Despite uproar, Netflix expects price overhaul to pay off Netflix’s quarterly results today are being closely watched for the impact of the customer outrage over the price hikes recently… Read More
Poll: Time to dump Netflix? Netflix caused an uproar among its users today with a change in its subscription plans that boils down to a… Read More
Dude, where’s my TV station? Michael Dell buys Seattle’s KFFV Michael Dell has emerged as the winning bidder of Seattle-area TV station KFFV TV. The Seattle Times, which first reported… Read More
WiFi over TV spectrum: Microsoft tests ‘white spaces’ in U.K. Microsoft and a large group of companies in the U.K. are launching a new trial of wireless Internet transmissions on… Read More
Your TV is ringing: Comcast to offer Skype video calls in HD Skype this afternoon announced a partnership with Comcast to bring video calls to more television sets — signaling that it… Read More
Xbox plans Live TV, YouTube, Bing search, hints at DVR Microsoft this morning confirmed plans to offer a live television service to users of its Xbox Live service, and hinted… Read More
How sex columnist Dan Savage ended up in a Google Chrome television ad Viewers of the TV show “Glee” this week were treated to a couple of surprises during one of the commercial… Read More
Comcast iPad app adopts Microsoft media technology In a bit of cross-lake collaboration, Microsoft is now working with thePlatform, Comcast’s Seattle-based tech subsidiary, to integrate some of… Read More
How Microsoft would get people to watch commercials Today’s nomination for Wackiest Microsoft Idea of the Week is a newly surfaced U.S. patent application with this head-scratching title:… Read More
Podcast Rewind: Hanson Hosein on SxSW, iPad 2, NYT paywall Our guest this past weekend on the inaugural GeekWire Podcast was television news veteran and gadget aficionado Hanson Hosein, director… Read More
Netflix dominates digital movies … but where’s Amazon.com? A new report today from the NPD Group market research firm offers up some fascinating details on the digital home… Read More
Surgery meets social media: Robotic procedure to be webcast, tweeted Yes, even the operating room has a hash tag now. Aiming to promote its latest robot-assisted surgical technology, Swedish Orthopedic… Read More
