For all of us TV geeks, a horrible time eventually comes upon us, generally every few years if you're well off, or whenever enough money can be scraped together for those like me. What time would I be talking about? It's when we have to upgrade our televisions for ones with the latest technology, because honestly, who wants to be stuck in the past?

So, getting the best Plasma and LCD tv deals can be a real issue. One must shop around for the best deal, but be sure to check all the facts through when you see a low price, sometimes it can be missing an extended warrenty included in a higher price. Delivery prices can also vary dramatically, so make sure those are taken into account.

With the online shops, haggling isn't always an option, but a couple of highstreet retailers might pricematch, so it never hurts to ask. The LA times reports that march is an optimum time to grab a bargain as the rollout of new sets hits full flow, so watch out for bargins!

Atlas Interactive to Use BitBand VOD Tech for Indian Deployment The Digital TV Weblog

Israel-based IPTV technology provider, BitBand, says that Atlas Group-subsidiary, Atlas Interactive, has chosen its VOD technologies for a large-scale deployment of IPTV on the networks of an undisclosed Indian incumbent telco and in various Indian hotels. In the first phase of the 200-million-Euro project, dubbed netTV, service will be rolled out to over 50,000 customers in the New Delhi region. The second phase of the project will take place later [...] Read More


Acacia projects that New Tools will Push Interactive Advertising The Digital TV Weblog

interactive advertising is an idea that opens up a 2-way connection between advertiser and consumer. We all know that online interactive advertising has grown by leaps and bounds over the last 10 years. However, that growth may be crude when compared to what could happen after interactivity is added to television, phones, and other devices. OpenTV, the acquirer of the last company I built, is in that field of expertise. One [...] Read More


Do You Want Interactive Television? The Digital TV Weblog

I tend to write about video on demand (VOD) in business terms and as a technology that effects life style choices. However, strictly speaking VOD is a subset of interactive television (ITV) technology. As such, a larger universe of possibilities is possible. The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM) has published its latest "Pulse" survey, which seem to indicate that US consumers might be interested in interactive television, and that [...] Read More


Online Interactive Mouse Brain Atlas The Biotech Weblog

Thanks to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, a web-based 3-D digital atlas browser and database of the brain of a popular laboratory mouse is now available. "Neuroscientists around the world can now download these extremely accurate anatomical templates and use them to map other data -- such as which parts of the brain are metabolically active and where particular genes are expressed -- and for making [...] Read More


Indian Giant Videocon Plans to Enter Mobile Market Through CDMA; Huh? The Smart PDA

Videocon is a company with a pretty varied portfolio. Now the group is planning to take on more by becoming a service provider in India. The thing is, Videocon has decided to use a cdma, rather than GSM, network. All this despite the fact that GSM remains the world's most popular cellular communications technology. The numbers aren't very encouraging for Videocon. With the majority of Indian mobile users under GSM coverage, one [...] Read More

The Traditional Television Business Model and Video on Demand The Digital TV Weblog

Ultimately, there are two immovable parties in television: the people who create something worth watching and the audience. Without either, there is not much a business. Everyone else is an intermediary: broadcasters, networks, stations, cable operators, satellite providers, Internet TV portals, telco's, television guides, set top box makers, etc. These intermediaries exist only so long as they fulfill a function that cannot be economically replaced with some viable alternative. In the [...] Read More


Is Disney near a VOD deal with Comcast and Time Warner? The Digital TV Weblog

According to the LA Times, Disney is said to be near concluding a deal with Comcast and Time Warner. The most important portions of that deal include the mundane (at least mundane to us normal folks) details about carriage fees and having Comcast buyout Disney's portion of the E! channel. Of interest to this column is that they are also talking about what content Comcast and Time Warner can offer on VOD. [...] Read More


Beth Comstock of NBC talks about who controls television The Digital TV Weblog

network executive: 'live on NBC, yet another final season of ER' viewers: 'great, we will waste no time in watching it, then' Beth Comstock is NBC Universal's President of digital media and market development. I was reading today that she also understands something that most of us know but is not often acknowledged in the ranks of big media. Namely: the viewer is in control of television. Think about the trend. We [...] Read More


Viral Video Creation Tips Home Based Business

Speaking of a free video software, it's high time to maximize new media tools to improve your bottom line, right? One that's gaining the most popularity everyday is the use of videos to promote a service or product. Although this has been long used by the bigger companies, thanks to companies that aim to get a larger share of the market by offering free version of their online video creation [...] Read More


Hybrid Model - On Demand & On Premise....Where is the DATA? The CIO Weblog

Well atleast in today's Key note On Demand found a mention, but I had a question about the Hybrid model that SAP is discussing ..They do provide the option of having both on demand and on premise within a company/organization and indicated that they would work from on the same MASTER DATA / Data ...Question : How are they going to manage/implement that???? Or Did I get it wrong?? Update: Peter [...] Read More

Rentrak: a VOD company to keep an eye on The Digital TV Weblog

I have been watching a company called Rentrak (nasdaq:RENT) for a while. It is based in Oregon and in the information processing business. But why I watch it is that during the last year, they have been developing traction with a new product called OnDemand Essentials and this product is a video on demand play. Comcast has been in a year-long trial with Rentrak and last week decided to sign up [...] Read More


Weinstein Company, Blockbuster in unique rental deal The Digital TV Weblog

Here is some blockbuster news being reported by Variety (pun intended). The Weinstein Company (TWC) has entered into an unusual deal with Blockbuster that will make the video retailer the exclusive rental outlet for all Weinstein Company releases. As part of the four-year pact, TWC will not make available any titles through competing rental outlets -- including Blockbuster rivals netflix and Movie Gallery -- beginning in January. Since TWC has no [...] Read More


Verizon vs. New Jersey The Digital TV Weblog

Verizon and SBC have suffered some legal setbacks recently in their quest to implement IPTV as an alternative to cable television. In an article entitled "Verizon Will Try New Strategy To Advance Its Television Plans," the Wall Street Journal explains that Verizon is now seeking a state-wide carriage solution in New Jersey. It is offering to pay the state's municipalities higher franchise fees in exchange for statewide approval. Verizon is the [...] Read More


What Makes Your Company Special Business Computer Blog (UK)

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Remember how your mom told you that you were special and soon after you realized that everyone's mom told them that? Its true that we all have something unique that we can offer to people. You company also offers something unique to its customers.

When I used to go to a lot of networking luncheons I remember hearing: "Make sure to meet with people face-to-face outside this meeting. Even if [...] Read More


3 Tips for Search Engine Optimization Providers The Search Engine Weblog

If you are running a Search Engine Optimization company here are a few things that might help you bag those clients. Let me start by giving an example (note: this is just an example and I'm not affiliated with this company). Visit apogee-search.com 1. Become a Member of SEMPO. Notice that in apogee's website, there is a sempo logo there? SEMPO stands for Search Engine Marketing professionals Organization. Check it out at sempo.org Apart [...] Read More

Portable TVs are something that never really made it into the modern age, what with laptops and the like providing the ability to watch video on the move; but I honestly think the sector is missing out! LG must also think this as they are to begin production of the first Digital TV ready portable devices. Providing up to 4 hours battery life they may well be a must have for those on the move who just cannot live without live television.