MythTV 36 Released With Web App Improvements & FFmpeg 8 Support
MythTV 36 is now available for this long-time open-source digital video recorder “DVR” software that has been around now for more than two decades as the leading choice for those wishing to watch and/or record live TV under Linux especially as an HTPC… ⌘ Read more

Autodesk Takes Google To Court Over AI Movie Software Named ‘Flow’
Autodesk has sued Google in San Francisco federal court, alleging the search giant infringed its “Flow” trademark by launching competing AI-powered software for movie, TV and video game production in May 2025.

Autodesk says it has used the Flow name since September 2022 and that Google assured it would not commercialize a product under the sam … ⌘ Read more

Amazon Plans To Use AI To Speed Up TV and Film Production
Amazon plans to use AI to speed up the process for making movies and TV shows even as Hollywood fears that AI will cut jobs and permanently reshape the industry. From a report: At the Amazon MGM Studio, veteran entertainment executive Albert Cheng is leading a team charged with developing new AI tools that he said will cut costs and streamline the cre … ⌘ Read more

‘Everyone is Stealing TV’
A sprawling informal economy of rogue streaming devices has taken hold across the U.S., as consumers fed up with rising TV subscription costs turn to cheap Android-based boxes that promise free access to thousands of live channels, sports events, and on-demand movies for a one-time $200 to $400 purchase.

The two dominant players – SuperBox and vSeeBox – are manufactured by opaque Chinese companies and distributed … ⌘ Read more

Is the TV Industry Finally Conceding That the Future May Not Be 8K?
“Technology companies spent part of the 2010s trying to convince us that we would want an 8K display one day…” writes Ars Technica.

“However, 8K never proved its necessity or practicality.”

LG Display is no longer making 8K LCD or OLED panels, FlatpanelsHD reported today… LG Electronics was the first and only company to sell 8 … ⌘ Read more

Wall Street’s Top Bankers Are Giving Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong the Cold Shoulder
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon interrupted a conversation between Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair at Davos last week to tell Armstrong “You are full of s—,” his index finger pointed squarely at Armstrong’s face. Dimon told Armstrong to stop lying on TV, according to WSJ.

A … ⌘ Read more

Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV
Apple TV+ has landed the screen rights to Cosmere, the sprawling literary universe created by Brandon Sanderson. “The first titles being eyed for adaptation are the Mistborn series, for features, and The Stormlight Archive series, for television,” reports the Hollywood Reporter. From the report: The deal is rare on … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Abed is a character from Community and “cool cool cool” was one of his “things”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXYjejIup4

‘Active’ Sitting Is Better For Brain Health
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A systematic review of 85 studies has now found good reason to differentiate between ‘active’ sitting, like playing cards or reading, and ‘passive’ sitting, like watching TV. […] “Total sitting time has been shown to be related to brain health; however, sitting is often treated as a single entity, without considering the specific … ⌘ Read more

Moderna Curbing Investments in Vaccine Trials Due To US Backlash, CEO Says
An anonymous reader shares a report: Moderna does not plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from U.S. officials, CEO Stephane Bancel said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday. “You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market, … ⌘ Read more

What a Sony and TCL Partnership Means For the Future of TVs
How would Sony ceding control of its TV hardware business change the industry? The Verge has an optimistic take: […] As of today, Sony already relies on different manufacturing partners to create its TV lineup. While display panel manufacturers never reveal who they sell panels to, Sony is likely already using panels for its LCD TVs from TCL Ch … ⌘ Read more

Sony Is Ceding Control of TV Hardware Business To China’s TCL
Sony plans to spin off its TV hardware business to a new joint venture controlled by Chinese electronics giant TCL, the two said Tuesday, a significant retreat for the Japanese giant whose Bravia line has long occupied the premium end of the television market. TCL would hold a 51% stake in the venture and Sony would retain 49% under a nonbindin … ⌘ Read more

Amazon Is Making a Fallout Shelter Competition Reality TV Show
Amazon is expanding the Fallout universe with Fallout Shelter, a ten-episode reality competition show where contestants face survival-style challenges and moral dilemmas for a cash prize. Engadget reports: Prime Video has greenlit a unscripted reality show titled Fallout Shelter. It will be a ten-episode run with Studio Lambert, the team beh … ⌘ Read more

