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Set-top boxes tune into big sales
The market for set-top boxes is likely to grow dramatically in the next few years, according to a recent report. Futuresource Computing said that the incoming wave of entertainment services plays perfectly into the hands of set-top box makers. 'Pay-TV
Samsungā?"s MediaLive: the Ultimate HDTV Accessory, Bringing Digital Content from the PC to the Big-Screen
Samsung Electronics America Inc., the leader in the U.S. digital television market, lets consumers view PC-content on a Samsung HDTV with the retail launch of the company?s MediaLive adaptor. Samsung?s MediaLive delivers digital content (including HD
BSkyB 'all you can eat' music
p2pnet news viewMusic:- BSkyB, Britain?s largest pay-for-TV company and the Sky Digital operator, is launching an online music subscription service. ?BSkyB is hoping to revolutionise music consumption as it did television after announcing a
LIN TV's EVP Digital Media Schmidt Exiting
LIN TV also announced that its senior vp and chief financial office, Bart Catalane is resigning his post Gregory Schmidt, LIN TV's executive vp of digital media since 2006 and a long-time manager with LIN since 1995, is exiting the TV group Aug. 15 to
WHDI: World-changing wireless HDTV to become standard
Imagine watching any HD video wirelessly from any Blu-ray player, PC, TiVo, set-top box, video camera, Xbox ? any video source, anywhere in your house, up to 100 feet away. Now add the ability to instantly control that video from wherever you?re
TiVo Teams Up with Amazon to Enable On-Screen Product Purchasing
If you are a DMA member and this is your first time signing on, you need to follow this link in order to obtain your user name and password. If you are not a DMA member, you can still obtain a Visitor's Account. You'll have access to many areas of the
WRAL to Test Mobile DTV
Capitol Broadcasting ?s WRAL Raleigh-Durham, N.C. , teamed up with CBC New Media Group on the state?s first field test of mobile digital television this week. The two parties will use the MPH system , which allows broadcasters to deliver DTV to mobile
C&W renews contract with BSkyB
Cable & Wireless (C&W) has announced it has extended an existing contract with pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB to continue to carry all inbound customer calls across its network into BSkyB?s call centres in the UK. The network is managed from
LIN TV Announces Departures of CFO and EVP Digital Media
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --(Business Wire)-- LIN TV Corp. (NYSE:TVL) today announced that its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bart Catalane, has decided to relocate back to the New York area, where his family is based, to become Chief
Thomson to assist Telenor with IPTV roll out in Scandinavia
Scandinavian telecomms operator Telenor has selected Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TMS) to provide services and hardware to assist it to deploy IPTV services in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Thomson will providing Telenor with its SmartVision
Internet television service Joost enters China (AFP)
BEIJING (AFP) - London-based The company has also set up a joint venture with Hong Kong 'There's a great market opportunity in China: content producers who are making high-quality content, advertisers eager to reach consumers online, and an active
IPTV World Forum: Moving Beyond the Triple Play
CHICAGO Aggressive discounting of the service bundle might have won subscribers to IPTV, but it wont retain them. These subscribers crave new services across multiple platforms, according to Ian Tapp, senior vice president of business development for
Tech Giants Team Up for Wireless HDTV Standard
NEW YORK The consortium due to be announced Wednesday is an important development in the race to create a definitive way to replace tangles of video cables, but doesn't end it both Sony and Samsung also are supporting a competing technology. In the new
Samsung's MediaLive: the Ultimate HDTV Accessory, Bringing Digital Content from the PC to the Big-Screen
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., BUSINESS WIRE -- Samsung Electronics America Inc., the leader in the U.S. digital television market, lets consumers view PC-content on a Samsung HDTV with the retail launch of the company's MediaLive adaptor. Samsung's MediaLive
China Internet Society (DCCI) Gives High Marks to Youku in 1H 08 Internet Video Report
BEIJING , July 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Youku, China's leading Internet video sharing site recently swept in all categories of measurement for the first half of 2008 in a report just issued by The China Internet Society Data Center of the Chinese
Thomson to assist Telenor with IPTV roll out in Scandinavia
(Telecomworldwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Scandinavian telecomms operator Telenor has selected Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453) (NYSE: TMS) to provide services and hardware to assist it to deploy IPTV services in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Thomson
Samsung Delivers 2nd Generation LED-Backlit LCD HDTV with New Series 9 LED LCD HDTV
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. --(Business Wire)-- Samsung Electronics America Inc., a worldwide leader in innovation and HDTV technology, unveils the successor to the company's award-winning 81 Series LED LCD HDTV, with the launch of the new Series 9 LED LCD
Pay TV set-top boxes on target for 40% growth
Global shipments of pay TV set-top boxes (STBs) are on track to grow by nearly 40% by 2012, according to a report by Futuresource Consulting. This represents an increase of 38 million units, with growth derived from new subscribers and consumers
ABC launches free net TV service
THE ABC's voracious and highly successful push into the digital domain has taken another mighty leap with the launch of ABC iView. The free internet TV service, which went live last night and is available at abc.net.au/iview, is the first real attempt by
TiVo Embraces E-Commerce through Amazon
TiVo, the digital video recorder (DVR) pioneer, is jumping into e-commerce with a new partnership with Amazon. The new Product Purchase feature unveiled yesterday is TiVo's attempt to deliver on what has been a tantalizing, but elusive dream for
The World of Web TV - Coming Soon To 186 Million TV Screens Near You
Connected TV Devices Fuel Digital Media OpportunitiesLondon, England - 22 July 2008 - Web video, and TV services like YouTube and the BBC's iPlayer, are no longer confined to PC users, according to 'Digital Media Devices Global Market Forecast,' just
Leading Scandinavian telecoms operator Telenor selects Thomson's IPTV systems
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REVIEW: Tiny TVonics Freeview Tuner Punches Above Its Weight
HDTV , Home Cinema , TV Freeview boxes are nothing new and now that more and more TVs offer built-in digital freeview tuners, not to mention the uptake of services like Sky and Freesat, you'd be forgiven for thinking they're over the hill. Earlier
TOM (02383) forms JV to provides online HDTV service
) said it has formed strategic alliance with the online HDTV aupplier, Joost, to extablish a joint venture company in the PRC to provide online-TV service Greater China Region. The JV will be owned as to 51% by TOM and 49% by Joost. According to the
More Amazonian Hype From TiVo?
Several new media players have attempted to allow TV viewers to buy products with a click of their remote controls, but TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO) is the latest to attempt so-called 't-commerce' through a deal announced with Amazon.com. While the
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