The Rolling Stones will be the first ever YouTube Living Legends, debuting YouTube's new program which invites global luminaries from politics, news, film, music, literature, humanitarianism and sports to talk freely with the YouTube ...

Filed under: News, Programming, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, UPN, WB. The fall television season is almost here and it brings with it a bevy of new shows, new seasons for old shows, and old favorites moving to new timeslots. ...

Hauppauge has released details and announced timing for their USB HD recording device. The HD PVR records from component and optical inputs at up to 13.5Mbps in H.264. Additionally, AVCHD recordings can be burned to DVD for Blu-ray STB ...

Obviously, the current hot topic in HTPC land is Hauppauge’s upcoming HD PVR… And I just heard back from multi-OS SageTV CEO, Mike Machado regarding their integration plans:. We’re working to support the HD PVR as soon as we can. ...

I finally got around to setting up my brand new TiVo HD which I received via the rewards program. I currently have it connected to a standard def TV however, I plan on getting an HDTV for the back room sometime in the near future. ...

Verizon Freedom Verizon has introduced FiOS TV to nearly 10000 more Wareham, Massachusetts households. Wareham is among 66 Massachusetts communities where the company's new television service is being offered - the only TV service ...

CBS College Sports Network and the NCAA will provide a live online broadcast of the Final Four and Championship game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship via their NCAA March Madness on Demand video player. ...

AT&T 120x60 Banner - All products AT&T announces that AT&T U-verse IPTV and Internet services are now more widely available in Hartford and to more than 230000 living units in parts of more than 80 Connecticut cities and towns. ...

Earlier today, TiVo went ahead and published a priority page for the 9.3 software release. If you own a Series 2 TiVo, you might want to head on over to the page and sign up. This release is supposed to speed up the TiVo interface ...

Text of Decision. In yet another example of Canada’s broken broadcasting policy, Canada’s national broadcasting regulator, the CRTC, has denied John Bitove’s (XM Canada’s founder) HDTV Network Inc’s application for an eight city ...

TiVo.com has extended their $199.99 TiVo HD deal which I previously blogged about back in Feburary. The deal was supposed to have expired yesterday however, because of its popularity TiVo has decided to extend the offer until July 2nd! ...

blinkx announces the availability of blinkx BBTV helping add dimension and context to the viewer’s experience. Launching with a library of premium independent films and a variety of high-quality programming from existing partners, ...

Verimatrix has been confirmed as the global leader of IPTV content security for the fourth consecutive reporting period. Based on MRG’s bi-annual IPTV Market Leader Report, Verimatrix’s content security solutions are the most-widely ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Pay TV in Western Europe: Market Sizings and Forecasts 2005-2013 to their offering. Pay TV in Western Europe: market sizings and forecasts 2005-2013 provides a detailed breakdown of ...

The looming arrival of solid-state hard drives (SSD) for notebooks seems like a rather exciting development at first blush. Unlike their mechanical counterparts, which have spindle motors, rotating platters and read/write heads, ...

I post news alerts about Google 24/7/365! To keep up-to-date with all the latest news about Google, just read my threads. If you have any comments, please Post a Reply! AT&T to Embrace Google's Android - Digitaltrends.com eFluxMedia ...

The Spring edition of CTIA’s biannual wireless convention has just wrapped in Vegas. There were a variety of interesting announcements and new (or upcoming) products, but no larger revolutionary trends. Most of the chatter seemed to ...

Although video-on-demand has enjoyed only limited consumer success since its introduction around the turn of this century, improving techniques for the insertion of targeted advertising, combined with a viewer population more accustomed ...

Following the success of last year’s show, the IPTV Zone at IBC2008 is being increased in size by 15.5% to more than 1100m². The expansion reflects the growth of the IPTV market which is forecast to grow to reach 63 million subscribers ...

AT&T 120x60 Banner - All products AT&T announces the launch of AT&T Online Photos from Flickr on AT&T U-verse IPTV. Customers can now simply and conveniently watch slide shows and browse their online photos from flickr.com right on ...

