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Mobile TV Will Be A Risky Business For Operators
News Mobile TV is going to be big, but operators need to consider working together if the service is really going to take off, according to the authors of a study published this week. We’re very upbeat about mobile TV.
[June 29, 2006, 13:10]
Integration Is Key For Digital Video Recorders
News There are four primary parts to a DVR: a hard drive, a TV tuner card, a channel guide and a modem. DVRs, which let consumers store TV shows on hard drives and pause live shows, draw rave reviews from most consumers, but sales have trailed...
[August 23, 2002, 6:27]
Microsoft Tips Nod At Wink
News With the advent of interactive TV, "video is going to remain prevalent on television, but there will be lots of informational services wrapped around that video," said Wink CEO Maggie Wilderotter. Wink provides an end-to-end system, bringing...
[June 7, 1999, 10:13]
TV On A PC? We Can Do It - 3Dfx...
News On Monday, the company unveiled its latest product -- merging the company's high-end video card with a TV tuner card, which adds the ability to display TV signals, decode DVD signals, and encode MPEG2 video files from, say, a VCR.
[May 11, 1999, 8:05]
Set Top Boxes Poised To Dethrone The PC In Xmas Rush
News The plan is to wire two million UK households who currently can't get online via a free Net-enabled set-top box allowing surfing through the TV. PowerChannel will begin shipping its TV Internet box in time for Christmas.
[October 31, 2000, 10:31]
Energis Goes Head To Head With Open Over Interactive TV
News Energis launched an interactive TV portal on Monday which it hopes will seal its entry into the digital services market. The foot-dabbling in the interactive TV market will see Energis -- a telco that has recently been in the news challenging BT...
[May 21, 2001, 16:27]
Facts Times Importance Equals News
Blog In the blue corner and on the phone, a researcher from a certain TV news channel (In a totally craven and shameless attempt to preserve my chances of appearing on it, I shall not name the culprit). TV: Hello, Rupert.
[March 8, 2007, 10:08]
A Faster, Leaner Olympics Online
News A second site, NBCOlympics.com, will support US TV coverage. A friendlier time schedule for US viewers and the presence of the first credentialled Internet Olympics press corps promise to bring some useful information to Web surfers who can't make...
[February 9, 2002, 6:01]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog I ignored it for a while until I saw a Sky setup at a pal's house: the combination of EPG (electronic programme guide -- sort of super Teletext system) and RGB straight to the TV make it a lot more desirable.
[October 29, 1999, 19:16]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News I ignored it for a while until I saw a Sky setup at a pal's house: the combination of EPG (electronic programme guide -- sort of super Teletext system) and RGB straight to the TV make it a lot more desirable.
[October 29, 1999, 18:16]
AOL: Internet Identity Crisis On The Way
News Like Schuler's future TV, which he predicts will get one million channels, it still looks a lot like its Old World model. But before the million-channel TV that Schuler envisions -- challenging viewers to surf and find anything good to watch...
[October 26, 2000, 8:17]
Big Breakfast Gets The Big Brother Treatment
News Viewers of the show's morning mayhem can log on to continue the fun after the TV show ends at 9am in what Channel 4 hopes will set a new trend for Net/TV viewing. Channel Four in general is trying to move in a direction that will enable a lot of...
[January 22, 2001, 10:47]
Sky Giving Away Digital TV With Net Access
News Indeed Sky believes the lure of crystal clear, interactive TV will be enough to push its digital subscriber base past its goal of 1 million users and secure its position as the leading digital TV provider in the UK, ahead of rival On Digital.
[May 5, 1999, 14:14]
Sydney 2000: The Day They Banned The Net Down Under
News The only site allowed to broadcast coverage of the games is NBCOlympics.com, the official American TV broadcast partner for the Olympics. The coverage that sport generates is part of its product; commercial value will be lost for the sporting...
[September 12, 2000, 15:11]
Microsoft Puts PCs Into Heart Of Home Entertainment
News With Windows Media Center, consumers will be able to use a TV remote control to catalogue songs, videos and pictures, as well as check TV listings. If you're a digital media enthusiast -- which approximately one-quarter of US households are that...
[July 16, 2002, 8:19]
High-speed Net Access From The Blueyonder
News It is only the third company to announce broadband services in the UK -- Kingston offers ADSL broadband via TV, while rival cable company ntl offers cable modem services. Users will also have to pay extra for the interactive TV service Telewest...
[March 24, 2000, 9:31]
UK School Curriculum Goes Online
News The foundation for a radical overhaul of the traditional curriculum will start with a scheme to give GCSE students a new tool for learning -- via TV. From September 2002, GCSE pupils will learn six core subjects, including maths, science and...
[April 2, 2001, 9:00]
Sun Adds Extra Shot To Java Branding
News It may not rise to the popularity of Antiques Roadshow, but Sun Microsystems is betting a new TV show will help boost recognition of its Java software. Sun has finished the pilot for the 13-episode TV series, which is geared chiefly for European...
[July 8, 2004, 14:50]
New PCs Restrict Copying
News Our target audience is anyone who sees a place anywhere in the home where there's a need for a PC and a TV or an entertainment center," said Mark Bony, HP's Pavilion PC product manager. Besides digital photo, music and movie features already...
[September 4, 2002, 8:55]
Future Net: Net Video Getting Up To Speed
News In fact, he adds, Internet Protocol-based video streaming could begin to affect traditional TV delivery in a big way. Today, the Headend-in-the-Sky developed by Tele-Communications, and now part of AT&T Broadband and Internet Services, can transmit...
[September 7, 1999, 11:23]
