Boomer Esiason was Motorola’s Follow Me TV pitchman at yesterday’s press event in NYC. Follow Me TV consists of DVR web scheduling, multi-room viewing between set-top boxes within the home, media streaming from a PC to set-top box, and content offloading for playback on portable devices such as cell phones. Multi-room viewing is already active … Read more
Never enough time… Cisco patents “triple play” of services. (Engadget) Comcast rolls out improved program guide. (Comcast) Gemstar/TV Guide sues Digeo/Moxi in patent case. (Reuters) Nokia to ship phones preloaded with Orb. (Engadget Mobile)
Never enough time… Orb 2.0 public beta available. (jkOnTheRun) Dave quizzes Motorola exec on OCAP. (PVRWire) EvokeTV bites the dust. (GigaOM) Moxi picks up three DVR UI patents. (Press Release) DirecTV, HDTV, and the resolution question. (Missing Remote)
Never enough time… in Vegas! Comcast DVRs get banner ads. (PVRBlog) TiVo Series3 unboxed. (PVRWire) Disney flicks on iTunes next month? (Business Week) Diego (Moxi) CEO interviewed. (itvt)
Like a variety of publications and blogs, I came across Verizon’s DVR press release yesterday. However, instead of speculating how the telcos will battle the cablecos with new features or getting hung up on the underlying technology I’ll give you two different reasons why this a significant announcement. I assume many of my readers are … Read more
Looks like Slingbox SlingPlayer software version 1.0.5 is pretty close to being finalized. If you can’t wait, go download Friday’s beta. Major enhancements and fixes over 1.0.4 are noted below. Brand, new officially-approved TiVo remote control. The Video Tuning Wizard assists you in selecting the video settings that work best for your system without navigating … Read more