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Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Here

Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Herethese things are nice, but-if ISPs start removing the 'unlimited' feature of unlimited accounts, the entire idea will be for naught. Few will watch internet television when it could affect their surfing habits later that month or week when they bump into the limitations...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), TVs, TV & Home Theater, Digital TV Transition, Look Now, digital television

Discussion threads 2008-06-15

Hulu, News Corp, and the Web (2.0?)

Hulu, News Corp, and the Web (2.0?)Sigh.Yeah, another example of mass media not having a clue about what make digital, well, digital. :)Did some ranting on this over at Made With Computers as well. http://w3t.org/c/hulu_sucks/ tUgh, againSorry for the crap link. Wt3 shortener sucks! Try this:...

Tags: Channel management, Hulu, News Corp., Web

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

Hulu, News Corp, and the Web (2.0?)

I know this is behind the game, and that the bleeding edge of blog reviews has moved well beyond online streaming service Hulu (even though it's not yet out to the public). But I received my beta invite last week and have had all this time to...

Tags: Web, Yahoo! Inc., Blog, Service, Hulu, Web 2.0, Blogging, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, zbeauvais

Blog posts 2007-12-04

Hulu and the expectations game

Hulu and the expectations gameWill be interesting to watchThe biggest transition I'm waiting to see made (and it's going to happen sooner rather than later) is free, ad-supported, downloadable, long-form content like TV shows. I was hoping Hulu might be in a position to finally push things there. ...

Tags: Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Hulu, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

Hulu and the expectations game

Expect nothing--or better yet expect a total trainwreck--and you're always pleasantly surprised. That axiom is at play today as Hulu--the online video venture of Fox and NBC launches. The online service, which was launched to be a YouTube-ish competitor, is in private beta and the blogger class...

Tags: Game, NBC, Web, TechCrunch, Online Video, TV, Music Industry, Hulu, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Channel Management, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-29

Lulu wants to meet Hulu in Sulu court

Lulu wants to meet Hulu in Sulu courtWhy not an old-fashioned shoot-out?Like at the O K Corral?Last man standing is the winner, unless he's a lawyer. If he's a lawyer, lock him up "for his protection".RE: Lulu wants to meet Hulu in Sulu courthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulu_singerLulu wants her cut of the profits...

Tags: Last Man Standing, Lulu, Hulu, Sulu

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

Additional Resources

Dishing It Out

There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...

Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-02

News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Jaksta Streaming Media Recorder (exe)

Record all kinds of streaming media including FLV, RTMP, RTSP, ICECAST, WMV, ASF, MP3 and MP4 from your favorite video and music websites and automatically convert it into formats suitable for portable media centers such as iPods, Zunes, PSP's, MP3 and MP4 players. Record streams from popular sites such as:...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, MP3, Jaksta, Corporate Communications, Media Center PCs, Web Site Development, Digital Media, Digital Music, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Internet, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-06-18

Look Now: Digital TV Transition Already Here

The digital television transition has begun. And it has little to do with Feb. 17, 2009. Yah, that's the date that all local TV broadcasters have to be sending out all their signals in digital form. And there are going to be a handful of clueless TV...

Tags: Advertisement, Digital Television, Digital Television Transition, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-15

Stream PC content to every HDTV in the house via coaxial cable

In a similar vein to yesterday's post about wireless HDTVs, today's news arrives with a media streamer by ZeeVee that plugs into one's computer and sends on-screen content to every TV in the house over existing coaxial cable. In effect, the unit, called the ZvBox, enables users...

Tags: PC, HDTV, Cable, Computer, ZvBox, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-05-01

News to know: Salesforce and Google; LiveMesh; Cloud computing; Linux

Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise Garett Rogers: Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps Techmeme Mary Jo Foley: The big reveal: Live Mesh Statement: Blockbuster proposes to buy Circuit City  ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Data Center, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Storage, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Flickr video: What's wrong with 90 seconds?

Flickr has finally launched its video feature and the reviews thus far are solid. The one hangup for people is the 90 second time limit Flickr imposes video contributions. Techmeme is abuzz with Flickr's highly anticipated video feature, but as Dan Farber notes: Despite taking the...

Tags: Flickr, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-09

As Microhoo turns: In today's episode Google goes gunshy; News Corp plays ball

These incremental Microsoft-Yahoo updates can get tiring. At least we're not killing trees with them. As a public service, here's a roundup of the latest chatter about Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. Google gets cold feet. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that has lost enthusiasm...

Tags: Google Inc., TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Inc., Asset Management, Outsourcing, Operational Planning, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-13

The Crunchies: And the winners are...

Last night the San Francisco Web 2.0 crowd filled the high society Herbst Theatre for the Crunchies, a people's choice award program hosted by my friends from TechCrunch, GigaOm, Venture Beat and ReadWriteWeb. You can watch a replay of the event here, courtesy of Mogulus. The...

Tags: Start-up, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-19

Why Apple can't do to video what it did to music

Why Apple can't do to video what it did to musicThe tail is not going to wag the dog.......this time around.RE: Why Apple can't do to video what it did to musicOf course NBC and others are seeing less revenue, they put their shows on the web themselves. People...

Tags: Corporate communications, Digital music, Digital media, video, Apple Inc., movie, music, NBC, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2007-12-05

News to know: Installing Leopard; Google; Green IT; BEA

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The Leopard has landed: The Mac OS X 10.5 upgrade process. Gallery: Installing Leopard. Robin Harris: Back up before Leopard upgrade! David Morgenstern: Mac OS X Leopard installation as a spiritual practice. Dana Gardner: I got bitten by the Apple Leopard blue screen...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, BEA Systems Inc., Green IT, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Operating Systems, Data Centers, Desktops, Software, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Storage, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-29

NBC.com to deliver free, ad supported shows; ABC pairs up with AOL to do same

NBC launched NBC Direct in a move to deliver its shows free and ad-supported through NBC.com. ABC is pairing with AOL to distribute its shows--and the ads that go with them--for free. It's a distribution land grab. For NBC, the initial reaction from most observers was "Huh?" What...

Tags: NBC, Advertisement, ABC Inc., America Online Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-20

News to know: AMD vs Intel; GoogleDrive.com; Microsoft search tweaks

Notable headlines: George Ou: AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough? Paul Murphy: Barcelona, Tigerton, and the T2. Garett Rogers: Google secures GoogleDrive.com and updates name servers. Review:  Logitech VX Nano Cordless Laser Mouse. Harry Fuller: IBM:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Hypervisor, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-13

Sony will lose video download battle too

Sony is reportedly preparing a bit move to challenge Apple's video download aspirations. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sony is going to use its PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Bravia TVs to ride shotgun with video download services. This effort would be similar to the way Apple...

Tags: Sony Corp., Apple Inc., Video, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-04