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Today’s Digital News September 3, 2010
Cable alternative Sezmi teams with Amazon in 36 new markets – FierceIPTV Sezmi, which combines over-the-air, cable, and web video content into a single integrated TV service, has partnered with Amazon to launch in 36 markets in the U.S. The company already has partnered with Best Buy to launch in Los Angeles. Apple TV and [...]
Apple TV and Fairplay Blockage
Well Apple has given us that one more thing, the new improved Apple TV, However this has caused me to think about one of the less understood aspects of the Apple ecosystem… Fairplay – Apple’s DRM system. Well what caused me to think about this ‘almost’ hidden DRM? Well what Fairplay gives you is the [...]
Today’s Digital News September 2, 2010
About Those 99-Cent TV Episodes Being Sold On Amazon … | paidContent If you want to own Glee episodes at a cut-rate price, better get your Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) downloads fast. The e-tailer is countering Apple’s 99-cent rentals from ABC (NYSE: DIS) and Fox by selling some TV episodes at a loss. Amazon still has [...]
Today’s Digital News September 1, 2010
I Just Dumped Hulu Plus — Here’s Why Last night, I canceled my subscription to Hulu Plus, which I've had for a couple of months. Why? Samsung tries to woo TV app developers | Circuit Breaker – CNET News Samsung Electronics think so. The Korean company is here pitching Samsung Apps, an application platform and [...]
IBC comes around again… is this one about real IPTV?
Well September has rolled around again and IBC is coming. All of our mailboxes are full of bumf, invites and some that can only be described as spam for even the hardened IBC visitor. However what will it bring this year? Previous years have been about 3D and IPTV, and of course we cannot forget mobile [...]
Today’s Digital News August 31, 2010
Apple And Google Battle For Your Flatscreen Google and Apple have been circling each other like mountain lions looking for the right place to bite first. Dutch viewers continue to love teletext | Broadband TV News Dutch viewers are still avid users of the teletext services of both the public and private broadcasters, according to [...]
Today’s Digital News August 30, 2010
Google Pitching Pay-Per-View on YouTube — But Is Anyone Buying? Google is pitching Hollywood studios on a pay-per-view service that would enable them to rent videos on YouTube for $5 a piece, according to a report in the Financial Times. But while the service could introduce a incremental revenues to both the online video site [...]
Today’s Digital News August 28, 2010
Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Glibc Is Finally Free Software "Despite the fervour of some, the dark secret of every GNU/Linux distribution is that, until August 18 this year, it depended on software that was under a non-Free license — incompatible with the Open Source Definition and non-Free according to Debian and the FSF. [...]
Today’s Digital News August 27, 2010
Hands-On With Gmail VoIP: Gmail Adds The Kitchen Sink When Gmail rolled out its chat sidebar back in 2006, it seemed like a pretty wild curve ball for a company that’s made such things their bread and butter. Netgear’s NeoTV set-top box revives first-gen Blu-Ray drives | Tech Gear News – Betanews Network hardware company [...]
Today’s Digital News August 26, 2010
Open browsers needed to ensure OTT video growth | News | Rapid TV News The emergence of open browsers will drive the widest, fastest adoption of OTT video services by best addressing the requirements of both content service providers and connected TV manufacturers, argues a new white paper. The Future of TV: The Evolving Broadcast [...]