For a limited time (6/16/08), TiVo.com is offering a TiVo HD complete with a wireless adapter, lifetime subscription and a TiVo plush doll all for only $698.99.

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As the regulars probably recall, I’m pretty lazy when it comes to audio. I love all sorts of music, but I’d rather let someone else acquire and assemble the playlists. Sure, I’ve ripped hundreds of CDs (not to mention those ...

A periodic roundup of relevant news… that Dave hasn’t had time to cover while attending CTIA:. XM now available on Blackberry: Orbitcast; PlayStation Store 2.0 coming soon: PC World; HP introduces 500GB $300 Linux NAS: Gizmodo ...

TiVo T-Shirt Being the nice guy that I am, I went ahead and cashed in some of my rewards points so that I can give away a couple of TiVo t-shirts. Here’s how you can win a t-shirt:. Leave a comment on this post letting me know that ...

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AT&T 120x60 Banner - All products AT&T U-verse IPTV customers can now enjoy even more HD channels as part of their extensive HD lineup. AT&T and HBO announced the addition of three HBO HD channels to the U-verse IPTV channel lineup, ...

MLB Advanced Media selects to use Inlet’s Spinnaker solution to produce broadcast-quality streaming video for MLB.TV’s live out-of-market game broadcasts during the 2008 baseball season. Inlet’s Spinnaker provides live encoding ...

Concurrent announces that Cox Communications has completed a Master Purchase Agreement to deploy MediaHawk 4500 VOD servers across Cox’s entire VOD-enabled subscriber base. The multi-year agreement will enable Cox to standardize on the ...

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs:. Motorola, WiMAX, LTE & CTIA: Media Experiences 2 Go; Little Known Updates on the DTV Transition: Media Experiences 2 Go; Replace Smartskip with Comskip in BeyondTV: Brent Evans ...

TiVo has quietly started rolling out system software 9.3 to TiVo Series2 owners. In addition to what I suspect is under the hood bug squashing and some minor display updates, Megazone reports the replacement software adds progressive ...

Blogging software WordPress 2.5 just went gold, and I wanted to give the new Gallery feature a spin. Here’sa few of the pics I snapped while at CES.

Hauppauge’s HTPC HD-PVR device, originally scheduled for March availability and then later this spring, has been delayed and “should hit the market toward the end of May, early June.” Another tidbit I’ve picked up is that the HD-PVR, ...

Dear Flixwagon & QIK,. I’m flying into Vegas for CTIA with my multimedia powerhouse Nokia N95. Not only will I be attending ShowStoppers as a civilian (blogger) Monday night, I’ll also be stationed within the Symbian booth during the ...

This little beauty - the SurroundXi - looks best with an iPod Nano, but plays well with other music toys. I’ve been tinkering with these speakers for a couple of weeks now, and they’re fun, highly portable and easy to use. ...

Sogetel has purchased Occam’s Broadband Loop Carrier 6000 solution to complete a significant upgrade to its network, enabling the service provider to offer VoIP and IPTV services to its subscribers. Sogetel maintains offices in Nicolet, ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Convergence Service Trends of Internet Portals, Fixed and Mobile Operators in Korea” to their offering. Korea has the most advanced wired and wireless networks in the world. ...

Symmetricom released its 2007 Cable Operator Video Quality Study, an independent survey conducted by Multimedia Research Group assessing cable operators’ requirements for video quality test, measurement and monitoring solutions. ...

Velocix is working with MediaCorp, the National Broadcaster of Singapore, to provide viewers with live, on-line, bi-weekly episodes of the prime-time talent search program, Star Search and the top international game show, ...

Corinex announces that Bell Aliant selected its home networking technology to aid in the deployment of Aliant TV. Corinex’s AnyWire Connectivity product line solves the in-home wiring problem plaguing IPTV service providers by ...

There’s good news out today if you’re an Xbox owner and into the console’s content downloading features. Microsoft has done a deal with producer and agent Peter Safran to create short, scripted shows for the Xbox. ...

