A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Running TiVo on a Motorola Set-top: Connected Home 2 Go InternetVue PC2TV Media Extender Review: Web TV Wire Where BusinessWeek Got It Wrong: Connected Home 2 Go The New Motorola Home and Networks Mobility: Connected Home 2 Go
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. Telcos Exploit âDo Not Copyâ? Rules To Sell More DVRs: Davis Freeberg Widget TV: Connected Home 2 Go New Video Startup from Ex-Google Employees: Web TV Wire How Much Bandwidth Will You Need: Connected Home 2 Go
Those Cablevision guys sure are persistent… Multichannel News has a nice synopsis of the Network DVR situation. Storing content on the head-end seems like a sensible solution, but the content providers believe it infringes. With only 3+ million subscribers, I’m surprised to see Cablevision press on in fighting 20th Century Fox Film, Universal City Studios, … Read more
It’s a day full of TiVo. The company reports quarterly earnings this afternoon and apparently none of the financial analysts agree on how investors should react to a predicted $.02 per-share loss. I borrowed the title of this post from a Motley Fool article, which goes on to report that seven analysts recommend TiVo as … Read more
There was a fair bit of conversation at the recent Cable IPTV conference around how Comcast is approaching competition from online video services. Part of the approach involves having its own online video destination, (see news about the upcoming launch of Fancast), and the other part involves using the Internet to push subscribers to cable … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: New AT&T U-Verse Features: Connected Home 2 Go When is HD Really HD: Connected Home 2 Go AOL Broadband Video Overview: Web TV Wire Best Approach to In-Home Networking: Connected Home 2 Go
Originally announced at CES, I’ve been given word that Verizon’s FiOS TV Interactive Media Guide ~aka FiOS TV 2.0~ is rolling. The new GUI has just launched in Fort Wayne, IN and will be deployed to existing FiOS TV customers as a software update on existing hardware over the summer. To the best of everyone’s … Read more
Given the title of this post, you might (correctly) assume that I don’t believe CableCARD PCs matter. Sure there will be a small niche that embraces the technology as a home media center hub, but the average consumer won’t bother overcoming the learning curve and paying the associated premium. It’s nice to hear that CableCARD … Read more