Movies/TV/Online Videos
It looks like Viacom is sending Google a message by teaming up with Joost. With the likes of MTV, and SpikeTV heading over to Joost, I can certainly see them attracting a younger crowd. Who knows? We might even see an actual music video. From the article: Under the agreement, content from Viacom's MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, and BET Networks will […]
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Just because Google said they do not have the infrastructure to deliver web based TV doesn't mean the rest of the world isn't going to go after this lucrative pie like a bunch of rabid wolves with Little Red Riding Hood in their sites. Here are a few stories/products that will get you closer to Web TV nirvana. SageTV […]
Read moreAsk and ye shall receive, at least from Skirge :). He sent in a pile of news articles this morning starting with Job's request for record companies to drop DRM. I find his rant a bit disingenuous. After all, he was the one who quickly sold out to the record labels to sell music on iTunes. If he wanted to […]
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Amazon and Tivo have decided they would make great bed mates. The new service call Amazon Unbox will be issued out on Wednesday as part of a test to an unspecified amount of TiVo users. Hot on the heals of Wal-Marts announcement, Amazon hopes to one up them by allowing downloads with a remote. This should give a much needed […]
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Whooops. it looks like DirectTV's somewhat questionable claims of better HDTV got them in hot water as of late. More specifically, Time Warner sued their asses and as a result they have to take down their HDTV claims until the lawsuit is settled! Matt weighed on the subject a couple of months ago and you can see his thoughts here. […]
Read moreWal-Mart, the worls largest retaile isn't content to let a source of revenue pass it buy. It has laucnhed a video download store that comes stocled with 3000 films and TV episodes. DVDs range in price from $12.88 to $19.88 and TV epsidoes for $1.96. The movie downloads are compatible with WIndows and WIndows portable devices, however, they will not […]
Read moreIts good to see the cable industry set a standard for Mpeg2 HD. From my experience 15Mbps should be very good quality and not suffer from blurring or blocking during playback. It will be interesting to see what sort of standards they set in place if they adopt other more efficient CODECs. From the article: Original Source: In addition to […]
Read morePretty cool article if you're curious just what's out there as far as the available Microsoft IPTV areas/companies, and it shows the unique features each one has. Personally I think one of the goals of IPTV should be a standard set of awesome features, that way people understand it & can adopt it easier. AT&T "Controlled market entry" in San […]
Read moreNetflix getting into the online distribution is really common sense. They have such a loyal user base that will try anything. AND, it helps that nobody else has really taken a grasp of this market (ok…maybe Apple a bit, but still needs improvement). It works fine — easy installation, no interruptions during the stream. Video quality is good. But the […]
Read moreI downloaded Real Genius. The 1 hour, 40 minute flick took about 16 minutes to finish on my 6mbit connection, which was being tapped at about 2mbits. And the stream started playing almost immediately. Netflix claims it can scale quality based on your bandwidth, and how hard their servers are being slammed, so quality will vary. Quality was outstanding, with […]
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