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Advertisers and broadcasters alike are scrambling to find their place in the quickly changing world of TV programming. Consumer preferences are rapidly shifting and the need for traditional cable providers has begun to taper off as more young people opt to cut the cord and use online viewing...

Home to famous "superstars" like Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker and John Cena, World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) has strengthened its partnership with NBCUniversal, a subsidiarity of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) for advertising and marketing purposes, Variety reported. WWE has...

Last year, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was in talks with Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) about creating TV streaming platform together. The deal, which would have combined Apple's Apple TV technology with Comcast's high-speed Internet connection, crumbled and the two had a falling out...

In a story first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Communications Commission was expected on Thursday to propose new rules regarding net neutrality -- a broad concept that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. Depending on who was commenting, the new rules would either...

This week Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced its plan to acquire Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) in what could be the largest merger of the year. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is rumored to have beefed up its iWatch development team even though the device itself has yet to be confirmed. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG...

Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps does not support the proposed merger between Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC). In a statement to the press, Copps -- who now serves as the special adviser to Common Cause's Media and Democracy Reform Initiative -- said the proposed...

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), which bought 900 patents from IBM last week, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter full-year results Wednesday, February 5, after the closing bell. This will be its first public quarterly earnings report. Investors will be looking for Twitter to have benefited from the...

Technology plays a major role in the U.S. economy. It seems like every day there is a new gadget or new way of doing things that didn't exist before. Over the last 15 years or so, technology has changed the U.S. economy at such breakneck speed that even major corporations have had a difficult...

The face of broadcast television, at least the part that makes money from cable and satellite providers, may be about to change. Bloomberg reported that DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV), Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), are looking into capturing broadcast-TV signals...

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), the company behind Call of Duty, Skylanders and the ill-fated Guitar Hero franchise, is seeking independence from Vivendi (OTC: VIVHY). The company had hoped to buy back roughly 429 million shares -- worth $5.83 billion -- from Vivendi earlier this year....

Universal's Fast & Furious 6 sped past the competition last weekend with a three-day haul of nearly $100 million, setting a new record for the studio. According to Bloomberg, the film earned $98.5 million during the first three days at the box office (Friday, May 24 through Sunday, May 26)....