While most of the industry is focused on the wireless world at the moment, Broadband Reports has the news that Verizon has apparently launched HD VOD in some areas. It’sa good application for the telco’s fiber network. ...

Ed Hardy of Brighthand demos Redfly with AT&T Tilt (4:51) Thumbplay allows free video sharing to mobile devices (3:05) MagicJack, the $40 VoIP dongle (3:08) Plantronics fashion bluetooth headsets (0:31) Newer Samsung phones with guest ...

Digital Rapids has been selected to provide media encoding, transcoding and streaming systems to NBC for the network's Internet coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games from Beijing, China, August 8-24. The announcement was made by Rab Mukraj ...

Singapore’s RICO to show case an HD IPTV solution for vessels and cruise ships by Hong Kong based IP solutions provider BNS at the Asia Pacific Maritime trade show held this week at Singapore Expo. ...

As vendors and service providers worldwide look to maximise revenues, the lack of common remote management capability across all access technologies is a major stumbling block as they look to lower management complexities, ...

AT&T 120x60 Banner - All products AT&T and MediaFLO announce the launch of AT&T Mobile TV with FLO, a mobile television service featuring high quality live programming. The mobile TV service will launch in May 2008 on two new exclusive ...

Bright Systems announces that SingTel has purchased a BrightDrive media recording system. The new system will provide the primary workflow infrastructure for a new data-centric postproduction facility for SingTel`s IPTV service, mio TV. ...

"Going back some, the invention of the spinning metal disk and moving head was a huge innovation over old(er) school tapes, bringing down random access times and increasing density and life-spans. However, it's already been 25 years ...

"According to a research piece from trade publication Video Business, sales of Blu-ray Discs and HD DVDs combined in the first half of 2007 beat VHS. During the last six months of 2006, the now-archaic format was still edging out the ...

"Eyesight is ultimately what mocks the Full HD hype. Even if you have 20/20 vision, your eyes can't distinguish the pixel size of 1080p vs. 720p on screens of 42 inches or less. Even at 50 inches, the difference is debatable. ...

"The news was supposed to be announced at a press conference tomorrow at 11 AM in NYC, but WSJ jumped the gun on it (to be fair, no one cared about getting journalists under embargo). MTV Networks is closing its poorly received online ...

I want to follow up on the all-day Netflix outage reported on Monday. Because my DVD delivery was affected by the outage, Netflix sent me a nice apology e-mail giving me a 5% credit for my inconvenience. It’sa nice gesture that is ...

Warner’s new music service proposal has the blogosphere all abuzz this AM. It’s mostly been a narrow-minded, short-sighted reception, though it emphasizes the challenges the music industry faces in winning back customers. ...

TVover.net and Videosearch.com are giving away 1 free Video Search Summit pass valued at $1595 to the first as well as 5 half price tickets for the next 5 TVover.net readers that email Josh at josh@videosearchnews.com with name, email, ...

The All England Club and BBC Sport announced a new five-year contract giving the BBC the rights to broadcast The Championships, Wimbledon, the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, for a further five years from 2010 to 2014 ...

Streaming video and music distributed across the Internet, an IPTV network, or a mobile handset will generate $70 billion in network-derived and content-derived revenue into the US markets over the next six years, according to a new ...

Team Lightbulb announces the full schedule for Telecom2008 at the NAB Show. Telecom2008 will focus on the technologies, issues and benefits of IPTV and broadband video ecosystems and deployments in four tracks: The Business of IPTV, ...

Private launched its content for VOD on the Neuf Cegetel IPTV platform in France as part of Neuf's Triple-Play offer. Neuf TV offers more than 200 TV channels, including all leading French and international channels, and a library of ...

Comcast and BitTorrent have announced they’re cozying up… Comcast Corporation and BitTorrent, Inc. announced today that they will undertake a collaborative effort with one another and with the broader Internet and ISP community to more ...

