Yahoo Broadcasts NFL Online (Outside North America)

It’s not cheap, but if you need pro football action outside of America (and don’t have a Slingbox stationed in the US), the NFL and Yahoo have you covered. $249 gets you live coverage of every game via the web. Even better? Works on Macs too. Yahoo says: The National Football League and Yahoo!, Inc … Read more

TiVo Launches CBS Sportsline Fantasy Football

tivo-sports.jpgIf only they had announced this 2-3 weeks ago (as in before the first day of the NFL season)… My former fantasy league jumped to FleaFlicker and my current league is on Yahoo. If they had gotten this up sooner, I would have petitioned hard to keep one of my leagues on CBS Sportsline — because this is the most innovative and practical application I’ve seen out of the HME engine.

TiVo says: TiVo Inc, the creator of and the leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), and CBS SportsLine, a leading Internet sports media organization and part of CBS Digital Media, announced today that CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football Companion can be accessed from any television connected to a broadband-enabled TiVo Series2 DVR. Registered users of CBS SportsLine Fantasy Football can manage their leagues, check stats and scores, and watch highlights from the comfort of their living rooms with their TiVo remote control. CBS SportsLine and TiVo are creating a new form of interactive sports programming for subscribers.

TiVo obviously has a big deal going with CBS: The press release indicates that in addition to rolling out the Fantasy Football HME app, TiVo will also be presenting CBS Sportsline video Showcases, Gold Star promotions, and interactive advertising tags. Earlier this week, TiVo also announced they would be premiering CBS’ The Class (via download) ahead of it’s live TV debut.

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Yahoo Go TV Gets Update, Supports More Tuners

If you recall, Yahoo purchased Meedio and then promptly released a beta of Yahoo Go TV. The beta was impressive, but a little rough around the edges (it is pre-release software, after all) — tonight’s update responds to some of the original complaints by adding support for additional tuners while improving responsiveness and consistency through-out … Read more

Amazon “Unbox” Video Downloads Launched

Amazon has jut launched their video download service, consisting of both movies ($10 – $15/ea to purchase) and television shows ($2/ea). Purchased shows can be archived to DVD, but are not playable on set-top boxes. Rented movies must be watched within 30 days, and once started must be completed within 24 hours like similar services … Read more

TVedia Media Front-End Reviewed

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HTPC enthusiast Eirik Solheim spent some time with TVedia and came away very impressed, despite the software’s lack of DVR functionality. However… What immediately caught my eye was the Amazon affiliate advertising built into the interface (in addition to the $35 software fee). I exchanged a few emails with Eirik who informed me the “feature” is optional and sent along a screenshot showing how users can toggle the ads. It’s an interesting strategy and well executed given TVedia’s spartan interface and disable options.

Eirik writes: TVedia is a media center frontend with some extremely interesting networking functionality and a very nice interface for YouTube, Google Video, Flickr, LastFM and other media related web sites. I recently gave it a run on my Windows Media Center Edition box. So far this is one of the most interesting products I have seen in this space for a long time! The music library, networking and online features are way better than what I am used to in MCE.

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Email of the Day: Dave’s a TiVo Chump?

I get tons of blog-related email, but this one really stands out for its length, passion, lack of spell check, and frequent use of the word chump. ;) Dave, Hey chump……I think you need to try a 622 hddvr which cost me exactly $0. Chump….did you even realize that the 622 has a 300gb hard … Read more

Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered

Never enough time… back home. Sprint thinks you’ll rent feature-length films on your cell phone. (Engadget) TiVo puts investors in suicide squeeze play. (Davis Freeberg) Nero adding PVR and video streaming functionality. (eHomeUpgrade) TiVo showcases CBS’s new fall season. (PVRWire) SanDisk V-Mate records video to memory cards on demand. (SanDisk)