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Yesterday, Google upset lots of folks by pulling the plug on the most awesome aspect of Chromecast, the ability to play local content through a third-party app. Today, the company’s saying it was an inadvertent mistake, and that local content will stay. What gives?

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The CBS blackout for many Time Warner Cable subscribers has been a long, annoying reality for the better part of a month now, and as such the cable service provider is giving away a limited number of TV antennas. In doing so, those affected who happen to grab one before inventory runs out will be […]

Normally, content providers and pay-TV platforms striking deals to deliver channels to subscribers is sort of non-news. But not every signed contract comes against the backdrop of an almost month-long blackout affecting millions of customers. While Time Warner Cable is still CBS-less, Verizon has locked up the broadcaster’s channels for another three years, including CBS Sports Network, which has been missing in many of FiOS’s larger markets.

If you read between the lines of the press release (embedded after the break), you’ll see this message isn’t aimed at customers or even the news media, it’s directed squarely at Time Warner. New York, Los Angeles and Dallas — the three cities that are currently mired in the blackout — are called out specifically as areas where CBS stations are available through FiOS TV. As part of the statement released, president of television networks distribution Ray Hopkins said, “This deal was reached in a short period of time, and CBS has once again achieved fair value for our over-the-air rights.” And, just to rub some salt in the wound, the press release ends with a reminder that CBS also owns the highly desirable Showtime. With the war of words clearly continuing between the two feuding media giants, we wouldn’t hold our breath for a resolution anytime soon.

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We’ve said it time and time again: Something like half a dozen companies are working on their own versions of the future of TV. The latest rumor, via Quartz, mentions that Apple’s been chatting up Viacom, HBO, Disney, ESPN, et al about offering their content on a new TV service. But apparently content is just one piece of the puzzle. According to Quartz, Apple is working on an actual full-fledged television set.

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Netflix’s Instant Queue isn’t necessarily a bad feature of the streaming service, but the company believes they have found a replacement for it that makes saving must-watch TV shows and movies a lot easier. Netflix has introduced “My List,” which is essentially just a favorites list that keeps all of the TV shows and movies […]