broadcast television

You'll have to excuse the gloating, but, well: we told you so. Or Mike did, anyway, when back in April he explained why the CW Network's decision to stop streaming Gossip Girl on its website was completely boneheaded.

Sure, you're excited about next week's Shark Week & ComicCon's preview of the fall television lineup. But are you sure you're seeing every last tooth & LOST easter egg?

PopMechanics investigates the lawless lands of broadcast television, where the quality of the picture that ends up on your Hi-Def TV set is determined by a bunch of fuzzy math.

Every few months over the past few years, we've heard stories about how some companies somewhere were betting on people watching broadcast television on their mobiles.

The problem, however, is that it's always been companies betting on the phenomenon -- and not users clamoring for it.