In recent days media has been consumed by one Edward Snowden who revealed a Skynet-type infrastructure called Prism that the government is running. At the same time it appears as if traditional cable TV business is gearing up for a Game of Thrones-style war with many “kingdoms” that include Intel, Aereo, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, YouTube and more. Are the cable TV walls about to crumble? Read more

The third annual Streamy Awards is set to take place next Sunday, February 17^th. Better know as the Streamys, the awards show honors excellence in original online programming and those behind it. “Comic/actor/writer/composer/Wired Magazine contributor/Talking Dead host and founder of Nerdist Industries” Chris Hardwick will host the show, which will take place at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Read more

Super Bowl XLVII promises to be the most social Super Bowl ever, and might even be the most social single event of 2013. To prepare you for the event, here’s a roundup of ways to stay connected before, during, and after the game whether you like football or care more about the commercials and halftime show (or the Puppy Bowl). Read more

Dijit Media has continued to push forward as the role of the second screen for TV evolves. In September they launched NextGuide, an app that compliments their original Dijit universal remote app. As the year comes to an end the San Francisco-based company has announced some major updates to both apps.  Read more

A big win for Hulu and for Apple TV lovers. Hulu Plus is now available on the Apple TV brining the online video network's library of TV content, originals and movies to anyone with the $99 Apple device. Hulu Plus now has over two million subscribers and has launched originals that include Battleground and The Yard. What does this mean for the future of Apple TV and will Hulu's offerings compete with iTunes?

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Hulu has launched another great show. The Yard, which just posted its season finale on the online video network, is a hilarious mockumentary about the politics, cliques and rumblings of a middle school yard in a Canadian public school. The Sopranos meets the fifth grade, if you will. We spoke with Executive Producer Frank Siracusa about the launch and success of the show.

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The CW's audience was born into the social web. This fact has forced the network to quickly adapt to the Gossip Girl and Vampire Diary-loving fans that are loud, passionate and screen-agnostic when it comes to programming. We spoke to Rick Haskins, The CW's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Digital Programs about their social TV strategy.

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Wilson Cleveland isn't the average show creator and actor. His career includes being a publicist, working at Goldman Sachs and now creating, writing and starring in Hiscox's 'Leap Year' -- which premieres its second season today. The Hulu show -- produced by CJP Digital Media and Happy Little Guillotine Films -- "follows the founders of startup C3D as they scramble to build and launch their 'Skype™ with holograms' technology."

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There's an amazing new show on TV that you have to check out, only it can't be found on TV. Hulu's first original scripted series, "Battleground," from J.D. Walsh, Hagai Shaham ("The Details"), and Marc Webb ("The Amazing Spider-Man", "500 Days of Summer") has become one of the best new series of the year, regardless that it's never touched a moment of linear television....

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In November 2010 Hulu Plus launched with much excitement and skepticism. Would the price tag be too much? Why would there still be advertising if you were a subscriber? Would the networks investing in Hulu get along, long enough to make this last? Today, at AdAge Digital in New York, CEO Jason Kilar is saying yes, Hulu Plus is a success and the decision to keep advertising within the subscription service is allowing them to continue to curate the best content. Hulu still faces many challenges, including figuring out "how to marry its own subscription service with the systems that are being set up by the cable and satellite operators," as The New York Times reported yesterday...

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