AT&T is selling its remaining stake of 70% in DirecTV to TPG and exiting fully from the entertainment industry.
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Streaming services have overtaken cable TV, and become the most popular medium to consume content on television. Nielsen's report indicates viewers have merely migrated, and not changed consumption.
AT&T-owned WarnerMedia accused the U.S. Department of Justice of secretly working with Dish in an ongoing dispute over HBO distribution. The accusation was made after HBO went dark on Dish's service.
Xfinity TV customers will soon be able to access Amazon Prime Video content over the internet and search premium shows and movies using Comcast's X1 Voice Remote as part of the agreement.
Apple just enabled single sign-on for the first wave of cable/satellite TV providers, allowing users to access content in various apps without signing into every app individually on iOS / Apple TV.
Apple is rumored to be working on an iTunes-branded subscription music service, but it's also said to be developing a new web TV service, offering "bundles of programming" directly to its customers.
Netflix is moving into the Cable TV scene with the introduction of their partnership with RCN, Grande Communications, and Atlantic Broadband to create their own cable channel.
New rumors about Intel's upcoming TV set top box and cable TV service have started to pop up and they suggest Intel has created an impressive product that could be a real threat to Microsoft's Xbox.
Intel is highly rumored to be developing its own TV set-top box combined with some kind of TV service as well, although it appears that there won't be a formal announcement at CES next week.
A new rumor claims that Google could be planning to sell off the division of Motorola that makes set top cable TV boxes as early as this fall, even as it launches its own Google Fiber service.
Google has applied to run a video service in Missouri and Kansas, hinting that the company is planning to launch a TV service in Kansas City, where it is also launching a 1Gpbs net service.
