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- Akamai's $2.8b buy of Intervu for major content delivery presence (8FEB00) (BostonGlobe)
- Akamai to leap ahead of rivals by spending $2.8 billion to buy Intervu (8FEB00) (BostonHerald)
- Digital Island and iBeam say Akamai-Intervu playing catch-up (7FEB00) (IndustryStandard)
- Akamai buying Intervu in $2.8B stock swap deal to link internet video leaders (7FEB00) (CNNfn)
- Akamai make stock swap deal to acquire Intervu (7FEB00) (IndustryStandard-Reuters)
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Akamai acquiring Intervu to combine 3000 internet streaming media servers in 100 networks across 40 countries (7FEB00) (InternetNews)
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Ruel's Spotlight Website: Internet Television - the economics of webcasting (2FEB00) (ImaginOn)
- iCraveTV squirming under legal pressure (9FEB00) (ADWEEK)
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U.S. Federal Judge issues injunction on Canadian-based iCraveTV (ZDNET-Reuters)
Reuters reports, "Plaintiffs, who are also suing iCraveTV.com in Canada, say iCraveTV.com and its Toronto-based parent TVRadioNow Corp. can be sued in a U.S. court because its principals are American citizens and it maintains [advertising] operations in the United States." - TV giants win round against iCraveTV (8FEB00) (USATODAY-AP)
- Little internet TV streaming firm shakes up television giants (8FEB00) (USATODAY)
- Settlement said to be possible in iCraveTV broadcast streaming case (8FEB00) (CNNfn-NB)
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iCraveTV streaming towards possible settlement (7FEB00) (ADWEEK)
- StationBreak.com demos giveaway set-top box at Demo 2000 (6FEB00) (PRN) (alternate link)
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Ruel's Spotlight Website: StationBreak.com (7FEB00)
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IGN to launch Playstation2 information and news website (7FEB00) (PRN)
"Embracing Sony's new CD- and DVD-based console, IGN PS2 will cover the system's evolution from straight game machine to its future potential as an all-encompassing set-top box - enabling players to watch DVD movies, play games, and connect to the Internet. The web site will provide daily breaking news from abroad as well as in the U.S., in-depth interviews, previews of forthcoming games, codes and cheats, guides and strategies, and feature stories about the system." -
Comcast Connecticut installs Scientific-Atlanta's fiber optic platform to serve large areas with interactive television (7FEB00) (PRN)
- Jesse Berst says you may not have a wired home anytime soon because of Sun and Microsoft's differing standards (7FEB00) (Anchordesk)
- Intellon demos PowerPacket power-line 11 Mbps networking technology for the home (7FEB00) (PRN)
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Internet-ready appliances have to get their start somewhere (7FEB00) (NYTIMES)
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TV of the Future: Interactive television to empower the viewer (4FEB00) (ABCNEWS)
Television to evolve and become more like the internet with onscreen links and menus allowing the TV viewer to interact with television shows and commercials. And the internet to provide more television-like video. -
ABC News videopage of report on Interactive TV (4FEB00) (ABCNEWS)
The ABC News report featured an interesting demo of interactive television technology from Disney Imagineering. -
FCC Chairman William Kennard pushes for digital television and wireless internet:
"Americans need Digital TV" (4FEB00) (MSNBC-AP)
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Independent News and Media with its new Internet Ireland ISP to begin distributing free set-top boxes
made by NetGem (4FEB00) (Ireland.com-IrishTimes)
The Irish Times reports, "Independent will distribute the boxes through Internet Ireland's newly launched portal site.... [and] will be distributed free ... next week." The Irish Times also reports, "[T]he initial distribution will be to around 10,000 subscribers" with an expected 60,000 subscribers by the end of Y2000. - AOLTV set-top box said to make online debut in March 2000 (4FEB00) (Grapevine)
A report from the grapevine indicates the AOLTV set-top box is scheduled to be released online in March 2000 with a price-tag of $249. The AOLTV box is said to be scheduled for sales in retail stores in May 2000. The box is said to have a 56k modem, 3.5 gigabyte harddrive, call-waiting, TV listings, picture-in-picture, printer port, scanner port, and cam port for a web cam. -
Ruel's Spotlight Website: Liberate TV Navigator flash demo of interactive television (4FEB00)
- JadooNet.com launches JadooNet Classic set-top box made by MSU for use with television sets in India (4FEB00) (PRN)