Orange France has decided to launch a web TV service for its broadband customers on April 24, 2008. Both Windows and Mac users with atleast a 512 Mbps connection will be able to access the service via the Orange TV Guide. ...

Velocix announces the addition of a complete family of Live Video Streaming solutions to its current product portfolio. The Velocix Live Streaming product family includes: Velocix Live Video Streaming for Adobe Flash & Microsoft Windows ...

It’s in Norwegian, so it might be of limited use for my international readers. For the next couple of months I’m going to do several international presentations, so an English version will be up at some point as well. ...

Thanks for sending this in Davis!

NXP Semiconductor's low-cost STB solution, STB222 has been selected by ChangHong to deliver AVS-compliant IP STB platform to manufacturers and Pay TV operators in Asia. ChangHong provides the AVS decoder technology to enable ...

Research and Markets announces the addition of “IPTV Home Networking Strategies 2008” to their offering. The goal of this Home Networking Installation Survey was to determine IPTV installation times for the top 60 Operators in Asia, ...

Verizon Freedom Residents of Roslyn Harbor on Long Island and the Town of Wappinger in Dutchess County are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television service, thanks to newly approved agreements authorizing ...

In December of 2007 ABI Research conducted an online survey of 1002 television and video consumers in the United States. Its aim was to measure American consumers’ viewing and content/service purchasing habits and preferences ...

Media Zone is offering LIVE coverage worldwide of the 2008 IndyCar Series race season, the leading open wheel series in North America. The partnership brings together industry leaders in their own right to offer the most interactive way ...

New research published as online video usage goes mainstream, the PC has become the second TV in many homes. Men in particular are using internet video as a way of indulging their interests and escaping into a ‘virtual shed’. ...

Kasenna announces that the Clarksville, Tennessee Department of Electricity has deployed a new digital video service based on Kasenna LivingRoom middleware and MediaBase video servers. The new video service, called CDE Lightband, ...

AT&T 120x60 Banner - All products AT&T U-verse IPTV and Internet services are now available to more than 150000 living units in and around the Austin area. Since introducing U-verse IPTV services in Austin in November 2007, ...

One of my favorite Home Theater PC software programs is SageTV. SageTV turns your PC into a souped-up TiVo providing DVR functions, a movie and music interface, plus so much more. For new users of SageTV, the first plugin I always ...

virgin-america.jpg. I generally fly into the Bay Area on a monthly basis and one of Virgin America’s fledgling routes is Washington (Dulles) to San Francisco. Being a frequent traveler and a technology connoisseur, I made sure to get in ...

oldnetflixlogo.jpg Yes, I caught the news that Netflix was down for 11 hours yesterday (thanks for the tips!) and experienced it first hand. However, I had limited blogging time available and chose to cover the more significant ...

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get Comcast out to the place Saturday (as they originally suggested), but the Cradlepoint 3G router with Sprint AirCard have ensured continued TiVoCast downloads, CoD4 on Xbox Live, and web surfing. ...

Agilent Technologies introduced its Audio/Video Coding Standard (AVS)-IPTV analysis and monitoring solution. Designed for the Agilent Triple Play Analyzer platform, this software empowers service providers and network equipment ...

SNL Kagan's newest study, "Economics of High Definition Cable Networks," estimates that cable and satellite high definition subscribers will penetrate 65.7% of US multichannel households by 2012, up from 18.8% in 2007. ...

Verizon Freedom Residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, one of the largest apartment complexes in the city, will soon have access to the most advanced broadband technology available, under an agreement announced Monday, ...

Snapstream has released an update to Beyond TV, the software-based PVR application. Their focus continues to be ease of setup, ease of use and powerful PVR functionality. This version, a free upgrade for existing BeyondTV customers, ...

A periodic round-up of relevant news… Every episode of South Park online: NewTeeVee; Joost to launch browser-based video player: TV Squad; Myka delivers BitTorrent direct to TV: Last100; CBC to release programming via BitTorrent: ...

