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Displaying items by tag: Digital TV

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Tuesday, 27 February 2007 04:49

Ericsson tops Arris' bid for Tandberg Television

In a move that reflects growing urgency for comms equipment vendors to get into the TV space, Ericsson has trumped Arris Corporation's bid for Tandberg Television with an offer of $U1.4 billion, 10.4 percent higher than Arris' offer.

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Monday, 26 February 2007 14:39

Hollywood takes legal BitTorrent on board

BitTorrent, the makers of the popular p2p protocol that allows piracy of TV shows, music, movies, software and more by the millions each day, have opened a new legal store after over a year of negotiations, with movies for rent from major studios and independents, TV shows and video games for sale, along with and high quality user-made videos to boot. But is it enough to defeat Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Wal-mart?

Published in Fuzzy Logic

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Monday, 26 February 2007 09:27

BitTorrent movie downloads just BitsToRent

The much-vaunted BitTorrent Entertainment Network, due to debut later today, will offer legitimate movies and TV shows - at a price. But the company isn't selling movies, it's renting them.

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Sunday, 25 February 2007 18:18

Microsoft giving Xbox 360 IPTV the London look

On March 5 to 7 in London, the Connected Home Exhibition will show European consumers Microsoft’s Xbox 360 IPTV service in action for the first time before a Euro rollout by the end of the year.

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Friday, 23 February 2007 04:25

Viacom goes with Joost, but can you afford to watch?

The announcement that a variety of TV shows and movies from Viacom will be available via the Joost peer-to-peer network sounds great - why subscribe to expensive cable channels if you can get the content for free - but it's not that simple.

Published in Business Telecommunications

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Thursday, 22 February 2007 11:39

Analyst tips Apple as major set-top box vendor

Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitemore believes Apple could take as much as one-third of the $US26 billion market for set-top boxes in the next few years, eating into the shares held by Microsoft and Sony. Like the Apple TV, those companies' Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games consoles can be used to play audio and video content.

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Wednesday, 21 February 2007 10:15

After ditching Youtube, is Joost Viacom's golden goose?

With Viacom ditching Google’s Youtube after numerous copyright violations and promising to make MTV and other content available for use by consumers in social networking sites, their next big IPTV play is Joost. We’re glad to see Joost get some recognizable content, but does it really mean anything yet?

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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 21:06

Forget Blu-ray and HD DVD, why is digital TV such a disaster?

Digital television has finally made its way into a quarter of Australia's lounge rooms, but why has it taken more than six years?

Published in Seeking Nerdvana

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Wednesday, 14 February 2007 08:42

AMD's each-way bet on mobile graphics

AMD, well known for its processors and ATI-branded graphics chips, has announced it will licence its graphics technology to other semiconductor manufacturers serving the handheld market, as well as introducing a new range of media processors for mobile devices.

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Tuesday, 13 February 2007 10:37

HDTV sales to triple by 2011, but owners too stupid to watch HD

It's tempting to believe the growth in decent high definition programming is driving HDTV sales, but it turns out two-thirds of HDTV owners are still only watching standard-def television.

Published in Seeking Nerdvana

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Friday, 09 February 2007 06:06

Apple iTV to reap what Amazon, TiVo and Wal-mart sow

The marriage of television and the internet has been consummated with a slew of new TV and movie download deals, but Apple's iTV is poised to ride on in reap the benefits.

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Thursday, 08 February 2007 18:26

Can Amazon and TiVo win TV download supremacy?

The race to be the video content provider of choice into homes, ultimately offering any video and multimedia content you desire on demand, has only just begun hotting up following big moves by major players. Who are they, and what chance does anyone have of success?

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Sunday, 04 February 2007 19:31

Superbowl XLI in glorious high definition, if you get it

Regardless of whether the Colts or the Bears win the game, the fact the Superbowl is broadcast in high definition means the real winners are those sitting at home on the sofa. Well, at least those who get HD and *get* HD.

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Monday, 29 January 2007 10:16

Reeltime offers high quality download videos

Online video rental company, Reeltime, is to make its titles available in three formats: standard, a high quality format for customers with large screens (HQTV)and a personal format at lower quality for those who want to watch them on a small personal device.

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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 18:40

Pioneer PDP5000EX 1080p plasma display - REVIEW

If your lounge room is crying out for a truly mammoth screen, you should look to the plasma giants.

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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 19:05

Google to run video ads from BMG, Warner

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. said on Monday it would expand testing of its much-anticipated video advertising system by working with two major music labels to embed video ads on Web sites that make money running them.

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Sunday, 21 January 2007 08:04

Europe's 'World-first' dual video delivery pre-empted by Australia

European digital music distributor, 24-7 MusicShop is bragging about being the first digital service provider world-wide to deliver music videos simultaneously to fixed and mobile devices. Technically that may be true, but Aussie IPTV company ReelTime has been doing this for movies since last November.

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Saturday, 20 January 2007 10:09

Singapore first South-East Asian country to get HDTV

StarHub, one of Singapore’s pay TV services, has launched two new channels in high-definition – Discovery HD and National Geographic HD, giving subscribers with an HDTV the sharpest picture yet.

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Friday, 19 January 2007 19:43

Fox News offers audio feed on cell phones

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox News has rolled out a new service that will let anyone with a cell phone access an audio feed of the cable channel.

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Thursday, 18 January 2007 16:20

Will Joost be goosed and noosed by anti-net neutrality forces?

By all accounts, Joost is the Internet TV revolution we’ve all been waiting for. But will the phone and TV companies who own the networks try to block it like some want to do with Skype?

Published in Fuzzy Logic

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