Tag Archives: TV
Today’s Digital News February 4, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net EBU to offer free HbbTV platform for Olympics » Digital TV Europe The EBU is offering its members a platform to deploy HbbTV services during this year’s Olympic Games and Eurovision Song Contest. via EBU to offer free HbbTV platform for Olympics » Digital TV [...]
Today’s Digital News February 3, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net The Feldman File: eyeIO: New compression technology company signs up Netflix as its first customer It’s not unusual for developers to claim that they’ve improved the efficiency of video compression algorithms, but they usually result in one of two outcomes: The changes result in a [...]
Today’s Digital News February 2, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net TVs need to be dumber and the ‘EPG needs reinventing’ | News | TechRadar Former iPlayer and YouView head Anthony Rose reckons that the EPG is ready for reinvention and that social recommendations will pave the way for finding content to watch on your TV. [...]
Today’s Digital News February 1, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net More UltraViolet on Smaller Releases, Please | Home Media Magazine My first experience with UltraViolet came with the release of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Drive — my personal pick for movie of the year, Oscars be darned. via More UltraViolet on Smaller Releases, Please | [...]
Today’s Digital News January 31, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net Hollywood Isn’t Ruining DVD Rentals On Its Own: Netflix is Happy to Help It’s easy to slam Hollywood for not understanding how technology works, or for putting its legacy business models ahead of user experience. Especially when big media companies do things like restrict digital [...]
Today’s Digital News January 30, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net Ten… smart TVs • reghardware Smart functionality has become the new must-have feature for TV. With hi-def and 3D pretty much taken for granted, it’s now ‘net connectivity, media streaming and IPTV which are driving sales. But with huge differences between proprietary network portals, both [...]
Today’s Digital News January 28, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net Audible Magic can recognize anything you watch on TV | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog An interesting piece of software I’ve run across at Macworld | iWorld 2012 is Audible Magic, automated-content recognition software that relies on digital fingerprinting. The Audible Magic technology will [...]
Today’s Digital News January 27, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net Connected TV needs higher degree of regulation, says Ofcom chief » Digital TV Europe Connected TV services are “TV-like experiences” and should be subject to a higher degree of regulation than internet content access through a PC, according to Ed Richards, CEO of UK media [...]
Today’s Digital News January 27, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net Connected TV needs higher degree of regulation, says Ofcom chief » Digital TV Europe Connected TV services are “TV-like experiences” and should be subject to a higher degree of regulation than internet content access through a PC, according to Ed Richards, CEO of UK media [...]
Today’s Digital News January 26, 2012
The best TV and Broadband News from around the ‘net Netflix vs Lovefilm • reghardware This month, at long last, US video streaming giant Netflix finally arrived on UK shores, with a £5.99 all-you-can-eat offering. It was swiftly matched by the local incumbent, Lovefilm. The Amazon-owned company pitched a streaming-only option at an introductory £4.99 [...]