Broadcom To Pack Adobe's Flash Into TV Chips By Todd Spangler - 01/06/2009
In another pact aimed at bringing Web-based video to TVs, Broadcom and Adobe Systems announced Tuesday that they will work together to integrate Adobe’s Flash multimedia platform into Broadcom’s latest digital television and set-top box system-on-a-chip platforms.
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AMC's Opens Gate To 'The Prisoner' Online By Mike Reynolds - 01/06/2009
AMC, which is readying its own reinterpretation of The Prisoner for airing in November, is giving viewers a chance to check out the original online.
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Clearwire Clears WiMax in Portland By Todd Spangler - 01/06/2009
Clearwire Tuesday officially launched WiMax broadband mobile service in Portland, Ore., offering download speeds up to 6 Mbps to customers looking for to replace their cable or DSL connection.
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Time Warner Cable Signs CBS, Showtime Retrans Pact By Linda Moss - 01/06/2009
Time Warner Cable and CBS have reached a comprehensive carriage deal that extends retransmission consent for the broadcaster’s owned-and-operated TV stations and includes carriage of Showtime through 2013.
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Samsung Plugs Web Widgets Into TVs By Todd Spangler - 01/05/2009
Samsung Electronics will provide interactive applications and content from Yahoo, as well as other content providers including YouTube and Showtime Networks, to select Internet-enabled flat-panel HDTVs, starting this spring.
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Intel, Adobe To Add Flash To TVs By Todd Spangler - 01/05/2009
In another bid to bring Web-delivered content to TVs, Intel and Adobe Systems plan to develop a version of Adobe’s Flash media player technology to the chip maker’s media processor designed for set-tops, digital TVs and other home-entertainment devices.
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Web Strategies, Users Grow Up By George Winslow - 01/04/2009
Younger demos may be leading the charge into online video, but adults are not far behind
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Younger Viewers, New Media By George Winslow - 01/04/2009
Media companies have long kept a close eye on tech-savvy kids and teens, hoping that the behavior of kids and teens today will provide a window into the future of video consumption.
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Cover Story: What Viewers Really Want By George Winslow - 01/04/2009 Never before has data on new technologies and analysis of viewer habits been more critical for a television industry trying to divine the future.A compendium of data and insights from executives and researchers, the Multichannel News Viewer Watch examines the changing patterns of video usage across platforms and demographics.
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A Meeting Of Tech, Content In Vegas By Stuart Miller - 01/03/2009
On the opening night of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the curtain will also rise on the inaugural ceremony of the Global Media Award, which recognize the intersection of entertainment and technology in the broadband universe.
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Global Media Nominees 01/03/2009
The following is a complete list of categories and nominees for the inaugural Global Media Awards.
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ESPN Teams With 20 TopCollege Football Fan Sites 01/02/2009
ESPN has reached cross-promotional and content integration agreements with 20 top colleges’ football sites linked under the Team Sports Network.
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BroadSoft Acquires VoIP Competitor By Todd Spangler - 12/29/2008
BroadSoft, a provider of voice-over-Internet-Protocol applications for cable and telecommunications providers, announced Monday it has acquired privately held Sylantro Systems, a competing VoIP systems vendor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Roku Streams HD Movies From Netflix By Todd Spangler - 12/22/2008
Roku announced Monday that its Internet video player is able to play back HD titles available through Netflix's on-demand streaming feature, which currently offers a selection of about 300 high-definition titles.
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Motorola Clips Advanced-Video Groups By Todd Spangler - 12/19/2008
As part of a companywide round of layoffs, Motorola has substantially cut back its video-on-demand and switched digital video teams, according to company sources. About half of the 150 employees in the on-demand video group—from Motorola’s 2006 acquisition of Broadbus Technologies—were let go last month.
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Joost Scraps Video App By Todd Spangler - 12/17/2008
Internet TV venture Joost this week will discontinue support for its original software application—which had been central to its strategy of trying to reinvent television online—and instead focus on the Web-based version of the service.
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CBS-Time Warner Consider Olympics Bid By Mike Reynolds - 12/17/2008
Executives at CBS Corp. and Time Warner Inc. have evidently held preliminary discussions about making a joint bid for the U.S. TV rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, according to the Associated Press.
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GridNetworks Taps Sony PlayStations By Todd Spangler - 12/17/2008
GridNetworks, an Internet video distribution platform startup backed by Comcast and Cisco Systems, announced Wednesday that its service now supports delivery to Sony PlayStation 3 game consoles.
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