In a shocking upset, TiVo scored an Interactive Television Emmy at the AFI Digital Content Festival. Actually, is anyone really surprised TiVo took home top honors? ABC also picked up an Emmy for their experimental web streaming platform. Awards will be handed out at the Creative Arts Awards Ceremony in LA on August 19. This … Read more
Looks like at least one telco is picking up TiVo as an ally against the cable companies… TiVo says: Beginning this week, BellSouth and TiVo will launch the first of a variety of co-marketing initiatives that leverage product synergies between BellSouth FastAccess DSL and TiVo in order to drive additional distribution of the respective services. … Read more
Never enough time… Time Warner Cable, Raleigh refuses to provide CableCARD for TiVo? (TiVo Blog) Amazon to launch movie download service next month? (Hacking Netflix) TiVo takes on Nielsen in providing granular advertising info. (TiVo Lovers) Motorola acquires video-on-demand company Broadbus Technologies. (Boston Globe) AM radio is still kicking. (LA Times)
Never enough time… Multistream CableCARDs (CC 1.0+ aka M-Card) expected soon. (HD Beat) Better Business Bureau rates TiVo as “unsatisfactory.” (TV Predictions) Samsung’s Blu-ray player comes factory-misconfigured. (Engadget) NBC new season preview DVD available to Netflix subscribers. (Hacking Netflix) UPnP specs updated. (eHomeUpgrade)
I’m honestly baffled at the amount of press Movielink got earlier this week regarding their licensing & marketing agreement with Sonic. I saw the story early and passed right over it… after all, DVD-burning had already been announced in April and little to no pricing or DRM information was provided. Oh yeah, they didn’t even … Read more
TiVo has notified both the FCC and cable operators that CableCARD compliant HD Series3 units are currently being tested and should be released to retail… soon! Letter says: The TiVo Series3 HD DVR product supports up to two CableCARD decoders. This product acts as two independent single stream UDCP CableCARD hosts within one set top … Read more
Never enough time… TiVo now selling at Radio Shack. (Davis Freeberg) Echostar invests in CinemaNow. (HDBeat) Check out PVR-oriented podcast. (TechLore) Cingular launches HBO series for cellphones. (Reuters) UPnP AV network specs updated. (eHomeUpgrade)