Dave Zatz HDTiVo has discovered a method to download Amazon Unbox videos to multiple TiVos simultaneously (using XP and IE7). No telling why you’d want to do this (unless you have kids) since the license and content are transferable, but like many hacks that isn’t the point. After clicking the download button on the downloads page with … Read more
Apple and EMI will begin offering DRM-free songs via iTunes in May. I honestly never saw this day coming… Not on a voluntary basis without the might of several European countries behind it. There’ll be a 30 cent premium here in the US for unprotected tracks, but with it comes higher audio quality (256kbps versus … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. Technology Interest vs. Adoption: Connected Home 2 Go Motorola’s Downloadable MediaCipher (DM): Connected Home 2 Go 104 Channels On And Still Too Much To Watch: Davis Freeberg Voice Convergence Arrives in Denmark: Connected Home 2 Go
I may have mentioned I’m down in Florida for CTIA… but I may have failed to disclose I am stationed in Palm’s booth. Showing off the new SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS! (In addition to our existing Windows Mobile client and a Slingbox or two.) Just a few hours ago we unleashed the Palm OS … Read more
Mari’s not the only one traveling this week. 36 hours after returning from a week in California, I flew on down to Orlando yesterday. I did enjoy a quiet dinner at the pool while Georgetown embarrassed UNC in overtime last night. But today, it’s all business: Double duty at CTIA as both an industry guy and as a blogger (tips for the PR folks). Anyone else in Orlando? Drop me a line.
10 months after heading to court, Cablevision’s network DVR concept has been killed. No surprise here, though we may see follow-on court action and/or a tweaking of their proposed implementation… By contrast, Time Warner has successfully launched a head end-based service (Start Over) by sharing revenue with the networks. Multichannel News writes: The U.S. District … Read more
Joost servers by the palette.
John Czwartacki, of Verizon’s Policy Blog, dropped us a line asking if the writers and readers of ZNF would like to participate in a FiOS Q&A session:
Next Friday, I’ll conduct and post a conversation with one of the behind the scenes brains here at Verizon. Our first
victimcandidate is Brian Whitton, executive director of access network design and integration for Verizon. Brian’s title is just a formality — he’s the guy who knows about speed, what it means for the end user, and the innovations we’re deploying right now that make our fiber optic broadband to homes the autobahn of the Internet. Anyway, here’s your chance to ask an expert about G-PON, MoCA, and how Verizon hopes to transform the customer experience with the fiber we’re placing all the way into people’s homes.
You can never have too many friends in the blogosphere (even if they might not have appreciated my last post), so of course we have questions…. hopefully you do too. If so, please drop them in our comment area or theirs.