Todd Spangler

Sony Pictures Television 's Crackle landed a licensing deal with NBCUniversal giving the Internet-video service exclusive ad-supported streaming rights to more than 140 films over the next three years. Terms...

VR fever is in full swing this spring: Jaunt, which says it's building the first cinematic virtual-reality experience, announced $6.8 million in venture funding from investors including British Sky Broadcasting,...

Popcorn Time , a free app that makes watching pirated hit movies as easy as using Netflix, refuses to die. The original Argentina-based developers behind the free app shut down...

Tribune Digital Ventures has bought TV by the Numbers , a blog analyzing TV ratings, news, and show cancellations and renewals, and plans to expand its coverage for a broader...

Amazon poured millions of dollars into creating the Fire TV device -- but it's not clear when, or even if, the company will see a return on that investment. Amazon...

Netflix has ordered original series " Narcos " about the infamous Medell -n Cartel in Colombia, starring Brazilian thesp Wagner Moura as drug trafficker and politician Pablo Escobar. Series, helmed...

AOL has commissioned its first TV-length video series, " Connected ," an adaptation of an Israeli reality show that will be set in New York City. In "Connected," five cast...

It's official: Amazon.com's Prime Instant Video is now the exclusive streaming service for all eight seasons of Fox's "24" and will also be the only SVOD service to offer event...

Dish Network is now officially on the Mouse House's TV Everywhere list. The development could help encourage the satcaster's subscribers to stick with the pay-TV service, instead of switching an...

Amazon .com confirmed full-series pickups of four shows - including supernatural drama " The After " from Chris Carter ("X-Files") -- plus two kids' original series and a second season...