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Amino Freedom CE4100 IPTV set-top box shows custom MeeGo UI
The WeTab isn’t the only MeeGo device on stage with Intel at IDF 2010 today. Amino brought their Freedom set-top box along too, an Intel Atom CE4100 powered IPTV STB running MeeGo with a custom UI...
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YouView IPTV DVR detailed: launching 1H 2011
UK digital content partnership Project Canvas has spawned its commercial service, YouView, promising to bring IPTV to British households through a new set-top box. Backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4...
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Dell eye Google TV for potential IPTV STB push
Dell has become the latest company to admit to eyeing up the home entertainment market, with desktop product manager Chris Camilletti confirming that the PC giant is currently evaluating STB...
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AT&T U-verse customers get access to HBO Go, Max Go
The local cable company in my area really sucks, ten HD channels does not a line up make. I use DirecTV and have been happy with the service for a while now. I do wish that the satellite provider had...
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TiVo and Charter partner on cable/IPTV hybrid
TiVo and Charter Communications have announced plans for a next-gen TV system, which will bundle traditional cable and IPTV services. On offer later in 2011, the system will begin with the TiVo...
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Microsoft IPTV plans could put Mediaroom on Silverlight STBs
Microsoft’s plans for IPTV and set-top boxes continue to trickle out, with the latest batch of rumors suggesting it’s Mediaroom which will be at the heart of the system. Mediaroom is Microsoft’s IPTV...
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Microsoft Orapa bringing IPTV to Xbox: LIVE, Kinect & Mediaroom mash-up
Microsoft is covertly working on integrating Xbox LIVE and its Mediaroom IPTV platform, in a system that would integrate gamer-style functionality such as avatars and Kinect with streaming multimedia....
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Motorola buys IPTV specialist Dreampark for multi-screen video streaming
Motorola Mobility has snapped up IPTV software specialist Dreampark, intending to wrap up the company’s cross-platform TV portal system in Motorola Medios. Dreampark offers a scalable middleware for...
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Microsoft TV project gets new hardware-expert boss
Talk of a Microsoft TV project to take on the Apple TV and Google TV has reignited today, with the news that Microsoft has put an experienced hardware exec in charge of its interactive TV business. New...
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Silverlight for Xbox 360 imminent with Windows Phone gaming ahead of Windows...
Microsoft is reportedly planning to imminently add Silverlight support to the Xbox 360, with an announcement of the update tipped for MIX11 next week. According to WinRumors sources, Microsoft’s...
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VIA Nano X2 E-Series dual-cores promise ultra-frugal HTPCs
VIA has unveiled its latest Nano X2 E-Series dual-core processors, and they want to make your HTPC and other embedded gadgets faster. The new 64-bit chips run at either 1.2GHz or 1.6GHz, and play...
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Why Do I Pay for Advertising Supported TV
Did you know that on average during an hour long television show you are subjected to 22-24 minutes of ads? Now of course many of us have DVRs and we rarely watch TV live, allowing us to skip the ads....
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Hybridcast “Dual Stream” promises broadcast Full HD 3D
While there are an increasing number of broadcast TV channels offering 3D HD content, so far the limitations of side-by-side transmission means that resolution tops out at 720p, rather than Full HD...
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Why I Can’t Stand Hulu Plus
As someone who streams Netflix content through several different devices, including my HDTV, the iPad, and others, I recently decided to give some other streaming offerings a chance to win my...
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Microsoft Project Orapa IPTV on Xbox coming at E3 2011?
Microsoft is rumored to be readying its Project Orapa for an E3 2011 unveil next week, making official the new home entertainment system blending Mediaroom IPTV with Xbox LIVE. VP Frank Shaw has sewn...
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Microsoft Xbox LIVE Diamond subscription IPTV tipped for E3 2011
Details of Microsoft’s E3 2011 launch have leaked, and as expected it’s a new IPTV service baked into Xbox LIVE. The company is putting the finishing touches to Xbox LIVE Diamond, WinRumors‘ source...
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I Ditched Scheduled TV for On-Demand
Sometimes the big changes creep up on you, and it’s only much later that you realize you’ve had your own little digital lifestyle epiphany. Having read about “the death of scheduled television” and the...
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Roku 2 HD, XD and XS clear FCC with boosted SoC and new remote
Three new Roku media streamers have been spotted passing through the FCC, ahead of a retail launch as the Roku 2 HD, XD and XS. The new models - 3000X, 3050X and 3100X – shed some physical bulk and the...
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Sears’ Alphaline digital download store closes down
Another digital content provider has apparently gone quietly to the graveyard, with RoxioNow-powered Alphaline Entertainment no longer operational. The service – which launched back in December 2010 as...
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Sony web TV plans could undercut cable
Sony is reportedly scheming a web TV system intended to pull the rug out from under cable operators, delivering more affordable TV content via the internet to the PS3 and other Sony hardware. The...
