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The Emmys have made it clear: If you want quality entertainment, you’re going to have to pay for it. Streaming services and premium channels secured a disproportionate share of the main award nominations Thursday, well beyond that of basic cable competitors. Of the 180 submissions for Best...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is working on developing original, long-form entertainment, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company’s goal is to begin releasing TV-quality shows by late summer and has been in discussions with Hollywood studios over buying the rights to cast off shows...

Pornhub, the leading online adult entertainment platform, turned 10 years old Thursday. To celebrate this achievement, the company is launching a social media contest, offering fans a chance to win one of 100, 10-year memberships to its Pornhub Premium service. Pornhub Vice President Corey Price,...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) became the first airline based in the U.S. to offer free on-board movies and TV. According to a press release, Delta Studio, the airline's onboard entertainment suite, will be free for all customers on two-class aircraft by July 1. This includes nearly 90...

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS)'s Showtime fall schedule will look a little different this year. Networks are usually creates of habit with top programming, which is why you'll usually always see HBO bow "Game of Thrones" in April and AMC debut "The Walking Dead" in...

Showtime (CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS))'s original scripted programming usually revolves around full-fledged series designed for multiple season runs, but "Guerrilla" may have been too interesting to pass up. The six-part, limited run series will team "Luther's" Idris Elba with "American Crime"...

This April when Andrew Dice Clay’s new comedy bows on Showtime (CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS)), it will do so with a unique twist. While audiences can watch the series Sunday nights at 9:30 starting April 10, they will also have the ability to watch all six episodes online that same day. In...

Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE)'s entrance into the cord-cutting movement is continuing its rollout this week as the company's PlayStation Vue streaming service is now available nationwide. On Monday, Sony added 203 markets to the original list of seven, but there's still a twist. Only that core seven...

Recent reports have suggested that although Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may launch a new version of Apple TV at a media event in September, the company has delayed the launch of its video streaming service. Brett Molina, tech editor at USA Today, was on CNBC last Friday to discuss the reasons behind...

FBR Capital Markets analysts Barton Crockett and Chase White recently claimed in a note that if Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) was a traditional TV network, its Nielsen viewership ratings would surpass that of all major U.S. TV networks by 2016. Paul Holland, Foundation Capital general partner...

Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) surprised investors Wednesday morning when the company announced that HBO Go, the online counterpart to HBO, would be available without a cable subscription in 2015. The monthly or annual fee has not been announced, but analysts expect a price between $9.99 and $15....

Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) is rumored to be interested in acquiring Xbox Entertainment Studios from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Few analysts were interested in talking to Benzinga about the rumor, which may turn out to be completely false given Microsoft's official statement on the matter....

A new report from business analysis firm, SNL Kagan said that by the end of 2013 cable companies had more than a quarter million (251,000) fewer subscribers on the rolls than at the beginning of the year. The jury, however, might still be out on whether that fact signals the beginning of a...