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MSU to demo Web2u set-top box at Internet World (2FEB00) (PRN)
MSU Corporation CEO Darran H. Evans said, "The Web2u set-top box may be ideally suited for the needs of ISPs in an increasing competitive market." -
MGI and NDS to develop NDS Interactive Photo Applications
to provide a TV-based photo capability connecting homes to online photofinishing labs
through digital set-top boxes (3FEB00) (PRN)
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Whether digital video should be better than "good enough"? (2FEB00) (PCWeek)
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Ruel's Spotlight Website: Entervision for live video broadcasts and video compression (2FEB00)
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Media convergence pushing video server market for video-on-demand (1FEB00) (InternetNews)
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WINK to acquire minority stake in MediaServe Corporation for data broadcasting, electronic commerce,
and response-routing services for interactive television platforms in Japan (2FEB00) (PRN)
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WINK 4Q highlights include deals with Liberate, PowerTV, Source Media, Zenith Electronics,
USA Network, SCI-FI Channel, ValueVision, HGTV, Food Network, DIY, and Z Music Television, as well as
deployment of WINK-capable DirecTV set-tops (1FEB00) (PRN)
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AT&T Cable Services installs digital cable for 100,000th customer (2FEB00) (PRN)
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Microsoft dealing Smart Cards (2FEB00) (PCWorld)
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TV set-top's competition: Disney's GO.com to acquire approx. 10% stake in Netpliance and to feature Disney-owned websites and properties on I-Opener web appliance (1FEB00) (CNET)
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Not really TV, but for those who wonder about washing machines: Laundry rooms go big time (31JAN00) (MSNBC)
Okay, I don't quite believe in the viability of internet-capable washing machines, but this MSNBC article provides some background as to possibly why some manufacturers want to put more capabilities into washing machines and dryers besides washing and cleaning clothes. The MSNBC article does mention having a "TV nook" in new customized power laundry rooms. -ruel - Sega testing high-speed cable internet service using Dreamcast videogame console (31JAN00) (IndustryStandard)
- Sega to offer broadband access using Dreamcast in Japan (31JAN00) (PCWorld)
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Arrival of the network age for videogame industry (31JAN00) (WIRED)
- NATPE television convention embraces internet future (31JAN00) (USA Today)
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Big Easy streaming media at NATPE (27JAN00) (IndustryStandard)
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Dot coms stocking up on short films while waiting for technology to catch up to video-on-demand (31JAN00) (Salon)
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PC-TV: Beta pictures from Hauppauge WinTV-D digital television tuner card (31JAN00) (Kadet)
For those who want to build their own power PC-TV boxes and want digital television now, check out these screen shots from Jeff Kadet who is using the WinTV-D card for PCs. Hauppauge is developing the WinTV-D and the WinTV-HDTV cards for the PC. -
ImaginOn to soon let you have your own instant "TV station in a box" via the net (29JAN00) (National Post)
This is another report about ImaginOn's ImOn.comTV which was previously spotlighted here at Ruel.Net. - iCraveTV suspends pirate web broadcasts of U.S. television shows (31JAN00) (TIME)
- iCraveTV suspends streaming of U.S. television broadcasts (31JAN00) (MSNBC) (alternate link)
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U.S. Judge issues temporary restraining order to stop Canadian iCraveTV.com streaming of U.S. television broadcasts (28JAN00) (CNET)
In its report, CNET mentions the National Football League "was particularly focused on shutting down iCraveTV this weekend, when the Super Bowl championship game will be broadcast." - ABC TV gets web fans as 650,000 telewebbers access synchronized "enhanced TV" broadcast at Superbowl.com and ESPN.com (31JAN00) (EOnline)
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"Telewebber" news: GO.com and the ABC TV to provide synchronized "Enhanced TV" web programming for Super Bowl XXXIV (25JAN00) (GO)
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Ruel's Spotlight Website: Pl@yWEB - L' Internet TV set-top box di Telecom Italia (30JAN00)
Telecom Italia is distributing the Pl@yWEB set-top box made by Ravisent Technologies which recently acquired Teknema. -
Wave Systems and Kanakaris Communications partner for pay-per-view movies via the web
using INTERVU streaming and Microsoft Windows Media Technology (27JAN00) (PRN)
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"Telewebber" statistics: 10.2 million adults simultaneously watch television and surf the web an average 7.3 hours per week in the U.S. (28JAN00) (NUA)
- Buzz at NAPTE convention not syndication or network TV, but programming for web to be seen on both TV and computer (26JAN00) (USA Today)
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But Hollywood divergence of opinions at NAPTE on TV net convergence and whether Hollywood supremacy is threatened (28JAN00) (WIRED)
Wired cites Pearson Television Enterprises president Catherien Mackay as indicating her company is an "old media company trying to navigate between old and new," and further quotes her as stating, "Interactive television will never be a mass medium." Wired notes that the Pearson president was "solidly Old World" in her statement. Pearson Television Enterprises is the media company that owns "Baywatch" and "The Price is Right." -
Cross-media deals between traditional media companies and dot-coms at NAPTE (28JAN00) (Variety)
Variety quotes NATPE new-media sales director Nina Steiner as stating, "Every new-media company I’ve talked to here says that this experience has exceeded their wildest expectations." -
USA Video Interactive and Connaissance Media Inc. to use Wavelet and Broadcast+ bring internet and
streaming video technology to one billion K-12 students in U.S., Latin America, Africa and Asia via
TV set-tops (28JAN00) (PRN)
- Gemstar and Thomson Multimedia make deal for "@TV Media" two-way wireless paging using interactive televisions in North America (27JAN00) (PRN)
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Gemstar and Thomson Multimedia make deal for EPGs in Europe (27JAN00) (PRN)
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INTERVU and Wave make deal to combine on-demand streaming
with secure commerce and also support WebPayPerView.com for
pay-per-view cyberticket movies, music, and sporting events (26JAN00) (InternetNews)
- iCraveTV.com: Legalities of merging Web and TV are mixing like oil and water while heading towards convergence marriage (27JAN00) (Canoe-CP)
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South of the US-Canada border: Hollywood, NFL, NBA say idon'tCraveTV.com to Canadian TV re-broadcast streaming website (26JAN00) (Canoe-Toronto Sun)
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Eagle Wireless receives $12.5 Million set-top box purchase order from Urbana.CA (26JAN00) (EGLW)
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Replay Networks hopes to raise $150M in IPO (26JAN00) (CNET)
- Personal digital video recorders blur line between TV and PC, but VCR not dead yet (26JAN00) (Anchordesk)
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Cahners In-Stat Group report: The future of personal video recorders - time shifting sparks interest (26JAN00) (Cahners)
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MSU and JadooNet.com LTD. make deal to provide Web2u internet set-top box in India (26JAN00) (PRN)
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Singapore Cable Vision to offer broadband, telecom, and plans for interactive television (26JAN00) (asia.internet)
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