Filed in archive Announcements
by martino on January 13, 2007
Here is a good example of what someone can create with just a camera, a little imagination, and some editing software. I give you a true genius. // //]]>......
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on January 13, 2007
Yahoo and Akimbo have partnered to bring Internet video to the television. Akimbo will offer selections from the Yahoo Video service to its subscribers, allowing them to watch videos submitted to the...
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Filed in archive IPTV
by martino on January 12, 2007
AT&T's IPTV service called U-verse will now carry the New England Sports Network. Too bad that is predominantly Verizon territory. But what the heck, I say that you should air anything you...
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Even if the old bones are creaking, it's still wise to keep running. CBS is doing that right now with two new ideas this week. I must preface that I don't think either of them will be game...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by martino on January 12, 2007
Apple announced their iPhone earlier this week and Cisco has sued them since they have owned that trademark for many years. Interestingly, Apple did not make a mistake by overlooking that fact....
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Hmmmm. A year ago, Apple single-handedly forged a new paradigm into the heads of television network executives with their iTunes/iPod platform. It almost seems historic now, but prior to the...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by martino on January 11, 2007
If you like the discovery channel and you like high-definition television (HD), then there is some more good news for you. Discovery will air an 11-part high definition series, Planet Earth, beginning...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on January 11, 2007
Gibson is our anti-Semite. Go find your own. We have all read endlessly about broadcast networks initiating legal proceedings against web sites who are hosting their content online. But how about the...
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Filed in archive Statistics
by martino on January 11, 2007
Nielsen Media Research is about to do something new. It is installing Internet tracking software on the home computers of same people in its TV ratings households. Why you may ask? Simple, this marks...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on January 10, 2007
Cory Treffiletti asks the correct question: "will online video advertising become a viable business mode, or will it be supplanted by paid access to video content? Will Internet TV have...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on January 10, 2007
I read that Google has begun testing of in-stream video ads by inserting 15-second spots into clips of The Charlie rose Show hosted on Google Video. The ads now appear after the first three minutes...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on January 10, 2007
For a little while there have been stories about Disney internal politics over who and how might revamp their web site. I did not relay them hear because it was more rumor and less fact. Well, down...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by martino on January 09, 2007
I am out of sync with a majority of people over high-definition television (HD). For me, I give extra Credence to television providers who will give me more HD but studies claim that something like 7...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by martino on January 09, 2007
AT&T is on a roll. They completed their Bell South acquisition. They are beginning to rollout their IPTV service called U-verse. And last week they announced that they would enter into mobile...
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Question: How many DVR's has B-Sky-B sold? Answer: last week they announced that more than two million digital video recorders have been sold. The British appear to be embracing DVR technology in...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by martino on January 09, 2007
When it comes to TV programs and media in general, boys will be boys--and men will be boys. At least that is what a new report from Horizon Media says. Its research shows that as boys grow into men...
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I giggle when hearing some variation of how accountable the Internet is. My experience, in fact, is quite the opposite. However, what brings this up now is an article in the Wall Street Journal which...
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Filed in archive Announcements
by martino on January 08, 2007
Here is some news out of the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. verizon wireless is readying a new service that will allow people to watch TV on their cell phones. They will call it V Cast Mobile...
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THE U.S. Census Bureau has just released its new statistical abstract. According to the study, here's how the average adult or teen will spend his or her time in 2007: • 65 days in front of the...
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I always giggle when hearing some variation of how accountable the Internet is. My experience, in fact, is quite the opposite. However, what brings this up now is an article in the Wall Street Journal...
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