A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. A Gazillion HD Channels: Connected Home 2 Go Build Your Own OCAP App: Connected Home 2 Go The Cost of Adding CableCARD: Connected Home 2 Go BabelGum Internet TV to Contend With Joost: Web TV Wire
The DivX news just keeps on coming… As they work on expanding their ecosystem, SanDisk has announced DivX support – including web video site Stage6. I think it’s safe to say SanDisk will beef up their portable Sansa media players, and perhaps will be one of vendors to brand the upcoming DivX media extender, later … Read more
Here’s an interesting tibit I ran across: Cartoon Network is working on some sort of Adult Swim content/gaming mashup for web and consoles. The Mega Series is a custom application accessible through a console browser and a PC browser. Once the application is built, the interface will be customized for the Flash capabilities of each … Read more
Looks like some of those upcoming AT&T U-verse features actually won’t be making an appearance any time soon: Photos, VoIP, U-Bar, Yellow Pages (Q4, 2007) 2 HD Streams, Pair Bonding, iNID (Q2, 2008) Whole Home DVR (Q3, 2008) Caller ID on TV (Q4, 2008) Though, the most interesting new DVR interface/functionality I want to check … Read more
YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology with two of the world’s largest media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co. This technology, rolled into Claim Your Content, will help copyright holders identify movies that have been uploaded without their permission. Testing of the identification technology, developed by engineers at Google, will … Read more
Netflix continues to extend their reach by purchasing and distributing content. They’ve primarily stockpiled indie and foreign flicks, but now they’re expanding into custom short-form video via a NBC Universal deal: “‘I Love This Movie!’” will be available for instant watching at the Netflix member Web site,” said Robert Kyncl, vice president of content acquisition … Read more
It’s good to have friends, and Cablevision appears to have earned a few in their ongoing network DVR legal battle. Several trade and lobbying groups, representing companies such as the Consumer Electronics Association, AT&T, and Verizon have chimed in… Last week’s joint Amicus brief reads: Network-based services may prove to be both cheaper and technologically … Read more
CNET reports that this fall Eye-Fi will launch a Wi-Fi enabled SD card for digital cameras. Their $100, possibly 2GB, SD card will retain the form factor of traditional cards and only use battery power when transmitting photos. Eye-Fi hopes to have about a dozen online photo sharing sites signed up by launch. It’s an … Read more