Batman TV Series Premiered 60 Years Ago Today
60 years ago today, ABC aired the first episode of its live-action Batman television series, introducing Adam West as the deadpan Caped Crusader in what became a pop culture phenomenon blending high-camp humor and cliffhanger thrills. The mid-season replacement ran for 120 episodes over three seasons before ending in March 1968.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large … ⌘ Read more

Streamer Spend To Top $100B For First Time In 2026
Streamer spend on content is set to top the $100 billion mark for the first time this year, according to an Ampere Analysis report. From a report: The landmark figure will be met as global streamers “remain the primary driver of growth in content investment,” according to Ampere. Spend by the likes of Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, HBO Max, Paramount+ and Apple TV wi … ⌘ Read more

The Gap Between Premium and Budget TV Brands is Quickly Closing
The long-standing hierarchy in the TV market – Sony, Samsung and LG at the top, TCL and Hisense fighting it out in the midrange – is eroding as the budget brands close the performance gap and increasingly lead on technology innovation, The Verge writes. Hisense debuted the first RGB LED TV last year, and TCL’s X11L announced at CES 2026 … ⌘ Read more

TV Makers Are Taking AI Too Far
TV manufacturers at CES 2026 in Las Vegas this week unveiled a wave of AI features that frequently consume significant screen space and take considerable time to deliver results – all while global TV shipments declined 0.6% year over year in Q3, according to Omdia. Google demonstrated Veo generating video from a photo on a television, a process that took about two minutes to produce eight seconds of f … ⌘ Read more

Samsung Hit with Restraining Order Over Smart TV Surveillance Tech in Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a temporary restraining order against Samsung, blocking the company from continuing to collect data through its smart TVs’ Automated Content Recognition technology.

The ACR system captured screenshots of what users were watching every 500 milliseconds, according to the state’s la … ⌘ Read more

How Did TVs Get So Cheap?
A 50-inch TV that would have set you back $1,100 at Best Buy during Black Friday 2001 now costs less than $200, and the price per area-pixel – a metric accounting for both screen size and resolution – has dropped by more than 90% over the past 25 years. The story behind this decline is largely one of liquid crystal display technology maturing from a niche product to a mass-manufactured commodity.

LCDs represente … ⌘ Read more

The Inevitable Rise of the Art TV
Several years after Samsung introduced the Frame TV in 2017 – a television designed to display fine art and resemble a framed painting when switched off – competitors are finally catching up in meaningful numbers. Amazon announced the Ember Artline TV at CES 2026 this week, a $899 model that can display one of 2,000 works of art for free and includes an Alexa AI tool to recommend pieces suited to … ⌘ Read more

Corporation for Public Broadcasting To Shut Down After 58 Years
After Congress approved President Donald Trump’s rescission package eliminating federal funding, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting voted to dissolve after 58 years, rather than continue to exist and potentially be “vulnerable to future political manipulation or misuse.” The shutdown leaves hundreds of local public TV and radio station … ⌘ Read more

2026 e temos “especialistas” na TV a dizer que criptomoedas são “moedas que não percebemos bem como funcionam”.

1. a ronda de perguntas específicas a cada um:
   

AV, quer a foto do presidente em salas de serviços públicos? - não, mas queria a bandeira Portuguesa lá, e acabar com as bandeiras LGBTQs e os dias de orgulho gay e lésbico, e ter o dia do orgulho nacional;

AF, ia à bola com Putin ou Zelensky? - nenhum

AS, convidava o ACosta para um conselho de estado? - claro, é o presidente do Conselho Europeu

CM, escolheria qual dos outros candidatos presentes para representar um monólogo num ciclo de peças de teatro em Belém? - nenhum, quer é discutir a Presidência da República

GM, viajaria de submarino com MM ou AV? - ninguém, que viajar de submarino é só para profissionais

CF, se falhar para PR, tentará para Presidente do Benfica? - não

JP, semana dos 4 dias no Palácio de Belém? - fomentaria esse debate

MM, quem seria melhor futuro comentador político, Montenegro ou Passos Coelho? - não faço ideia

Comentário pessoal: Uff! Comentar isto cansa - mas também tenho de dizer que acho que este foi talvez o mais importante e informativo debate até hoje, ainda que o possa ser enquanto “consolidador” para quem viu os anteriores. Espero que no debate com todos na TV tenham menos perguntas planeadas, e mais tempo para cada pergunta, até porque são mais três candidatos a responder.

Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite 2025 Movies, TV Shows and Books?
Another year wraps up, and with it comes the annual ritual of taking stock. What were the movies, TV shows and books from this year that stood out to you? Not necessarily the ones that dominated conversation or topped charts, but the ones you found yourself recommending to friends, or returning to for a second watch or read.

