AT&T;'s announcement that it would start to throttle the "heaviest users" on its wireless network is only the latest in a series of developments that place the idea of a thriving, useful Internet at risk.
AT&T;'s announcement that it would start to throttle the "heaviest users" on its wireless network is only the latest in a series of developments that place the idea of a thriving, useful Internet at risk.
For Netflix and the movie rental industry, streaming is the future, and mailing discs around the country in envelopes is not. This isn't just based on a hunch -- it's based on real people signing up for new Netflix accounts.
If you are considering cutting the virtual cord to Netflix, there is no shortage of entertainment streaming alternatives to tap into. Here are the best that also have iPhone apps and Android apps for your video enjoyment.
Netflix has a good business model and has been well-run in the past. Perhaps they will recognize that as their market gets competitive, they will need to offer more, not less, in order to be the most competitive.
I can't for the life of me understand why my fellow liberals want to impose a burden on the burgeoning broadband Internet.
Following Steve Jobs' announcement on Monday, iTunes users will finally be able to share their music wirelessly between their own devices. But the new service stops short of introducing essential new social components.
We went through the horrible, awful trouble of laying around in bed for a few days and watching streamed movies and television shows to bring you a primer on 10 of the biggest video streaming service so you can relax and watch some movies.
Osama... Osama bin Laden -- is that you? Yes, yes it is -- who is this? It's me, John Bobey.
I attended Dov Simens' 2-Day Film School back in early 2006 in New York after graduating from Penn State. I enjoyed the class a lot, and Mr. Simens pl...
AT&T; knows it's losing the future. Its strategy? To slow down the future's inevitable arrival, one overage charge at a time. Squeeze a few more dollars out of the customer, while squeezing the life out of budding competitors.
Collaborative consumption market places are everywhere: media, car rental, lodging, staffing, textbooks, apparel, custom graphic design and even finance.
At the Film Finance Forum West, some of the sharpest minds in film financing collectively painted an interesting portrait of what it takes to get a movie made in today's economic climate.
In approving the resolution to nullify the FCC's open Internet rules, Republican members in the House show that they don't care if big companies impose unfavorable conditions on start-ups and entrepreneurs.
I was witness to an amazing hinge in history: those days in the late 1980s and early 1990s when personal computers were about to change the world forever and everybody knew it.
We're entering a critical, and dangerous, time in the content ecosystem. A moment where partisan politics could shout down diverse points of view, and lumbering algorithms could blithely filter out diversity.
I've been hearing about Google TV, Boxee, Roku, etc., since last year's South By Southwest. Basically, they're connectivity boxes. They connect you to...
It's a cliché that technology is transforming everything, but for film-makers it has truly turned the world upside down. The drawback? You've got competition like you never had it before.
NFLX is a well-run company with a terrific brand. But it looks to be in the manic phase and vulnerable to a bipolar outcome, which on Main Street or Wall Street is called a crash.
I find it ironic that TV screens are getting bigger and smaller at the same time. Like a growing number of households, our living room is endowed with a big-screen TV, yet I also watch video on my laptop, my iPad and even my Android phone.
What's the greenest town in American? Hollywood, where recycling has literally become an art form.
Amazon, unlike Netflix, can use its instant streaming video service as a loss leader. It not only gets people to spend more time on their site, but also to sign up for Amazon Prime.