Collaborate Disseminate
The massive ICEBUCKET scheme has, so far, impersonated more than 2m people in 30+ countries, defrauding more than 300 brands of ad dollars. Continue reading Bot creates millions of fake eyeballs to rip off smart-TV advertisers
Crooks manipulated connected TV supply-side ad platforms to create millions of fictional eyeballs. Continue reading Streaming TV Fraudsters Steal Millions of Ad Dollars in ‘ICEBUCKET’ Attack
Researchers have found that hackers are exploiting vulnerable piracy streaming devices to steal credit card data or rope them into botnets. Continue reading Piracy streaming apps are stuffed with malware
This may seem like just another live TV service from just another internet company, but Hulu’s launch is bigger than that. The post Hulu’s Live TV Service Launches To Save You From Your Cable Bill appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Hulu’s Live TV Service Launches To Save You From Your Cable Bill
The company’s big plan is to be everywhere video is—everywhere but your cable box. The post Inside Cheddar, the Would-Be CNBC of the Internet appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Inside Cheddar, the Would-Be CNBC of the Internet
Following in the footsteps of the WWE Network, smaller pro wrestling companies are expanding their experimentation with streaming video. Continue reading Pro-Wrestling Has Become a Petri Dish for the Future of TV
It’s a common problem faced by TV viewers, the programming they want to watch is being broadcast, but not to their location. TV content has traditionally been licensed for transmission by geography, and this has sometimes put viewers at odds with broadcasters.
The viewing public have not always taken this restriction of their programming choice lying down, and have adopted a variety of inventive solutions with varying degrees of legality and success. Many years ago you might have seen extreme-length UHF antennas to catch faraway transmitters, more recently these efforts have been in the digital domain. It was said in …read more
Continue reading Hackaday Prize Entry: Bypassing TV broadcasting restrictions
SlingTV is coming to Apple TV today, and navigating the growing pool of content for the box is about to get much easier. The post Apple’s Updated tvOS Improves Search, Siri, and Sign-In appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Apple’s Updated tvOS Improves Search, Siri, and Sign-In