Share your picks and, if you’r … ⌘ Read more

Americans Are Watching Fewer New TV Shows and More Free TV
Americans are settling into streaming habits that should worry Hollywood executives, as new Nielsen data analyzed by Bloomberg reveals that not a single new original series cracked the top 10 most-watched streaming shows in 2025 – the first time this has happened since Nielsen began publishing streaming data in 2020.

The shift extends beyond origi … ⌘ Read more

Did Tim Cook Post AI Slop in His Christmas Message Promoting ‘Pluribus’?
Artist Keith Thomson is a modern (and whimsical) Edward Hopper. And Apple TV says he created the “festive artwork” shared on X by Apple CEO Tim Cook on Christmas Eve, “made on MacBook Pro.”

Its intentionally-off picture of milk and cookies was meant to tease the season finale of Pluribus. (“Merry Christmas Eve, Carol…” Cook had p … ⌘ Read more

Parece que o debate na rádio com “todos os candidatos” afinal são só os “todos os candidatos apoiados por partidos com representação parlamentar” - a RTP talvez consiga explicar qual é a representação parlamentar do PPM, que é o único partido que apoia o Goveio e Melo, que eu saiba, e para compensar vão fazer outro “para os restantes” (Humberto Correia, André Pestana e Manuel João Vieira, visto que o Gouveia e Melo foi promovido mesmo na distinção que a RTP inventou e não existe formalmente). Já na TV vai haver um com todos mesmo todos - parece que é suposto dizermos “vale mais pouco que nada”.

https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/politica/presidenciais-2026-os-debates-que-ainda-faltam-na-radio-e-na-televisao_n1706394

What Rules Govern Hallmark Christmas Movies?
Hallmark has released more than 300 Christmas-themed TV movies since 2000, and a detailed internal rulebook obtained by film data analyst Stephen Follows explains how the company manages to produce nearly one new holiday film per week during the final quarter of each year without the whole operation collapsing into creative chaos.

The document, referred to as Hallmark’s “bible … ⌘ Read more

YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
YouTube has been winning the streaming wars for years, but its real competitive advantage comes not from prime-time viewing but from its stranglehold on daytime hours when Americans are meditating, exercising, cooking, or simply looking for background noise. At 11 a.m. in October, YouTube commanded an average audience of 6.3 million viewers compared to Netflix’s 2.8 million, according to Nielsen dat … ⌘ Read more

2025 Was the Beginning of the End of the TV Brightness War
The television industry’s brightness war may have hit its inflection point in 2025, the year TCL and Hisense released the first consumer TVs capable of 5,000 nits under specific settings – a figure that would have seemed absurd not long ago when manufacturers struggled to reach 2,000 nits. LG introduced Primary RGB Tandem OLED technology, moving fr … ⌘ Read more

LG Will Let TV Owners Delete Microsoft Copilot After Customer Outcry
LG said it will let owners of its TVs delete Microsoft’s Copilot shortcut after several reports highlighted the unremovable icon. In a statement to The Verge, LG says the company “respects consumer choice and will take steps to allow users to delete the shortcut icon if they wish.” From the report: Last week, a user on the r/mildlyinfuriating s … ⌘ Read more

Judge Hints Vizio TV Buyers May Have Rights To Source Code Licensed Under GPL
A California judge signaled support for forcing Vizio to provide the full source code for its SmartCast TV software after finding a contractual obligation under the GPL. If upheld, the case could strengthen users’ rights to modify GPL-licensed software embedded in consumer electronics. The Register reports: The legal comp … ⌘ Read more

The Oscars Will Abandon Broadcast TV For YouTube In 2029
The Academy has struck a multi-year deal to move the Oscars to YouTube starting in 2029, ending decades on ABC and making the ceremony free to stream worldwide with YouTube holding exclusive global rights. Variety reports: The Oscars, including red carpet coverage, behind-the-scenes content and Governors Ball, will be available live and for free on YouTube to vie … ⌘ Read more

Texas Sues TV Makers For Taking Screenshots of What People Watch
mprindle writes: The Texas Attorney General sued five major television manufacturers, accusing them of illegally collecting their users’ data by secretly recording what they watch using Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology.

