Now that Web users are increasingly connecting via broadband lines at home, look for Internet service providers to start competing with each other by boosting speed.» 0 Comments
Long-defunct TV shows have found new life online, on sites like Hulu.com or AOL's in2TV. And now, an old TV network is also being resurrected on the Web. The WB network, which folded in 2006, will launch online at WB.com next month, with a slate of free, ad-supported programs including "Smallville," "Gilmore Girls" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."» 0 Comments
The CW's decision to nix free streams of "Gossip Girl" in order to boost TV ratings seemed like a dubious move at the time. And now that the episode has aired, it's clear that the strategy isn't likely to work.» 0 Comments
Hedging its bets, Microsoft is publicly talking about walking away from a Yahoo merger, but also has drawn up a slate of 13 candidates for Yahoo's board of directors, according to The Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, Yahoo's two-week search outsourcing test with Google has drawn antitrust scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Justice.» 0 Comments
Behavioral targeting company Phorm is facing more challenges in the U.K, where it's already come under fire for its proposed data collection methods.» 0 Comments
In one of its more puzzling moves, the CW has decided it will no longer make free streams of "Gossip Girl" available online. Clearly, the network hopes that pulling the show from the Web will force people to watch it in real time.» 0 Comments
With the two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission supporting stronger net neutrality laws and the two Republican commissioners favoring a more laissez-faire approach, it's falling to chairman Kevin Martin to pick sides in the debate. So far, he still appears to be wavering between the two.» 0 Comments
Continuing to defy the entertainment industry, Pirate Bay has just launched a new blogging service with the vow that it won't censor bloggers that don't violate Swedish laws.» 0 Comments
