A casual entertainment news watcher might think that Black Sails, what's very clearly a move to capture the wonder and awe that is pirates and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag in an episodic adventure, would blow up in its network's face. After all, nothing makes a show more unappealing then being ripped from other popular mediums, right?
Well, turns out that's wrong. Starz the cable network that airs Black Sails says that the show's début was its biggest ever.
You can now turn off continuous play in Netflix
Paired your Xbox One, iPhone, smart television or just about anything else you can find with a subscription to Netflix's streaming video service? You now finally have the option to disable the post-play functionality that allows Netflix users to accidentally binge on their favorite television shows even while they're asleep.
The PlayStation Network is down today
We sure hope you weren't planning on buying games online with your PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 or any other PlayStation device before dinner time. The PlayStation Network will be down for the next six hours.
Time Warner Cable users getting access to A&E, History and Lifetime wherever they go
You'd never know it by the way iPhone and Android users freely stream episodes of Breaking Bad from Netflix but times are tough for cable television lovers. While its true that many popular shows surface on Netflix and Hulu, many channels aren't yet streaming online to users of certain devices and services. That's why Time Warner's announcement that it's teaming up with A+E Networks to deliver shows through their respective iOS and Android apps is great.
Time Warner Cable users getting access to A&E, History and Lifetime wherever they go
Xbox Entertainment Studios Pick Up Ari Mark of AMC
We hope you Xbox Live lovers haven't grown too tired of news related to Xbox Entertainment Studios, the in-house production company that Microsoft hopes will make it a player in original programming. XES is getting another high-profile television insider: Ari Mark.
Have a computer or iPad? You’ll be able to watch Super Bowl XLVIII Free
Fox and the NFL are finally ready to whole-heartedly embrace the digital age. After years of chaining users to their television before allowing them to watch the Super Bowl, the NFL will allow computer and tablet users to stream Super Bowl XLVIII free again this year-- with a catch.
Have a computer or iPad? You’ll be able to watch Super Bowl XLVIII Free
The Xbox One: Cable’s Secret Weapon
For years I’d rejected the idea that I actually needed cable. I’d stand in my apartment’s hallway impressed by the relentless viciousness with which major cable providers like Verizon and DirectTV attempted to con me into picking up their television services and bundles. I smirked carelessly as I shredded letter after letter inviting me to get Comcast’s Triple Play packages.
Of Zunes Present: Beats Music will deliver curated experience for iOS, Android and web users
Beats Music, the new music subscription service from the men and women who brought you MOG and the Beats line of designer headphones, is now live.
Of Zunes Present: Beats Music will deliver curated experience for iOS, Android and web users
Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week – January 21st: ‘Call of Duty’ and more
Looking to save a bundle on digital games downloads for the Xbox 360? As of now, Microsoft has discounted a line-up of titles including Call of Duty: Ghosts by as much as 75% in this weeks' Xbox Live Gold Deal of the Week.
Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week – January 21st: ‘Call of Duty’ and more
Comcast X1 Comes to Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania
One wouldn't have thought that Comcast X1, the platform Comcast is hoping will act as the entertainment operating system of the future, would have gotten off the ground but here it is growing. After announcing the platform last year, Comcast is rolling out the system to Xfinity customers in America's "Keystone" area.