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Xbox 360′s LIVE cable TV attack detailed
Microsoft has detailed its challenge to cable TV, with a roadmap of Xbox LIVE streaming content for the Xbox 360 including Hulu Plus, Netflix and the BBC, as well as the Kinect-powered voice control...
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Xbox TV puts Microsoft ahead of Apple and Google
Gaming has long been Microsoft’s wildcard: while the company struggles to find its feet with Windows Phone, and faces a difficult tablet market when its Windows 8 slates finally appear, the Xbox 360...
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Microsoft’s online TV subscription plan on hold
Microsoft’s plans to attack cable TV with its own online TV subscription service may be on hold, according to sources familiar with the situation. According to Reuters, Microsoft has been in intense...
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Sky reveals streaming TV plans for non-subscribers, plus Sky Go Android app
Sky has revealed a new on-demand streaming TV service, offering subscription-based and pay-per-view content to those who haven’t signed up to the network’s satellite TV option. Set to launch in the UK...
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Verizon and Redbox partner on Netflix streaming rival for 2H 2012
Verizon and Redbox have announced plans to take on Netflix, with an on-demand video streaming service set to launch in the second half of 2012. The as-yet-unnamed service will accompany Redbox’s...
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Apple television in telecoms testing tip sources: Siri, gestures, more
Apple‘s much-anticipated Siri-powered television is already in testing at Canadian telecoms firms Rogers and Bell, sources claim, offering a combination of voice, gesture and on-screen keyboard...
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Sky NOW TV on-demand revealed as Anytime+ drops ISP limit
Sky UK has branded up its internet TV service, NOW TV, offering on-demand access to streaming movies, sport and other content on smart TVs, tablets, phones and other devices. NOW TV is still on track...
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Roku pals with News Corp. for $45m hardware and content investment
Roku will use a $45m investment round to develop new digital media devices and services, after securing the backing of News Corp., BSkyB and others to build out its streaming platform. A combination of...
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Sky and Warner Bros. ink exclusive movie deal: iTunes, Netflix left out in cold
Movie lovers in the UK may struggle to find their title of choice to watch in the coming months, with news that Sky and Warner Bros. have signed an exclusive deal for new and back-catalog titles. The...
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BBC Connected Red Button blurs line between TV and web content
UK broadcaster the BBC has launched Connected Red Button, further blending web TV with live broadcasting, and kicking things off with an appearance on Virgin Media TiVo boxes. The new service redresses...
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Intel cable and web TV system tipped for CES reveal
Intel is readying a set-top box mixing on-demand streaming media, free cable content, and a virtual DVR, sources in the video industry claim, with the first-gen hardware tipped for preview as soon as...
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Money not merit is Intel’s web TV strategy
Intel is counting on lashings of cash to drive its living room ambitions, with a rumored budget potentially in the hundreds of millions helping convince conservative content owners that it’s a safe...
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Intel web TV scheme may miss CES 2013 after licensing headaches
Intel’s aim to have a web-based TV platform blending on-demand and cable content launched early in the new year may be scuppered by longer-than-expected media negotiations, potentially pushing the...
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Microsoft sells Mediaroom IPTV business to Ericsson
Microsoft’s Mediaroom allows operators to deliver television over the internet, but the Redmond-based company is handing off the business division to Ericsson, which will continue to support and...
View ArticleXbox LIVE “The Music Room” heralds Xbox 720 age of interactive TV
Microsoft’s big “Xbox 720” reveal isn’t the only Xbox-related launch this week. The company has also announced a new interactive TV series, The Music Room, which will be exclusively available to Xbox...
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YouView: No plans for Xbox One support in UK
Microsoft has been coy on exactly how the Xbox One will work with TV boxes, especially internationally, but already some of the big names in home entertainment are reacting warily. YouView, the hybrid...
View ArticleIntel TV said yet to secure content despite offering 75% cable premium
Intel is yet to close a single content deal for its upcoming Intel TV service, sources claim, despite reportedly offering media companies as much as a 75-percent premium over what traditional cable...
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Intel-powered wearables by end of 2013 says Glass-owning CEO
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has been personally testing Google Glass and expects the chip company’s silicon to show up in wearables before the end of 2013, though the freshly-installed exec is coy on his...
View ArticleIntel web TV spy camera plans axed
Intel has dropped controversial plans to outfit its upcoming web TV set-top box with a face-recognition camera, admitting that a combination of privacy concerns and performance issues forced its hand....
View ArticleIntel pitching OnCue web TV service to Verizon tip insiders
Intel is hunting $500m and a chip supply deal for its ailing OnCue pay TV service, it's reported, despite the system not having launched yet, with Verizon, Samsung, and others … Continue reading
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