Until AT&T expands their U-Verse IPTV offering, they’ve partnered with Dish in providing a networked DVR which includes home media features and movie downloads. Beginning today, residents in Ohio and San Antonio can rent a Homezone box for $9.99/mo… on top of their existing monthly Internet and satellite subscription fees. I can’t imagine the few … 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)
Never enough time… Place shifting companies must license content in the UK? (eHomeUpgrade) UK to outlaw power standby for electronic devices. (Gizmodo) MobiTV lands $70 million investment, plans geographic and technological expansion. (GigaOM) HD-DVD consortium to spend $150 million on advertising. (HDBlog)
Anyone live near LA? In two weeks the American Film Institute (AFI) is hosting a pretty interesting digital media gathering. Some of the compelling sponsors include presenter Starz (aka Vongo) and exhibitor Brightcove (a TiVo partner). More importantly TiVo and DTV have been nominated for Interactive/Enhanced Television Programming Emmys and the winners will be announced … Read more
Never enough time… DirecTV HD TiVo getting upgraded to 6.3! (HDBeat) Optical component reads Blu-ray and HD-DVD. (EETimes) Court rules against “film sanitizing.” (AP) Audio interview with Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Fred von Lohmann. (eHomeUpgrade)
CNET Tech News has been available for almost two months on broadband-connected Series 2 units. I regularly watch the weekly 15-minute shows, though I find myself fast forwarding through about 50% of each installment (some of these editors are not meant for TV; I don’t care about Best Buy or Sony commercials). In the latest … Read more
Both TiVo and Netflix posted interesting job openings this week… First up is Netflix, who’s looking to hire an interface engineer. Based on the description it seems they’re interested in exploring Vista’s GUI functionality to possibly produce a front-end for on-line movie distribution. Keep in mind Vista will bundle Media Center Edition features… which currently … Read more
Never enough time… in Canada! DVD versus download. (CNN Money) ATI releases Avivo video converter for portables and DivX. (ATI) Comcast buys digital media services company. (GigaOm) Slingbox celebrates first birthday. (Sling Community) Malaysia gets first DVR. (NextNews)