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Cablevision Brings Live TV — In Your House — To iPhone, iPod, Too

Like to watch TV in your house, but don’t want to watch on your TV? Cablevision subscribers have already been able to watch live TV on their iPads, via an app the New York-area cable provider introduced in April; now the company is offering the same service for iPhones and iPods. The apps now function as remote controls as well. The service still won’t work once you leave your house, and Viacom is still suing Cablevision over the app.

Here’s How You Might Be Able to Watch Live TV, For Free, on Your iPad

Your iPad can do lots of things, but live TV generally isn’t one of them. Here’s why Bamboom could work–and why that will freak out the networks.
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HBO Comes to the iPad, a Couple Days Early

All the “Sopranos” and most other great HBO shows you can eat–as long as you’re already paying for the TV service. Works on iPhones and some Android models, too.

ESPN's iPhone App Shows Us What TV Everywhere Is Supposed to Look Like

Finally: A free, legal, TV app that does what you think it should do: Lets you watch live TV, wherever you are. (Unless you want to watch “Monday Night Football.”)

TV's Next Wave: Tuning In to You

The television is channeling you. Data-gathering firms and technology companies are aggressively matching people’s TV-viewing behavior with other personal data—in some cases, prescription-drug records obtained from insurers—and using it to help advertisers buy ads targeted to shows watched by certain kinds of people.

Netflix Hands Out Its ISP Report Cards. Clearwire, Please Get This One Signed by Your Parents.

Time Warner Cable and Comcast appear to do just fine in Reed Hastings’s rankings.

Want to Cut Your Cord? The NBC U-Comcast Deal Won't Make It Easier

If you were hoping that the government restrictions on the NBC U-Comcast deal would make it easier for you to stop paying for cable, you’re out of luck. The government is forcing the new company to offer its stuff to online outlets like Netflix and iTunes. But it won’t happen in the way that cord cutters would like. If it happens at all.

Cable Rewards Cord Non-Cutters With a Bigger Bill

Even if cord-cutting is real, very few of you are actually going to do it. Your reward from the cable guys? A bigger bill in 2011.

Comcast Unit Finds New Use for the iPhone: Getting Work Done

While plenty of people are using their iPhones and iPads to watch video, a unit of Comcast is betting that the devices can also play a role in helping professional video get onto the Internet. Though a niche product, it is the kind of application that many expect to see more of as businesses find ways of incorporating mobile devices into their office workflow.

Jennifer Granick, Lawyer to Hackers, Joins Zwillinger Genetski

San Francisco lawyer Jennifer Granick, until recently civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is joining the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Zwillinger Genetski. Granick gained a reputation as a lawyer willing to defend accused computer hackers.

Hulu Plus Cuts Its Price, After All–By $2

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