Apple TV Gets a Bit Bigger, With HBO and ESPN Apps (For Most, but Not All of You)

Some exceptions apply, of course, because nothing is ever easy when it comes to the Web and TV.
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Apple Adds iTunes Radio to Apple TV, but Not Much Else

A question without a good answer: Why doesn’t Apple open up Apple TV to outside developers?
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Netflix Links Up With DreamWorks Again for More Kids’ Shows

Dora and Spongebob are gone. Will Shrek be a good substitute?
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Why Microsoft’s Xbox One Won’t Kick the Cable Guy Out of Your House

Microsoft’s new box does lots of cool stuff. But when it comes to TV, it’s still an accessory.
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Netflix Still Eats a Third of the Web Every Night; Amazon, HBO and Hulu Trail Behind

Everyone’s watching more video, on every device, everywhere. But no one is really cutting into Reed Hastings’s lead.
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Netflix Nabs an HBO Engineer

Rob Caruso, the cable channel’s VP of digital projects, heads to the all-digital video service.
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Turner Digital Sales Boss Walker Jacobs Out

Walker Jacobs, the high-profile sales chief for Turner’s digital properties, is out after an org chart shuffle. Jacobs, who is best known for pushing Turner and other publishers not to use third-party ad networks and exchanges, won’t be directly replaced. A Turner memo announcing his departure didn’t reveal a new position for him but declared that “there are a number of options available to someone with Walker’s experience and accomplishments.”

Maker Studios CEO Danny Zappin Steps Down, Replaced by Endemol Vet Ynon Kreiz

One of YouTube’s biggest networks gets professional help.
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Sorry, Cord-Cutters! Still No “Game of Thrones” for You.

That thing we sorta said last month? Just kidding!
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Time Inc. Keeps Shrinking

The good news: It’s the biggest magazine publisher in America. The bad news …
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DreamWorks Close to Buying AwesomenessTV, YouTube’s Would-Be Nickelodeon

Where’s Amazon Going With Music, Movies and TV Shows? Ask Media Boss Bill Carr.

Amazon Shows Off Its First TV Shows, and Wants to Know What You Think

Google Brings Internet of the Future, TV of the Past to Austin

Why Netflix Money May Be Expensive for Viacom

ESPN’s Cunning Plan to Stream March Madness: Head to Bill Simmons’s House

David Carey Says Hearst Is No Time Inc.

Blocked! March Madness Heads Farther Behind the Cable Pay Wall.

Here’s What LinkedIn Can Do With Pulse

Why The Time Inc. Spinoff Could Work! (Spoiler: Requires Miracle.)

Big Data, Soft Sell: Netflix Pitches a Hands-Off Approach to Hollywood

Another Big-Media YouTube Bet: Bertelsmann Invests in StyleHaul’s Fashion Videos

Taboola Raises $15 Million So It Can Suggest More Stories You Might Click On

Time Warner Dumps Time Inc., and Wall Street Loves It