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Amazon.com said it struck a deal with Fox to offer online video-streaming of the company's movies and television shows.

Netflix, DreamWorks reached a multi-year deal to give Netflix exclusive rights to first-run feature films and television specials for video streaming.

The movie studio business model is poised for its biggest shift in years as Hollywood turns to Internet delivery as the only way to boost home entertainment revenues. Across Hollywood, a quiet revolution is brewing that's about to transform living rooms around the world.

David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery Communications, called his company's licensing pact with Netflix an 'economic win' and also said there's a disconnect between the strong advertising market and the overall economic malaise.

Facebook is looking to hire a big-name executive to cultivate relationships and strike deals with the film and music industries to bolster its media offerings.

The company’s decision to split into two businesses has customers complaining that it is treating them badly.

The auction of online video site Hulu has been slowed by recent developments which could derail it completely, according to sources familiar with the process.

If you're a seasoned Netflix instant streaming user, it may surprise you to know that the company has always had an official policy of limiting the number of simultaneous streams you're using. Now, Netflix has made that policy more concrete by producing an error message if you attempt to access your streaming account when it is already in use.

Happy Cloud, a start-up which is trying to speed up game downloads and make them almost instantly playable like streaming gaming services using progressive download technology, has partnered with content delivery network Akamai to boost its performance and make games playable within a couple minutes.

Hulu, the online video service that primarily shows reruns from major broadcasters, is getting into the business of original programming.