TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) boxes can do a lot of things. They can set season passes, access popular Web-sourced video and zip through ads. They can also improve your sex life, according to the company's "Turn On The Love" survey.
U.S. DVD sales dropped 20 percent in the first quarter, while sales at subscription streaming services like Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) grew 33 percent and digital purchases increased 10 percent.
Warner Bros. said it'll use its acquisition of film-centric social media site Flickster to promote its "Digital Everywhere" multiplatform video application.
Twitter Inc. is taking credit for driving TV viewers to coverage of the Royal Wedding, demonstrating its impact in this video:
— Steve Donohue, Special to Light Reading Cable, and Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Light Reading Cable