College football fans out there know summer is nearing its end and the season is almost here. I ran across a few college football guides you might want to check out including the HDTV guide and the overall schedule. Check out the entire HD lineup at HDSportsGuide.com and for the full NCAA college football schedule, … Read more
There’s beginning to be some interesting commentary on the purchase of video codec company On2 by Google, see here, here and here. Much of the speculation understandably has to do with what this will mean for Google’s future with video, either via YouTube or in the Chrome browser and eventually OS. Within the specs for … Read more
There we were, happily channel surfing at home last night, and suddenly it appeared out of nowhere: the NFL Network. We have the Comcast digital classic plan and have never, ever had access to the NFL Network before. Surely a mistake, right? Not at all. Somehow back in May I missed the earth-shattering news that … Read more
Netflix is on a roll. In addition to the fact that the movie rental service may be launching an iPhone/iPod app in the future, Netflix announced a deal with Disney today to add ABC shows to its list of Watch Now content. As NewTeeVee reports, the first five seasons of Lost, seasons four and five … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Your Personal Photos, Music, and Video on TV Where should the processing occur to encode personal content for TV viewing? In the Verizon set-up, the processing takes place in a PC, and then content is transferred via MoCA. But it’s also possible to have the … Read more
Is this who you want representing your brand? Last week, Best Buy (BBY) launched an audacious online engagement experiment in allowing hundreds of employees to man their Twitter feed. “Twelpforce” aggregates rank and file employee contributions into a single Twitter account. However, unlike say a Sprint (S) or Comcast (CMCSA) who utilize communications and service … Read more
For some time, I’ve considered developing the vacant davezatz.com into a simple landing page directing folks to my various online haunts. But I never found the time or motivation. Enter: Card.ly. This new web service offers pretty much what I was shooting for, currently supporting a few dozen web services and providing a number of … Read more
After all the buzz surrounding Verizon’s launch of FiOS Facebook and Twitter apps last week, I was surprised to see such limited coverage of the video features also released. Luckily, a well-timed trip to my parents’ house gave me the opportunity to test out the new video-sharing functionality that’s now part of Verizon’s Home Media … Read more