"OTT" articles
Today, movie rental giant Blockbuster announced a partnership with Sonic Solutions that will allow it to stream movies and shows not only on TVs and PCs, but also on mobile phones, portable media players, Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and digital video recorders. Between them, Blockbuster and Sonic already have deals with such CE manufacturers as LG Electronics, Samsung, and VIZIO. VIZIO had just taken the wraps off of its “Connected HDTV” Platform at CES last week. VIZIO’s other...
I thought that this article captured the major CES announcements very well:
* LG Electronics and VIZIO and Netflix;
* LG, Samsung, Sony, and VIZIO all demonstrating the Yahoo! Widget Channel;
* Intel says that both Samsung and Toshiba will launch products with the CE 3100 SoC and the Widget Channel framework; and
* MySpace is launching a TV widget.
As 2008 ended in a bang (I’m talking flames not fireworks), industry analysts scrambled to revise their advertising forecasts for 2009 and beyond. The current economic recession has caused increased uncertainty in the minds of advertising industry executives (as well as anyone who eats, breathes, and sleeps in the U.S.). I’ve read countless articles related to the advancement of new digital advertising technologies specifically targeting TV, online, and mobile. And while the opinions...
Looks like we're seeing everyone follow the Roku lead. LG Electronics announced new LCD and plasma "Broadband HDTVs" that will display the growing library of movies, TV episodes and high-definition (HD) content that Netflix members can watch instantly directly on the TV with Ethernet connectivity. According to Netflix , the new LCD and plasma HDTVs will join the LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player, the first Blu-ray disc player to stream movies instantly from Netflix. These...
This announcement from ViewSonic caught my eye. They've developed something called the ViePC (although it looks to go by the name of the LinkPC, too). It's a $399 low-cost PC that runs Windows XP and can attach to any VESA-compatible TV .
If companies can get into the low-cost PC market with computers that include at least some media capability (maybe it's the ASUS Nova P20 or the Mac mini ), why wouldn't I use that to get media on my PC instead of a cumbersome and often...
NeuLion launched a new box, the iPTV HD TV Box . The box works in concert with NeuLion's iPTV HD PC browser to bring 720p and 1080i content to the TV.
Macrovision had several announcements from last week, including:
It introduced its next generation Interactive Program Guide (IPG) that can help consumers enable access to broadcast, personal and premium content from one screen. This next-generation IPG is being developed under the project name “Neon" and is aimed at the consumer electronics industry.
Neon features include:
* Rich program descriptors and cover art for TV shows
* A personalized TV...
NETGEAR announced a couple of new products , aimed at providing a more expansive Internet video experience at the TV.
The Internet TV Player (ITV2000) is a compact, easy-to-use, “plug in and go” Internet set-top device with a simple remote control that enables viewers to catch up on the world of Internet videos including YouTube™, live Internet TV, popular Internet video websites, premium video-on-demand and online video searches.
The Digital Entertainer Elite (EVA9150)...
