The United Kingdom is somewhat unique in the world for requiring those households which view broadcast television to purchase a licence for the privilege. Initially coming into being with the Wirel…

New Sony TVs join Google's own Chromecast in running the updated streaming platform.

Roku says its Roku TV line was the top-selling smart TV OS in the US and Canada throughout all of 2020, using NPD data to illustrate the company’s powerful standing. “Roku TV held 38 percent of market share in the US and 31 percent in Canada, based on available data from January 5th through December 26th, 2020, maintaining the lead spot in both regions,” the company said in a press release today.

Mr. Bean and Johnny English actor Rowan Atkinson has bemoaned the rise of cancel culture, comparing keyboard warriors to a “medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn.” In an interview with the Radio Times, the multi-hyphenated British star blamed social media platforms for increased levels of polarization, which he said makes him fearful for the future of freedom of speech.

Fargo and Legion showrunner Noah Hawley is stepping into the world of Alien with a new show at FX. This marks the first TV series based on the popular movie franchise, according to FX chairman John Landgraf, who announced the show at Disney’s investor event today. Disney acquired the rights to the franchise when it acquired 21st Century Fox in 2019. Not much is known about the show, except for a brief description that referred to it as a “scary thrill ride set not too far in the future here on Earth.”

The first ever NFL game to be shown exclusively on streaming platforms scored solid numbers, showing encouraging signs for future streaming-only games.

From the mid-aughts nostalgia of "The O.C." to new favorites like "Julie and the Phantoms," these shows kept Insider staffers going this year.

Reports of a new Apple TV have been circulating for a while now, and a new report says today that it is still on track for 2021.

Roku, maker of some of the most popular streaming devices in the US, has never supported HBO Max's app. That changes tomorrow.

There’s new hope for the Star Wars universe

The price is likely to be outrageous, but the image quality is stunning.

FX boss John Landgraf has confirmed an “Alien” television series is in development from Noah Hawley. Ridley Scott is also in talks to serve as executive producer. Per Deadline: “The series is billed as being the first ‘Alien’ story set on Earth, and will blend the timeless horror of the original 1979 movie and the non-stop action of the 1986 James Cameron-directed second.” (Disney, apparently, does not consider the “Alien vs. Predator” series to be part of the official franchise.)

Subscribe to YouTube TV? You may want to check your email! Google is sending out emails entitling subscribers of YouTube TV to a free Chromecast With Google TV. That’s a $50 value and a solid holiday gift.

There wasn't much to do in this horrible year besides consume entertainment and use the internet. So it will probably not shock you to learn that an awful lot of people were talking about entertainment online this year.

From civil rights struggles to pottery throwdowns.

Mike Baxter, meet Tim Taylor. Last Man Standing is staging a Home Improvement crossover, of sorts, for its final season. Star Tim Allen will reprise his former TV role as the Taylor family patriarch and Tool Time host for a surreal Last Man Standing episode which has Allen playing both sitcom dads at the same time.

“Enter the Dragon,” which premiered on Cinemax on November 27 (the 80th birthday of series creator Bruce Lee), was the biggest episode of Warrior yet with an eruption of violence in Chinatown. With lines drawn between the Tongs (the Chinese immigrant gangs who ruled San Francisco’s Chinatown) and jobless Irish-American laborers, Warrior ignites street warfare unlike anything seen in American television.

When Warner Bros. announced in mid-November that Wonder Woman 1984 will be available on HBO Max the same day it premieres in select theaters, I groaned. Not because of the decision to bring the movie right to the living room — that’s the right call — but I knew that, at the time, all content on HBO Max still topped out at 1080p. Resolution is one area where the service badly trails its competitors.

Noah Hawley wants to use his "Legion" playbook to bring an "Alien" miniseries to FX.

A show about an orphaned chess prodigy living with addiction doesn't exactly have all the hallmarks of a breakout hit, but The Queen's Gambit has been watched by 62 million accounts.