Author Archives: MegaZone

About MegaZone

MegaZone is the Editor of Gizmo Lovers and the chief contributor. He's been online since 1989 and active in several generations of 'social media' - mailing lists, USENet groups, web forums, and since 2003, blogging.    MegaZone has a presence on several social platforms: Google+ / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / LiveJournal / Web.    You can also follow Gizmo Lovers on other sites: Blog / Google+ / Facebook / Twitter.

Blogging as disintermediation

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 by MegaZone

E. Stephen Mack, TiVo’s Director of TiVoCast Operations, has a great entry in his personal blog about corporations and their interaction with the blogosphere, and more. I’m in violent agreement with everything he said. Blogging has really changed how corporations … Continue reading →

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NDS Announces Peer-to-Peer Content Sharing and Distributed-DVR Capabilities, Lowering Costs for IPTV

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 by MegaZone

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced two new product enhancements of Synamedia Metro, the NDS IPTV middleware solution. Distributed-DVR and ShareTV are two patent pending product features which will deliver even more benefit to … Continue reading →

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AOL is killing off PVRWire

Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 by MegaZone

PVRWire is one of the best PVR-related blog sites on the net, hands down – so, of course, parent company AOL is shutting it down January 31st They hint that they may live on in some form, perhaps under a … Continue reading →

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Nine Inch Nails Live in Your Home February 27th With the Ground Breaking DVD Nine Inch Nails Live: B

Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 by MegaZone

PRNewswire…

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Starcom USA Purchases Subscription to New TiVo Stop||Watch Ratings Service

Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 by MegaZone

Media planning and buying company, Starcom USA, and TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in advertising solutions and television services for DVRs, today announced that Starcom is the first media agency to purchase a subscription to … Continue reading →

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