I realize not everyone shares my opinion that Joss Whedon’s new show Dollhouse is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but then again, clearly there are a lot of people in the world with no taste in television. (Um, Deal or No Deal? Really?) What’s interesting is that the demographic of people who are watching … Read more
With numerous ways to watch this year’s March Madness college basketball games, the experience comes as close to being personalized as any TV event we’ve had to date. By my reckoning, you can watch the NCAA match-ups live on TV, select your preferred games on the Web via March Madness On Demand (MMOD), watch on … Read more
The Boxee team created an iPhone app for Boxee quite a while back which has been available for jailbroken phones for some time. Although it took a while to get through that mysterious Apple approval process, Boxee’s office iPhone Remote app is finally available in the iTunes Store. The Boxee iPhone (and iPod Touch) app … Read more
As I discovered last month, it looks like YouTube is headed to the little $99 Roku media player. And it turns GOOG may not be the only new partner joining Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand. Via Hacking Netflix, US News & World Report writes: Roku expects to add about 10 new “channels” by the … Read more
I’ve received word that Pandora Internet radio streaming will be launching on Vudu in the very near future. This seems to be confirmed by a published, then yanked, post on CNET. (Also, swiped/syndicated here.) While I’m happy to see Vudu’s still got life and continues to expand box offerings beyond video purchases/rentals (aka Vudu Labs), … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Hulu goes social, it’s all about the ads Right in time for its first anniversary, video site Hulu has announced that it is dipping its toe into social networking – ‘Hulu Friends’ enables users to create profiles and, optionally, share their viewing activity with … Read more
CBS has launched a $4.99 iPhone application dedicated to streaming all 63 games of the NCAA basketball tournament. The NCAA March Madness on Demand app, powered by MobiTV, also provides: tournament brackets updated in real-time with up-to-the minute scores, and the ability to click directly from brackets into live video. […] game previews, including team … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Netflix beats Hulu to secure “South Park” episodes “There was no talk of ad splits or guarantees or advances, just a payment for a show Netflix seemed really happy to have,” Matt Stone, co-creator of South Park, tells NYT. “We’ve never given the show … Read more