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New Interactive TV And Advertising Platforms Get Trialed

Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 by MegaZone

In the past couple of days I’ve had a couple of press releases cross my (virtual) desk relating to some new interactive TV technologies tied to advertising, which sound like they’re targeting the same market as TiVo’s interactive ad platform. … Continue reading →

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Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC

Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 by MegaZone

I’ve saved the best for last, not that Nero Move it and Nero 9 aren’t great products, but this is the one I’m most excited about – Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC! LiquidTV | TiVo PC (henceforth just LiquidTV to … Continue reading →

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ATSC Gets H.264, Not That We’ll See It Used Soon

Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 by MegaZone

I’ve been expecting this to happen at some point, but it slipped by without my noticing. The provision for future extension had always been in ATSC, but back on July 29th, the Advanced Television Systems Committee, stewards of the formation … Continue reading →

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CableCARD Continues To Struggle In Consumer Devices

Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 by MegaZone

In a filing yesterday with the FCC on the current status on CableCARD deployments the NCTA revealed that there have been a total of over 374,000 CableCARDs deployed for use in Unidirectional Digital Cable Products (UDCPs), such as the TiVo … Continue reading →

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TiVo And DirecTV Reunited, And It Feels So Good

Posted on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 by MegaZone

It has been rumored for a long, long time now that TiVo and DirecTV would reconcile and bring a new DirecTiVo to market. They’d been close partners until News Corp picked up a controlling share of DirecTV back in 2005. … Continue reading →

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