Technology & Innovation — January 9, 2011

Consumer Electronics Show 2011

Media and technology companies cozied up to each other at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, touting their collaborations on stage and flaunting their friendships.

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Talks between media and technology companies progressed on a number of potential deals. News Corp ‘s 20th Century Fox continued talks with hardware makers, including Samsung Electronics Co., to license a slate of Fox TV shows to tablet computers and the application stores on Internet-connected TVs, said people familiar with the situation. The deals would allow consumers to either download or stream some Fox shows, which include the “Family Guy” and “The Cleveland Show.”

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