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Heard of Bethany Mota? She's one of ABC's newest stars

September 05, 2014

ABC's lineup for its 19th season of "Dancing With the Stars" includes 18-year-old YouTube sensation Bethany Mota. — Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for YouTube

The network hopes to lure Mota's army of online followers back to prime-time TV.

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And the Emmy goes to... Monday!

By Stacey Vanek Smith

August 22, 2014

The Emmys will take place on Monday this year to avoid competition with Sunday Night Football. — Jason Merritt/Getty Images

NBC has moved the Emmys from Sunday to Monday... and the reason is all economics.

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D'oh! FXX will air 552 episodes of The Simpsons

By Annie Baxter and Tony Wagner

August 20, 2014

People dressed in costume as the The Simpsons pose — Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Yes, the FXX will air every episode of the longest running show in TV history.

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Aereo's competitors are itching to take its place

July 01, 2014

Analog television sets are seen as they are prepared for recycling at the ARC Broward's Electronics Recycling Services center on June 9, 2009 in Sunrise, Florida. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Mark Ely of Simple.TV talks about his company's game plan.

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Yahoo gives 'Community' an online home

By Tracey Samuelson

July 01, 2014

'Community' stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi and Gillian Jacobs attend attend an event at the Dolby Theatre on March 26, 2014 in Hollywood, California. — Valerie Macon/Getty Images

How 'Community' fits in to Yahoo's plans to be a content provider.

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'TV Everywhere' is sometimes TV nowhere

June 27, 2014

Clint Dempsey of the United States competes for the ball with Per Mertesacker (L), Mats Hummels (2nd R) and Philipp Lahm of Germany during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil group G match between the United States and Germany at Arena Pernambuco on June 26, 2014 in Recife, Brazil- a moment you might have missed if you were live streaming the game online at WatchESPN. — Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Why does ESPN's online streaming choke at the worst possible time?

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Atop the Iron Throne of pirated TV

By Max Bernstein

June 27, 2014

From the BlinkBox blog post, 13 World Cup players and their ‘Game of Thrones’ lookalikes. — (images via wikipedia/HBO)

Soccer, Westeros, meth.

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After court verdict, what do I do with Aereo account?

By Ben Johnson and Kai Ryssdal

June 25, 2014

Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after oral arguments April 22, 2014. — Alex Wong/Getty Images

Now that video streaming company Aereo has lost out to major broadcasters, what will its users do?

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4K TV: The shape of things to come, someday

By Mark Garrison

June 17, 2014

A still from "Breaking Bad." — Frank Ockenfels/AMC

Netflix will stream some of its shows in 4K Ultra HD, whatever that means.

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