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- LG Electronics announces Internet-enabled Karaoke set-top boxes (21OCT99) (allNetDevices)
Karaoke set-top boxes. They will bring a lot of the non-computer and non-internet people to the internet. I don't know about your family, but in my family's home, my relatives' homes, my compadres' homes, my friends' homes (pretty much all filipino and asian homes), there are karaoke machines in each of those homes. I'm sure it could be the same way in other people's homes.
Now, wasn't I talking about karaoke and set-tops a while back? Ahem.... If you've been following the Interactive TV Top.Box.News here at Ruel.Net, then you would know that this was coming down the line. Get a karaoke set-top box and have streaming karaoke videos come into your home via the internet instead of, or in addition to, playing karaoke laser disks.
Watch for combination free/subscription/pay-per-play karaoke jukebox services for set-tops on the internet in addition to all of the other music services. And maybe eventually add a videocam so other people can watch you karaoke just like going to karaoke night at a restaurant or bar, but on the internet. BTW, David Haskin, managing editor over at allNetDevices.com, and a regular visitor to Ruel.Net, wrote the linked article about the LG Electronics karaoke set-top boxes. -ruel - MyWeb to intro set-top boxes and TV portal in Shanghai in November '99 (21OCT99) (asia.internet)
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ATI to expand support for XFree86 and Linux for ATI's RAGE II, RAGE Pro, RAGE 128, video capture, and TV Tuner multimedia (20OCT99) (PRN)
- Web revolution will be via television in China (20OCT99) (Industry Standard)
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SCM Microsystems 3Q 99: CEO Robert Schneider touts European Digital Television experience (21OCT99) (PRN)
SCM Microsystems CEO Robert Schneider said, "Based on our three years experience with European Digital Television, we were chosen by CableLabs to provide the tools and expertise to build solutions for the U.S. Digital Television market. The transition to open cable standards is on schedule, following initial interoperability tests for open set-top boxes with key players - Sony, Philips, Pioneer, and Samsung." -
Scientific-Atlanta to conduct European test of Explorer 2000 set-tops and interactive digital network in Spain (20OCT99) (PRN)
- Bertelsmann gets into interactive TV with AOL for Germany and Europe (19OCT99) (CNET-Reuters)
- Hauppauge WinTV-D brings digital TV to the PC (19OCT99) (PCWORLD)
Folks on the PC side have been asking for DTV-compatible TV Tuner cards for PCs. This is one to check out. On the set-top side, watch out for "power PC-TV boxes" and standard set-tops with DTV-compatible TV Tuners built in where all you have to do is add a "TV" monitor. -
uniView joins Yahoo! Multicast Affiliate Program (19OCT99) (PRN)
- MIPCOM 99: European convergence, intertainment, gadget hoppers, branding and Blair Witch (18OCT99) (indieWIRE)
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MSNBC launches enhanced TV version of "Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" to be seen on WebTV Plus (18OCT99) (PRN)
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General Instrument getting UPC commitment for 250,000 DVi-5000+ DVB advanced interactive digital set-tops and to use Microsoft TV software platform (18OCT99) (PRN)
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Multicode iMigo set-top box to use Lineo's embedded micro Web browser and embedded DR DOS (18OCT99) (PRN)
- Clint Eastwood movie "Space Cowboys" first to use HDTV (18OCT99) (WIRED)
- All-in-one box or separate devices (18OCT99) (ZDNN)
This ZDNN article touches on a few things that I was going to discuss in a comment in next week's Ruel.Net Interactive TV newsletter. Click here to subscribe. -
Spyglass joins ATVEF (18OCT99) (PRN)
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Netgem launches netbox(3) advanced broadband multimedia router for the home at ECC London (18OCT99) (PRN)
- Rethinking convergence, time, flow, and narrative immersion (15OCT99) (InternetWorld)
- Television critic does not like TV via the Web and says not ready for prime time (15OCT99) (Union Tribune)
San Diego Union Tribune television critic Robert P. Laurence says, "When it's computing you want, you can't beat a computer. But as a TV set, the computer is a sorry substitute. At least for now...."
Laurence, who admits that he is "not the hippest of computer users," provides a good illustration of everyday non-computer people's frustrations with PCs and having to install software of some sort. If you are not technically inclined, you may experience similar frustrations with PCs whether at home or at work. I've seen this frustration when helping computer users with their home PCs and when I used to perform system analyst duties helping everyday people work with PCs and other computers in government offices. This frustration occurs everywhere. People just want the box to work. Fortunately, the solution for everyday non-computer people who want to watch the new interactive on-demand television media will be the set-top box connected to a television set. -ruel - SK Telecom, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Corp., Medidas, Caps, and Chosun Internet TV form consortium to develop info services and set-top boxes for Korean Internet TV market (14OCT99) (asia.internet)
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LEGO airs interactive television commercial (13OCT99) (PRN)
The LEGO interactive TV commercial can be interacted with using WebTV Plus. Thomson Consumer Electronics will also have an interactive TV commercial promoting RCA HDTV sets beginning in November 1999. The interactive TV commercial promotions are being developed by the Ammirati Puris Lintas agency with its APL Digital interactive subsidiary. - Ruel's Spotlight Website: Nokia Mediamaster DVB 9730C and in-store display(13OCT99)
Scroll down the Nokia page and look at the in-store display. Just buy a box and go. ("You simply cash and carry your Nokia Mediamaster. The attractive package with a handle stands visible in a 12-pack at your dealer's shop.") The Nokia Mediamaster DVB 9730C is designed for cable television in Sweden and is compliant with ECCA Eurobox standards.
Chris Duffy in Illinois sent in the link. Chris saw one of my past comments: "Imagine this possibility: Nokia boxes and Motorola boxes in a head-to-head battle over the ... retail set-top box market with WebTV boxes, AOL-TV boxes, Scientific-Atlanta boxes, and everyone else." To which Chris says, "The battle for the market begins huh? Motorola, Broadcom, Microsoft vs. Nokia, Intel, Linux, etc. This is getting really interesting isn't it?" -ruel - Pseudo gets NFL Quarterbacks Club to invest in online TV football channel (13OCT99) (Industry Standard / Reuters) (alternate link)
- Centerseat getting ready for December 1999 launch of multiple online TV channels with thousands of programming hours and brandname star power (8OCT99) (SiliconAlleyDaily)
- TV website authoring: Make your website a television star (12OCT99) (CNET)
- TV to dominate E-commerce (12OCT99) (InternetNews)
- Alcatel releases HomeTop 2.0 software for TV set-top boxes, mobile phones, screenphones, and PDAs (12OCT99) (PRN)
- Samsung to put Alcatel HomeTop software in Samsung Anyweb screenphone (12OCT99) (PRN)
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Alcatel to offer In Fusio games with HomeTop software (12OCT99) (PRN)
Watch out for Nintendo Gameboy-like games in mobile phones....
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