Headline Feeds|
Sony Talks Up Plans for Digital Media Superstore November 20, 2009 
Many companies would give up their right to right-click to be able to duplicate Apple's success with iTunes. However, only one actually has the pieces already in place to do that, and its executives announced their intentions Thursday to take on Steve Jobs' company with its own online content service.
|
Intel Escapes Its Legal Morass, One Settlement at a Time November 13, 2009 
Intel and AMD have finally put a long and bitter disagreement to bed, and in the end, all it took was a little open communication and understanding, along with one and a quarter billion dollars. The two have been at it for years -- accusations, threats, lawsuits. AMD said Intel engaged in anticompetitive behavior; Intel said AMD broke its licensing agreements.
|
|
Clicker Charts the Seas for Online TV Surfers November 12, 2009 
Clicker Media on Thursday publicly launched Clicker.com, its programming guide to Internet television. This comes less than a year after the company began building what it describes as the "ultimate programming guide for Internet television." Clicker catalogs the broadcast-quality movies, music videos and Web videos available online on more than 1,200 networks.
|
Online Commercials: New Life for an Old Model? October 26, 2009 
It's no secret: We just don't watch TV commercials like we used to. We change channels, or, if we're watching a DVR-recorded show, we skip over them entirely. Like everything else, commercials are migrating online. This brave new world of online commercials sometimes resembles the old TV model, but it has its own set of challenges and possibilities.
|
|
Comcast's Bid for the Future of TV October 03, 2009 
Years ago, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts was asked at a conference what kept him awake at night. His answer: A new technology that would severely hurt the cable TV business. His fears haven't come to fruition yet. However, the growing popularity of watching shows, movies and other content streamed over the Internet or over cellphone networks make the cable pipe less important for video than it ever has been.
|
Interpretation Sought for HP's Strange DreamScreen September 17, 2009 
HP unveiled on Thursday a line of wireless, Web-connected screens called "DreamScreens." The DreamScreen line of devices lets users access social media, weather information and Internet radio streams. Users can also view photo slideshows and watch videos on the devices. There are two models in the DreamScreen family: the 100 and the 130. The 100 has a 10.2-inch screen; the 130 has a 13.3-inch screen.
|
|
The Journey From Social Networking to Visual Networking September 15, 2009 
The growing popularity of online video has become the tipping point for advanced CE in the home. Consumer interest and demand for this content -- from user-generated videos of stealthy cats to streams of classic 1980s shows like "Airwolf" -- have prompted service providers and CE manufacturers to expand outward on the possibilities once video is tied and intertwined with other signals coming into the home.
|
PlayOn for Wii: Sometimes a Great Application September 02, 2009 
When they were designing the latest generation of video game consoles -- the generation we're currently right in the middle of -- two of the three major players envisioned their systems as hubs not just for games but for all sorts of digital entertainment. Downloaded movies, songs stored on a PC, high-definition discs, etc., would all run through their platforms.
|
|
The Big Screen Gets Bigger August 30, 2009 
Today, young movie-watchers look increasingly like Molly O'Connor. A junior at the University of Dallas, she still goes to the cinema occasionally, but is often just as happy to hunker down on a bed or a couch with friends to watch a downloaded movie on a laptop that's perched on a nearby desk or a chair.
|
DirecTV to Bring a Dozen Cable Networks Online August 28, 2009 
DirecTV Group is in talks with the TBS and TNT cable networks to offer their shows online, according to two people familiar with the discussions. If a deal is reached, DirecTV subscribers would be able to watch shows from those cable networks on the Internet, the people said on condition of anonymity because the talks still are ongoing.
|
|
How Internet TV Gear Can Stay in the Picture August 28, 2009 
Blockbuster and Samsung recently announced that Blockbuster OnDemand will be available on select connected HDTVs, Blu-ray players, and home theater systems starting in the fall of 2009. Samsung will offer connected Blu-ray players and home theater systems with both the Netflix and Blockbuster online services.
|
The Emergence of the Mediacosm August 21, 2009 
The growing demand for digital content products and value-added services is turning communications companies into super-enablers of all things digitally delivered. The many promising new revenue opportunities available are creating a mediacosm -- or a new market of converged communications, media and entertainment services.
|
|
Lenovo Looks Homeward With New PC Products August 19, 2009 
Chinese PC maker Lenovo, best known for office computers like its ThinkPad laptop line, has announced four new products aimed at the consumer home market. One is its first home theater PC, the IdeaCenter Q700. Another is its first home server, the IdeaCenter D400. The other two are the Q100 and Q110 nettop computers, which Lenovo claims are the world's thinnest in this category.
|
Rifling Through Twitter's Underwear Drawer July 17, 2009 
Getting your personal email hacked is generally a personal problem. There might be some minor career implications if it happens while you're running for vice president of the United States, but it tends to be more embarrassing than costly. But when you use the same password for personal email that you use for accessing work-related documents, then things might start to spin a little out of control.
|
|
Verizon Gives Social Media a TV Spot July 15, 2009 
Verizon has launched two products that fall into what it is calling the "social TV" service category: the Widget Bazaar application store and Internet Video on TV.
The latter is a collection of widgets that Verizon has developed in conjunction with Facebook Connect, Twitter, ESPN, Veoh, Blip.tv, and Dailymotion that let FiOS TV subscribers connect with others while watching TV.
|
The Changing What, When, Where and How of Video July 14, 2009 
New technologies are changing the way we watch video. DVRs, VoD, and online video are freeing us from the broadcast schedules that previously dictated when we could watch programming. The latter two, combined with an ever-growing number of channels, are dramatically increasing what we can watch. The revolution in video habits is not yet complete, however.
|
See More Articles in Media Convergence Section >>
