Machine Learning: Review: The Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Set-Top Box

An entrant in the growing field of devices and services to stream media, the Fire TV is likable but falls short of some rivals, a reviewer says.



Advertising: Selfies, Pizza and Promoting Brands at the Oscars

Ellen DeGeneres used a Samsung phone, an Oscar sponsor, for a star-studded selfie, but an iPhone to post from backstage. And that Coca-Cola emblazoned pizza delivery box rankled PepsiCo.

    



For TV Fans, Cramming In Sunday’s Best

Decades ago, families gathered around the only set in the house on Sunday nights because networks scheduled their best programming then. Today, even with DVRs and on-demand program selection, the phenomenon continues.

    



Tribune Co. Buys Electronic Media Data Firm

The $170 million deal for Gracenote, a subsidiary of Sony, adds to the Tribune Company’s growing repository of entertainment metadata.

    



As DVRs Shift TV Habits, Ratings Calculations Follow

What is notable about the start of the new fall TV season, according to network executives, is a surge in not just delayed viewing, but very-delayed viewing.

    



Publishers Clearing House Imagines Handing a Big Check to Gilligan and Mike Brady

The ads are a riff on the scene familiar to TV viewers: the company’s prize patrol knocking on the doors of winners.