired For American Quiz Show Host Alex Trebek 42
Roku Buys Quibi Content For Less Than $100 Million 13
Roku Tops 51 Million Accounts, Becoming the Biggest Smart TV Platform in North America 84
Sony TVs Get Brighter OLED, Cognitive Processing, Google TV Streaming in 2021 33
Discovery+ Launches Today 62
Quibi Reportedly In Talks To Sell Its Shows To Roku 12
The Most-Pirated TV Show of 2020 Was 'The Mandalorian' 99
Has 'The Mandalorian' on Disney+ Redeemed the Star Wars Universe? 242
Forget the Streaming Wars -- Pandemic-Stricken 2020 Lifted Netflix and Others 6