MPAA launches guide to legal videos

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has launched a new website that will serve as a resource for audiences to legally access movies and TV shows.

LG updates its Google TV

LG GoogleTV Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean

WATCH VIDEO. LG Electronics will update its Google TVs with the latest version of the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system.

TBS and TNT to start live streaming

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US cable nets TBS and TNT are about to become the first national US entertainment networks in the industry to stream on-air content live across multiple platforms 24/7.

84% of US broadband households have home network

According to new data from TDG, home network diffusion among US broadband households has reached 84%, up from 81% in 2011. 62% are using it to stream media.

US viewing on non-TV devices grows

Live TV streaming to tablets

27% of adults in the US watch video on devices other than a TV set daily, and 53% on a weekly basis, according to research from Leichtman Research Group.

Six of ten US broadband homes have connected TVs

56% of all US broadband households have at least one TV connected to the Internet, either directly via smart TVs or indirectly via ancillary devices like game consoles and Blu-ray players.

Hulu Plus surpasses 4 million paid subs

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Hulu recently announced they have doubled the number of Hulu Plus paid subscribers to four million over the course of the last year.

North America to continue to add pay-TV subs

North America share TV platforms

Despite all of the talk about cord-cutting, a new report from Digital TV Research states that the number of pay-TV subscribers in North America will continue to increase – albeit at a slow rate. However, the Digital TV North America report states that pay TV penetration will remain flat.

Barry Diller: ‘Aereo is not illegal’

Barry Diller on Bloomberg TV

WATCH VIDEO. IAC Chairman Barry Diller joins Willow Bay live from the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills on Bloomberg TV’s Lunch Money.

Samsung smart TVs first to offer M-Go

M-Go devices

M-Go, the new digital entertainment service, has announced that owners of 2012 Samsung smart TVs are the first to gain access to M-Go’s library of movies and TV shows streaming on demand directly on their smart TVs.