After a long 13 months, the DOJ has finally approved the proposed XM and Sirius merger. Keep an eye on Orbitcast in the coming hours and days for continuing coverage. After a careful and thorough review of the proposed transaction, ...

xm-sirius-merger.gif. After a long 13 months, the DOJ has finally approved the proposed XM and Sirius merger. Keep an eye on Orbitcast in the coming hours and days for continuing coverage. (Concessions…?) ...

Yes - completely off topic regarding the internet, media centers, marketing and new media. You know, the stuff I usually write about here on eirikso.com. But it has been easter holiday, cold and I’ve had several days off. ...

Two calls from beyond the grave came recently from companies defunct… or very nearly so. First, Worldgate turned the Ojo video phone service back on. I haven’t set mine up again yet and can’t say for sure it works, but since the problem ...

CBSSports.com released its traffic figures for NCAA March Madness on Demand for the first day of the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. In total, there were 1751956 unique visitors to the NCAA March ...

Filed under: Programming. Many writers across the web have been very...vocal... about who is going to win the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war. (Ben has and I have been twice) Shane Sturgeon over at hdtvmagizine.com is the next up that is ...

Filed under: Reviews, LCoS. Syntax-Brillian is a brand that many normal consumers have not heard of but they are out to change that. Did you know that they actully hold the trademark term on LCoS? Ultimate AV had the chance to review ...

Toyota’s got you (me) covered with a $5 Amazon gift card bribe in exchange for…? I assume whatever email they send containing a coupon code will also contain Toyota Corolla advertising. Most of the spam I receive doesn’t offer me much ...

ViDeOnline announces that CCTV.com has awarded them the exclusive rights to package and create video advertisement partnerships for online video streaming broadcasts of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games via Live and VOD channels on ...

Earlier this week Roxio released Toast 9, the only officially supported TiVoToGo method on the Mac. I raised some concerns that v8 still seemed to have difficulty with certain file transcoding leading to audio/video sync issues and ...

The combined IPTV and switched digital video market is forecast to grow in healthy double-digits annually to reach $9.8 billion worldwide, according to Infonetics Research's latest quarterly "IPTV and Switched Digital Video Equipment, ...

Amino launched an integration of the AmiNET130 STB with the first G-cluster HD games on demand application at this year’s IPTV World Forum. Allowing users to play streaming HD games via a wireless USB gamepad, the offering will enable ...

TANDBERG Television's OpenStream Digital Services Platform has been selected by Tianjin TEDA Cable TV to expand its cable TV offering into VOD and network personal video recorder services. Tianjin TEDA Cable already provides digital ...

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The IMS Research study IPTV: A Global Market Analysis - 2008 Edition reveals that as a whole, an estimated 13.2 million households received IPTV service in 2007 with nearly 8.4 million IP-enabled set-top boxes shipping worldwide. ...

Motorola announces that Swisscom has signed a distribution agreement to deploy mT2a PowerBroadband system in partner hotels across Europe and North America. The mT2a system has been already field-proven by Swisscom in more than 18000 ...

IPTV is a new age technology in which digital television service is delivered using the Internet Protocol over network infrastructure. The global IPTV industry is rapidly expanding with the rising penetration of broadband in households ...

Sun Direct TV has deployed Harmonic’s market-leading digital video solutions for India’s first MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) direct-to-home broadcast service. Harmonic has enabled Sun Direct TV to quickly offer its new DTH service to 40 million ...

Screen Digest’s latest report published entitled On-demand media: Re-inventing the retail business model, examines the market for on-demand media (ODM, sometimes referred to as ‘manufacturing-on-demand’). The research assesses the ...

All TV (except sports) is moving to on-demand, right? You can’t successfully have hundreds of thousands of people accessing the same online video at the same time, right? You can’t hold an interactive video event online that’s open to ...

It’s going to be quiet around here the next few days… Not only is it March Madness (Go Retrievers?), tomorrow’s the move. And I haven’t even finished packing, plus it’ll take me awhile to dig out. However, once I do my home work ...