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U.S. moving 'quickly as possible' on Sirius/XM

U.S. moving 'quickly as possible' on Sirius/XMYes, it would be a monopoly.How in the world even in the fantasy worlds of broadcasting and politics can they expect people to believe that such a merger wouldn't be a monopoly? Yes, one can argue that satellite radio competes with terrestrial radio, but...

Tags: Digital music, Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, Satellite Broadcasting, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., satellite, MP3, radio, satellite radio, Sirius

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

Additional Resources

ProgDVB 6.24 (Windows)

ProgDVB is a software which allows you to watch SAT-Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB-PCI cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers. This software has options for working with network broadcasting and Audio/Video recording of the stream to different...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Broadcasting, Hardware, ProgDVB, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Investor/RT 10.0.1 (Mac)

State-of-the-art tool kit for the online investor. It provides powerful market monitoring, scanning, back testing, scheduling, data capture, charting, technical analysis, and portfolio management features for users of a wide variety of real-time, delayed, and end-of-day market data services.Supported Internet-based data services include the eSignal Data Broadcasting Corporation, DTN-InterQuote (Data...

Tags: Data Service, Apple Macintosh

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Video Purifier 1.4.6 (Mac)

BackgroundVideo signals are contaminated by noise in many different ways even if they are completely digital. Sources of noise are for example storage media, image acquisition equipments (e.g. cameras, digitizers etc.), transmission channels (e.g. broadcasting, satellite links, cable networks, statistical multiplexers) and receiving and recording equipment. The noise has different...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Video, Noise, Innobits AB, BackgroundVideo Signal, Innobits Video Purifier, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-16

ProgDVB 6.12 (Windows)

ProgDVB is a software which allows you to watch SAT-Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB-PCI cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal x86-compatible computers. This software has options for working with network broadcasting and Audio/Video recording of the stream to different...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Broadcasting, Hardware, ProgDVB

Software downloads 2009-08-22

StationPlaylist Studio 4.23 (Windows)

Low-cost digital audio on-air broadcast playback software for radio broadcasting and Internet streaming. Features include: Automation and Live Assist mode. Continuous unattended play in automation mode. Microphone and Line-in control with music fade. Play live feeds from external sources (Satellite, streams). Play spots or events at specific times. Advanced automatic...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Broadcasting, Audio Card, StationPlaylist

Software downloads 2009-08-05

mPlayOut 1.0.1 Beta (Windows)

mPlayOut is a basic playout solution for satellite channels and local tv stations for delivering their content to the viewers. It can also be used for narrowcasting, as a digital billboard for advertisements or displaying any kind of visual information to public. mPlayOut is designed to be easy to use...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Beta, Satellite, Modest Solutions, mPlayOut, Network Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2009-07-13

The Cost of the Free Internet

The outpouring of interest in and passionate argument about IAC chairman Barry Diller’s declaration last week that the delivery of content over the Internet ‘absolutely’ will become a ‘paid system’ was instructive. First, it shows the power of the “free” Internet, as it is currently constructed. A...

Tags: Payment, Video, Cable, Programming, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-06-16

News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...

Tags: Google Gmail, Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Free antenna experiment…any takers?

Free antenna experiment…any takers?This is old...I found an article on this about 3 years ago in either Science Digest or Discover Magazine. I didn't need to try it because my wireless router is only about 20 feet my my living room PC, so I can't offer up any proof...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, taker

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid

Photo gallery:2009 Cadillac Escalade HybridMatching a Cadillac Escalade with a hybrid power train seems ridiculous, but the Cadillac brand is made for taking cars over the top, then finding another top to go over. The Cadillac Escalade, in particular, serves as an example of American excess, a big luxury SUV...

Tags: Escalade Hybrid, Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, Cadillac Escalade, hybrid power, car

Product reviews 2009-02-20

Analog TV signals are starting to dim. Have you been affected?

Even though the federal deadline for TV stations to switch completely to digital broadcasting has been pushed back to June, some stations have already made the move—a full 25 percent, according to the Associated Press. While most major cities haven't been impacted yet, residents of San Diego and smaller cities...

Tags: Converter Box, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Alpine TUA T550HD HD Radio tuner

The Alpine TUA-T550HD is an HD Radio tuner module, which, when connected to an Ai-Net compatible Alpine car audio receiver nearly all of them are, allows the reception of digital radio broadcasts. The device is fairly straightforward: you connect it between your car's antenna and the receiver and the broadcasts...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, radio, Alpine TUA-T550HD, receiver, AI-Net, Apple iPod, Alpine, Apple iTunes, HD radio

Product reviews 2008-12-18

Oh, and BTW: 'Intellectually Bankrupt' FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009

There's little love lost between the nation's largest cable operator, Comcast, and the country's top industry watchdog, Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin During his tenure, Martin has pushed repeatedly to usher in...

Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Chairman, Federal Government, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02

2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 ... or 2011 ... or 2012?

Satellite TV has been gaining subscribers, relentlessly this decade. Particularly DirecTV, which had 3.8 million subscribers at the end of June 1998 and counted 17.2 million, at the end of this June, according to this compilation by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association of America. ...

Tags: Cable Television, Broadcasting, Satellite, Brodsky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Cable, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Investor/RT 9.1.15 (Windows)

State-of-the-art tool kit for the online investor. It provides powerful market monitoring, scanning, back testing, scheduling, data capture, charting, technical analysis, and portfolio management features for users of a wide variety of real-time, delayed, and end-of-day market data services.Supported Internet-based data services include the eSignal Data Broadcasting Corporation, DTN-InterQuote (Data...

Tags: Data Service, Microsoft Windows

Software downloads 2008-12-01

Sony XDR-F1HD

After years of being priced as luxury items, tabletop HD Radios finally dipped below $200 and even $100 in 2008. However, most of those models still didn't actually sound very good--either the tuner wasn't terribly adept at pulling in stations or the speakers were pretty cheap. That's where the Sony...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Sony Corp., Sony XDR-F1HD, tuner, radio

Product reviews 2008-11-18

Watch Out: Digital TV Transition Starts ... Now

You thought you or your Mom didn’t have to worry about whether your household was prepared for the transition to digital TV broadcasting until February of next year. Wrong. If, for instance, that household is in Austin, Green Bay, Indianapolis and eight other markets where LIN TV...

Tags: Signal, Cable Company, Digital Television, Broadcaster, LIN TV, Cable, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-29

On-Site Video Production

High-profile meeting events demand high-quality presentation. With geographically dispersed audiences, schedules that are nearly impossible to sync, and ever-increasing costs of travel, how do users engage their audience in a visually dynamic presentation and provides face-to-face results? InterCall's on-site video production services have a powerful impact on the audience through...

Tags: Audience, InterCall, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing

White papers 2008-09-12

U.S. Internet down by law, not market

U.S. Internet down by law, not marketPlease refrain from the BS, Dana[i]ISPs are free to set terms and conditions of service, but if those terms become onorous the consumer can simply change carriers[/i]And we cannot?If I do not like Comcast I can move to Verizon, Cavalier, AOL, ATX, the list...

Tags: Cable, Network technology, broadcaster

Discussion threads 2008-08-14