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Intel is unveiling a computer chip that offers built-in digital rights management and security for full-HD movie downloads, in a move that alleviates concerns in Hollywood about illegal video piracy.

Blockbuster will close 182 stores in the next few months, in a move to gain traction in a market where competitors like Netflix have taken a bite out of their business.

Apple today announced that sales of its redesigned Apple TV set-top box, which stream Internet content to high-definition televisions, have reached one million units.

Sony plans to focus on Internet-connected televisions in 2011, to diversify its offerings and boost its struggling TV unit, after sales fell short of its target this year.

The Federal Communications Commission may propose a plan that lets phone and cable companies charge customers based on data usage, which could limit the growth of Internet TV services.

HDTV maker Vizio has unveiled a 65-inch television with Internet connectivity and 3D features, making good on its promise to create a Web-connected media experiences right in the living room.

Online video hub Hulu has taken the idea of a possible public offering off the table, as the company mulls over other financing options and considers more pay plans for its subscribers.

Google has asked television manufacturers to hold back on unveiling their own versions of the Google TV device due to the company's continued tweak of its Internet-TV software, after its debut product received poor reviews and criticism for being outdated.

Google will push an update for its Google TV product this week, improving Netflix integration as well as making the interface more user-friendly.

Google-owned YouTube is in talks to acquire a Web video production company, with an eye to making its own original programming for the online video hub.

U.S. consumers now spend as much time browsing the Web as watching television, according to research firm Forrester.

Comcast is testing a new set-top box that combines television and the Internet, in a move to compete as changes in technology threaten existing business practices and brings a new crop of competitors.

Executives at major Hollywood media conglomerate are wrestling with the rise of Netflix as a digital distributor of online content, as the relationship between the DVD-and-streaming company and media conglomerates begin to shift as Netflix grows in revenue and power.

Netflix is currently in discussions with Starz to extend a key content licensing deal, but also said the agreement was not necessary for its overall success.

Prima Cinema is offering to stream movies into a customer's home, on the same day of its release, for a one-time fee of $20,000 for the system and $500 per film.