The lawsuits target Sony, Samsung, LG, and China-based companies Hisense and TCL Technology Group Corporation. Att … ⌘ Read more

LG’s Software Update Forces Microsoft Copilot Onto Smart TVs
LG smart TV owners discovered over the weekend that a recent webOS software update had quietly installed Microsoft Copilot on their devices, and the app cannot be uninstalled. Affected users report the feature appears automatically after installing the latest webOS update on certain models, sitting alongside streaming apps like Netflix and YouTub … ⌘ Read more

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Yes, exactly. It also blows my mind that with sooo much less budget and equipment, her videos are way superior to productions of big TV stations.

Cable Channel Subscribers Grew For the First Time In 8 Years Last Quarter
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, research analyst MoffettNathanson released its “Cord-Cutting Monitor Q3 2025: Signs of Life?” report. It found that the pay TV operators, including cable companies, satellite companies, and virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) like … ⌘ Read more

Watch Charlie Brown Christmas for Free on December 13 & 14 with Apple TV
The Christmas classic movie “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will be free to watch on the Apple TV service on this coming weekend of December 13 and 14. The classic cartoon follows a child who is upset about the commercialization of Christmas, and features the entire Snoopy gang. It’s a family favorite, and many people have … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/12/10/watch-charlie-brown-ch … ⌘ Read more

Frank Finger and beloved muster dog Annie’s emotional final TV appearance
From hit series Muster Dogs to a new television show, Frank Finger and his beloved kelpie Annie’s unbreakable bond steals the spotlight once again. ⌘ Read more

Benin coup attempt foiled by loyalist troops, minister says on state TV
A presidential adviser has told the BBC that President Talon is safe and is at the French embassy. ⌘ Read more

Lyon ‘absolutely filthy’ as English star says shock dropping helped his rhythm
Nathan Lyon speaks during an awkward TV interview as Zak Crawley says the spinner’s omission helped the English batter find his rhythm. ⌘ Read more

The Studio to The Golden Bachelor: Our favourite new TV shows in 2025
From a send-up of Hollywood studios to a chilling depiction of violence and masculinity to an age-appropriate reality TV romance, these are our favourite TV shows of 2025. ⌘ Read more

Watch Charlie Brown Christmas for Free on December 13 & 14 with Apple TV
The Christmas classic movie “A Charlie Brown Christmas” will be free to watch on the Apple TV service on the weekend of December 13 and 14. The classic cartoon follows a child who is upset about the commercialization of Christmas, and features the entire Snoopy gang. It’s a family favorite, and many people have fond … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/12/03/watch-charlie-brown-chris … ⌘ Read more

The Papers: ‘No justice’ over Hillsborough and ‘Holly’s guilt over crash’
Wednesday’s front pages focus on the Hillsborough disaster report and the fine given to TV presenter Holly Willoughby for driving without due care. ⌘ Read more

Presenter Woods ‘OK’ after collapsing on TV
Presenter Laura Woods says she is “OK” after collapsing while leading television coverage of England’s friendly against Ghana on Tuesday. ⌘ Read more

SmartTube YouTube App For Android TV Breached To Push Malicious Update
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: The popular open-source SmartTube YouTube client for Android TV was compromised after an attacker gained access to the developer’s signing keys, leading to a malicious update being pushed to users. The compromise became known when multiple users reported that Play Protect, And … ⌘ Read more

Netflix Kills Casting From Phones
An anonymous reader writes: Netflix has removed the ability to cast shows and movies from phones to TVs, unless subscribers are using older casting devices. An updated help page on Netflix’s website, first reported by Android Authority, says that the streaming service “no longer supports casting shows from a mobile device to most TVs and TV-streaming devices,” and instead directs users to navigate … ⌘ Read more

The last man on the moon: Can you ace this week’s history quiz?
From reality TV and heist movie remakes to man’s last step on the moon — how well do you know this week in history? ⌘ Read more

Plex Is Now Enforcing Remote Play Restrictions On TVs
Plex is beginning to enforce new restrictions on remote streaming for its TV apps, requiring either a Plex Pass or the cheaper Remote Watch Pass to watch media from servers outside your home network. How-To Geek reports: Plex is now rolling out the remote watch changes to its Roku TV app. This means that you will need a Plex Pass or Remote Watch Pass for your … ⌘ Read more

Fingerprints, fibres and DNA: Do you know forensic facts from fiction?
Forensics has provided the biggest breakthrough in criminal justice in the last century. It’s also become the perfect subject matter for TV crime shows. But do you know forensic facts from fiction? Take our quiz to find out. ⌘ Read more