Blog articles from 09/2008

I had a briefing today with Aceurity , which is getting into the "wireless HDMI" space. Interesting stuff. Their Founder and CEO - Vijay Desai - also pointed me to a company using Wi-Fi for WPAN type of applications (short-range cable replacement for peripherals). Ozmo Devices was at the Intel Developer Forum in August demonstrating a wireless mouse reference design along with Avago Technologies, which supplied the optical mouse sensor. The argument that Ozmo - and...

Funny how a couple of requests into Verizon on this go unaswered, but someone at Sprint saw my blog from earlier this week and sent me this link. What I'm not clear on is whether OpenPeak is still making this for Verizon.

Interesting news that Paramount is Pictures' Paramount Digital Entertainment is entering into an exclusive partnership with two Hollywood execs to create and produce feature-length films for distribution online and through other digital media. They're working with two producers - Alexandra Milchan and David van Eyssen - who have some experience in the realm of specially-created Web video. David van Eyssen helped produce BMW Films , a 2001 interactive project that hired Hollywood...

Motorola is giving KDDI one heck of a media server set-top box, according to a press release issued yesterday. The set-top will support KDDI's au BOX service. A big feature of the box is its ability to aggregate digital media (ripping music from CDs, ingesting video from personal video recorders, and accessing digital content from Web portals for purchase) and stream it to mobile phone handsets. The box is based on the KreaTV Application Platform, a software platform that Motorola...

It's raining cats and dogs here in NYC and the presence of all the presidents from around the world makes the traffic even worse. I'm staying dry inside in the Jewish Museum of Heritage, attending the NY Games Conference. BTW, the President of Iran is staying at the Ritz, which is next door to the museum, how ironic. I just finished my panel on Online Games and MMORPGs, which followed John Smedley's Keynote (John is the CEO of SOE-Sony Online Entertainment). During John's keynote,...

Broadband World Forum Europe 2008 is fast approaching. Join us on Tuesday, September 30 at 16:00 (4 PM) for your chance to hear Parks Associates President, Stuart Sikes speak on the “Advanced User Interfaces” panel. Broadband World Forum Europe 2008 will help you recognize the market potential of the latest broadband content, entertainment, applications, and services for the enterprise and home, delivering the promise of the ultimate connected world. The market for...

Another good CNET article referencing Roku CEO Anthony Wood's comments that he'd like to allow the Roku box to bring streamed video to the TV from multiple sources and not just Netflix, as is the case today. Wired Magazine has a few more details on these comments. For $100, if I can access the Netflix Watch Instantly collection, plus get access to current and archived television shows (and I did get intrigued with old episodes of Battlestar Galactica on a recent trip when I...

Our contact at Verizon wanted to make sure that we saw this latest high-def comparison conducted by the CNET folks. According to the latest review of what the major television providers are offering in the New York City area, Verizon has 83 channels available. In second place and third place are DISH Network and DirecTV, with 68 and 67 channels, respectively. The cable guys appear to be lagging behind. Time Warner Cable currently offers 51 channels, Cablevision offers 40, and Comcast...