Couch potatoes love television, but some simply have no interest in watching sports or kids shows. So why should they pay for it?

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Friday:

Standard & Poor's Inc. included eight U.S. consumer discretionary companies among 73 companies based in the United States that made its annual Global Challengers, a list released Wednesday of mid-sized companies that show the "highest growth characteristics."

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - In a move that could have a big impact on indie film sales and distribution, online film rental service Netflix is shuttering its film financing and acquisition arm Red Envelope Entertainment.

Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):

Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> said on Monday its Xbox 360 console will sell better than Sony Corp's <6758.T><SNE.N> rival PlayStation 3 over the lifetime of the machines.

Three of the country’s largest Internet service providers are threatening to clamp down on their most active subscribers by placing monthly limits on their online activity.

CNBC Contributor David Pogue on Netflix's Roku, a product that enables near-instantaneous movie downloads.

Suddenly, investors are waking up to the reality that high-priced oil is here to stay.

Blockbuster, the largest U.S. movie rental chain, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it cut costs by closing stores, reducing advertising and overhead expenses.

Stocks retreated Thursday after another analyst warning on the financial sector and disappointing earnings from Oracle.

Stocks retreated Thursday after another analyst warning on the financial sector and disappointing earnings from Oracle.

Stocks retreated Thursday after another analyst warning on the financial sector and disappointing earnings from Oracle.

Netflix expects to lead the market for movies delivered over the Web despite growing competition from Web giants like Apple and Amazon, Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy said on Wednesday.

Shares of Toshiba jumped 5 percent on Monday as analysts applauded the company's expected move to abandon its HD DVD format, leaving Blu-ray technology backed by Sony to become the standard for the next-generation DVD.