CinemaNow Upgrades Media Manager Capabilities

Jenny sent in this news item about CinemaNow upgrading their services to allow their downloads to be played on an Xbox360. Has anyone else tried CinemaNow service? What are your thoughts on the service? CRM Today CinemaNow, Inc., the premier online destination for downloadable Hollywood movies and TV shows, today released an upgraded version of its ‘Media Manager,’ a proprietary […]

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Hands On With Verizon FiOS TV 2.0

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Lots of pictures of the new Verizon FiOS over at Zatz Not Funny, some very interesting to say the least. Currently only available in very limited areas, hopefully soon it will spread out & force your local awful cable service to actually provide something worth paying for. Make sure to visit the site for a LOT more pictures. Zatz Not […]

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Net radio “compromise” hinged on DRM adoption

Round and round we go…  where it stops, DRM knows!  Yes, internet radio was given a reprieve, but not without some fine print.  Ars takes a look at the issue. ARS "SoundExchange has offered to cap the $500 per channel minimum fee at $50,000 per year for webcasters who agree to provide more detailed reporting of the music that they […]

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Verizon Under the Wire; Dodges CableCARD Deadline

Interesting development, I’m curious how Verizon customers feel about this. Are they content with it since there’s really not much cable card devices now, and then they have all those digital channels to look forward to (*cough* in 2009), or just mad that they get to stall even longer? Connected Home  It’s been interesting to watch the clock run down […]

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Cable firms to raise set-top box rates

I didn’t see this one coming, lol. Cable companies, in an effort to make even less friends, have announced this which I hope will simply encourage more people to use cable cards, which in turn will hopefully make the process a little more user-friendly. Or just stick it to the cable companies and get satellite. Yahoo News They say the […]

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Apple Now 3rd Largest Music Retailer

Skirge writes…  We’re #3…  we’re #3…  It’s quite impressive just how much impact the iPod has had on the world. MSNBC Apple’s rise in the NPD survey reflects a key shift in the music industry: Compact disc sales are declining while digital music sales are climbing. That, plus the popularity of Apple’s iPod portable music players, has helped boost iTunes […]

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