DVR

When Is Live Television Coming to Game Consoles in the U.S.?

Kevin Ohannessian — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:31:03 -0400

Microsoft and Sony both have plans to provide live television on their respective gaming machines this fall in Europe. Sony announced at GamesCom on Tuesday that it will bring BBC to U.K gamers, and other channels to various European countries. Similarly, Microsoft has announced it will be featuring Sky on Xbox Live in the U.K and Canal Plus in France. What are the plans for these services? And when are they coming to the U.S.?

Does the DVR Apple Television Rumor Make Sense?

Kit Eaton — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:59:37 -0500

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has gone all out in forecasting that Apple will enter the digital video recording net-connected television market by 2011. It's a bold assertion, with research behind the claims, and it seems to make sense--or does it?

ComScore Sees the Bigger Picture

Bill Barol — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:45:07 -0500

Tania Yuki
Senior Product Manager, Video Metrix

comScore
> New York, New York

Tania Yuki, 29, works with comScore clients such as CBS, Google, Microsoft, and NBC to gauge who their online video content is actually reaching.

TechWatch: Scientist Sells Secrets to Chinese; TiVo Sells Pizza to You

Chris Dannen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:00:05 -0500

The art of the sale is intrinsic to the American Dream as we know it; it's the foundation of entrepreneurship. But like many an American phenomenon - pro baseball, the SEC, Britney - the art of the sale is occasionally perverted to amusing and dangerous effect.

TiVo Coming To Your PC

Chris Dannen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:40:33 -0400

Software company Nero announced today a new product called LiquidTV that will allow consumers to turn there Windows PCs into TiVo [TIVO] digital video recorders. Just as they would on a TiVo set-top box, users will be able to pause, record and watch TV shows on their computer, as well as transfer shows between computers, and export to portable devices like Sony's [SNE] PSP or Apple's [AAPL] iPod. DVD-burning functionality will also be included.

Sony Announces All-in-One Media Desktops

Chris Dannen — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:03:20 -0400

Sony [NYSE:SNE] has been producing all-in-one media PCs for a while now, but they've been alternately very cool mashups and very poorly executed technological abortions. Thankfully for mankind, some of the new Viaos are looking like they have some real home-theater cred. The new Viao JS, LV and RT machines, announced today at the CEDIA conference (with a whole lot of other Sony gear, some of which I will highlight in this blog) all sport a built-in Blu-ray disk player. Beyond that, they each have their own fortes.

Advertisers Target Captive Audiences

Linda Childers — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:14 -0400

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