A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Netflix Hires Vista MediaCenter Netflix Plugin Developer: Brent Evans Geek Tonic 1 Terabyte with the Motorola DCH Set-Tops: Connected Home 2 Go Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Review: The Daleisphere CBS Facing Tribal Council On The Next Survivor, Goodwill Island: Davis … Read more
On Tuesday May 27, 2008 between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa, and other prominent supporters such as Michael Geist, will be sponsoring a Net Neutrality Rally on Canada’s Parliament Hill. The net neutrality rally is intended to foster greater Internet competition, innovation … Read more
My Roku Netflix Player just arrived, so of course I dropped everything to get it running. Setup and operation are extremely simple, and I appreciate the inclusion of WiFi (like Apple TV, as opposed to Vudu, Xbox, TiVo, and Akimbo). The rewind (and fast forward) thumbnail scanning functionality is going to take some getting used … Read more
It’s been one amazing adventure after another, but I’ve made the very difficult decision to leave Sling Media for an exciting new opportunity. I’m grateful for having worked with such a talented and dedicated group on a product lineup I care deeply about. Before joining Sling, I was both an ethusiastic customer and blogger – … Read more
It appears that the Xbox 360 Dashboard will only receive a minor update in the near future: most users will not notice any significant changes to the dashboard this spring While Marc Whitten of Xbox Live says they’ve recently been focused on the infrastrucutre, a little birdie shared something recently… We’ll see if it pans … Read more
Mary Jo at ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft has begun testing Fiji, the next iteration of Vista Media Center. You may remember rumblings last year about this time that the Windows Media Center Fiji Update would be delayed until 2008. Well it sure was – matter of fact it could be the end of 2008 … Read more
Looking for an alternative to the Harmony? It now exists. As I was leaving the floor at the Cable Show, I got the lowdown on the new Ultimate Remote from tvCompass. In a quick demo I was particularly impressed with the TV Guide EPG rendering – not an easy thing to get right on such … Read more
Similar to TiVo’s “Thumbs Up” advertising, DISH Network customers will shortly be presented with interactive ads from NBC. However, instead of DISH driving advertising sales it appears that the network will leverage their existing advertisers to broker deals and/or as a means of driving traffic to their own TV properties. From the press release: NBC … Read more