Bear Stearns TiVo Guidance

Bear Stearns is out today with some TiVo thoughts after a few references in Amazon’s quarterly statement and conference call: The Company launched “Amazon Unbox on TiVo,” available to over 1.5 million broadband-ready TiVo boxes and offering subscribers a great way to find, download and watch on their televisions thousands of movies and TV shows … Read more

Vista Media Center Update (Good Luck)

I downloaded the April Vista Media Center update, though I don’t have very high hopes at this point. While it reportedly corrects at least one problem I was experiencing (with a dual tuner card), it doesn’t overcome the resource hog that is Vista or replace the ironic PS3/PSP interface with the superior Xbox 360 blade … Read more

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. DivX’s Old And New CE Partners: Davis Freeberg The Set-Top Open and Shut: Connected Home 2 Go Merger Monday: Connected Home 2 Go The Race to DOCSIS 3.0: Connected Home 2 Go

Next Gen DVD Milestones

I’m still regularly asked, “Which format will win?” And my answer has never wavered: Blu-ray and HD DVD will co-exist. While the numbers indicate Blu-ray is gaining momentum despite a late launch, I still believe both standards will remain viable… especially with even more talk of multi-format discs and players. Am I right? TWICE: Blu-ray … Read more

Mochila Adds Video

No, it’s not a new Starbucks flavor. Mochila is a multimedia syndication service that just launched its video player and video content today. It’s an interesting business model and I got a full briefing on it from the CEO earlier in the week. Unfortunately, time has been running shorter than usual and I haven’t had … Read more

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. Motorola CableCARD Set-Tops Shipping: Connected Home 2 Go Along the Road to Convergence: Connected Home 2 Go 100 Mbps Without Fiber to the Home: Connected Home 2 Go

Strange Things Are Afoot At The Netflix

Netflix has moved their earnings call from the 23rd to the 18th, and Davis suspects something is up. Given their new director of Internet TV, one possibility is that Netflix will acquire Roku to jumpstart a media extender business. Or perhaps there’s been an offer to buy Netflix. We suppose it’s also possible, though unlikely, … Read more

Staten Island Residents Get PhotoShowTV

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Time Warner Cable quietly launched PhotoShowTV in Staten Island last week. I say quietly because it appears there was very little press coverage. Granted the service was already operating in Hawaii, but this is the first time PhotoShowTV has been available on the mainland, so to speak. And it’s a very cool service.

SimpleStar’s PhotoShow has been around for quite a while as a simple tool for creating photo slideshows with music, graphics and even some animations. (Comcast subscribers can download the Deluxe version on Comcast.net) The TV part comes in with the combination of PhotoShow and Time Warner’s VOD service. Staten Island TWC subscribers can now create PhotoShows online and then submit them for public viewing on a local VOD station. In other words, what you create in your living room can be watched on Grandma’s TV screen across town.

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