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Ruel's Spotlight Website: JadooNet (4FEB00)
Cute advertising showing the funeral of a dead PC that further states, "The computer is dead. Now you can surf the internet on your TV.... Long live the TV." -
Ruel's Spotlight Website: Eagle Wireless WebFlyer set-top box (4FEB00)
The different versions of the WebFlyer box include the Computer Plus, Internet Pro, Internet Pro Plus, and USA Basic. -
Internet interview of Eagle Wireless CEO Dr. H. Dean to be rebroadcast (3FEB00) (PRN)
The press announcement also states, "Eagle's industry leading Convergence Set-Top Boxes (CSTBs) will enable consumers, commercial, and educational users to capitalize on bundled voice, video, and data services which will soon be available. These bundled services are being installed in most new homes for 'future proofing' the homeowners' investment. Streaming video, voice-over-IP, cable, and Internet services are all attainable with this new family of CSTBs." -
Blue Zone Entertainment joins ATVEF for developing interactive television standards (4FEB00) (PRN)
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Linux in the Living Room with Sony Playstation2 and TiVo boxes running Linux (4FEB00) (FOXNEWS)
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Visa Canada testing smart cards with set-top boxes as approval made for migration to smart cards (4FEB00) (PRN)
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iCraveTV.com legal settlement to possibly be shutdown? (4FEB00) (CNET)
- Telewebber fans of "Stargate SG-1" television show get free plug-in (4FEB00) (InfoBeat Internet Daily)
PC users can download a free HyperTV plug-in from Sho.com to enhanced their viewing of the Showtime sci-fi "Stargate SG-1" television series beginning with Feb. 11 broadcasts. InfoBeat Internet Daily reports, "[V]iewers will be assigned the role of a Stargate security officer, although they won't be able to influence the action on the screen... [and] will also be able to chat online with others watching the program." -
BarkTV and other speciality TV channels: Medium4.com signing up television programmers
for rebroadcasting of television shows over the net (4FEB00) (digitalMass)
- Variety Interactive Summit panelists say Hollywood studios may start to resemble internet companies but not right away (4FEB00) (Variety)
- Hollywood executives told how to do the web at Variety Interactive Summit (3FEB00) (WIRED)
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Hollywood mulls impact and aftermath of AOL Time Warner merger at Variety Interactive Summit (4FEB00) (WIRED)
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Promise of AOL Time Warner deal is also riskiest feature (1FEB00) (InternetWorld)
InternetWorld asks, "Can one company successfully offer content and Internet access? ... History and common sense say Phooey. Content is most valuable when it's everywhere, utterly independent of access, while access providers try - often unsuccessfully - to use content to drive adoption of their technologies." -
FCC's Robert Pepper says $250 billion content industry is up for grabs
in keynote at Myers Forum for Interactive Television Development (1FEB00) (TechWeb)
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WebTV co-founder Steve Perlman starting up Rearden Steel technology incubator (3FEB00) (TechWeb-Reuters)
- Launching A Kiosk Project? Learn More At KioskCom 2000 being held April 17-20 in Las Vegas (3FEB00) (IWIRE)
- Sony to sell Playstation games via in-store kiosks at convenience stores in Japan (2FEB00) (Register)
- Sony to sell Playstation wares in Seven-Eleven stores and other convenience stores in Japan (3FEB00) (CNET-Reuters)
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Order videogames on Playstation.com and pay for them at Seven-Eleven (3FEB00) (Industry Standard)
- Oracle, Liberate, and Burdekin enter joint venture to form ICE Interactive for deployment of interactive television in Australia (3FEB00) (InternetNews)
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Liberate, Oracle, and Burdekin Pacific Ltd. invest in ICE Interactive Ltd. for deployment of
interactive television services in Australia and New Zealand beginning 3Q Y2000 (1FEB00) (PRN)
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Jesse Berst says you should get a DVD player for your TV (3FEB00) (Anchordesk)
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Cheaper to get a PC-based HDTV instead of a $4000 HDTV set (3FEB00) (PCWorld)
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Oxygen television channel and internet service has $400M budget and targets women (3FEB00) (BBC)
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Marketing to Telewebbers: You say PC, I say TV (2FEB00) (Cyberatlas)
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