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Amazon launches HD movie rental, TV show sales

Technology / Internet

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday it is adding high-definition video to its on-demand service, offering consumers the ability to rent movies and purchase television episodes shown in HD.





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Disney joins NBC and News Corp. with Hulu stake

Technology / Business

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. is taking a stake in Hulu.com. This means titles from The Walt Disney Studios library of films and full-length episodes of ABC television shows will join the online video site.


US media and entertainment giant Time Warner and YouTube announced an agreement Wednesday to show clips

YouTube to show clips from Time Warner TV shows, movies

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US media and entertainment giant Time Warner and YouTube announced an agreement Wednesday to show clips from news reports, television shows and movies on the popular video-sharing site.


Quality, quantity lacking in children's educational TV, study says

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Commercial broadcasters are doing the "bare minimum and not much more" for children's educational programming, according to University of Illinois communication professor Barbara Wilson, one of two lead researchers on a study ...


D'oh! Simpsons may promote smoking: Australian researcher

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Long-running US cartoon show "The Simpsons" may inadvertently promote smoking with its frequent depictions of the habit and references to cigarettes, Australian research has found.


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YouTube, Disney close to deal: WSJ

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google-owned YouTube and Walt Disney Co. are close to finalizing a deal to distribute videos from Disney properties on the video-sharing website, The Wall Street Journal online reported on Monday.


Hulu.com lets you legally watch premium video content

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created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Most of us don't watch television the way we did just a few short years ago. Back then, we had to watch TV shows when they were aired, a slave to the broadcasting schedule whim of the networks.


Clicker.com aims to become Internet video usher

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet.


Study finds young women's satisfaction with own body image suffers after viewing ultra-thin TV characters

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For 10 television seasons Friends was a top-rated feel-good sitcom, which, thanks to syndication now enjoys eternal life. But could something so good actually make people feel bad? Ryerson University researchers think it ...


New study shows reduction in high quality educational programming for children

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dale Kunkel, communication professor at The University of Arizona, was one of the lead researchers in a new study by Children Now, which shows that only 1 in 8 children's education TV programs meet high quality standards.


Roku teams with Amazon to stream videos

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created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Roku, maker of a $100 box that delivers streaming Netflix videos to consumers' TVs, is teaming with Amazon.com to vastly increase the number of movies and TV episodes consumers can watch through the device.



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