A Texas town has changed its name to DISH in exchange for 10 years of free satellite television service.
According to Simply Dumb, all 125 residents of the town formerly known as Clark will get basic service and a free digital video recorder satellite TV receiver, a move that has some people joking that the Fort-Worth […]
Hauppauge Digital has released two new upgrade packages for Windows Media Center Edition 2005 (MCE) into the UK market. The new MCE packages include a TV tuner and a Media Center remote control, providing everything required to add TV capabilities to a Media Center PC.
The two Hauppauge WinTV packages are the PVR-150MCE, an analogue terrestrial […]
icrosoft Corp. and Cable Television Laboratories Inc. (CableLabs) today announced they have reached an agreement that will allow Microsoft and PC manufacturers to bring to market digital-cable-ready Windows Media Center-based PCs in the holiday 2006 time frame.
These Media Center PCs, capable of supporting a CableCARD5 module, will allow consumers to enjoy one-way cable programming, including […]
A recent BURST! Media survey of over 3,300 web users 18 years and older, has found a market emerging for on demand programming offered online or by a cable or satellite TV provider.
One-in-five (19.1%) respondents said they would probably purchase online on-demand programming such as television programming, movies, concerts or sporting events that could be […]
A couple of weeks back I took the opportunity of downloading the newly launched Akimbo plugin for MCE. I really, really wish I hadn’t. First and foremost it slows things down, not by a lot but enough to notice. Secondly don’t believe anything you read on the Akimbo website. When they say they’ve got all […]
From the BBC, and hopefully coming to a PVR neer you as well, remember that AOL does provide a plugin for MCE for their music service, is seems a natural progression.
Internet giant America Online (AOL) has announced plans to launch a free online television service by early next year.
To be called In2TV, it will feature […]
SnapStream Media, Inc., has announced that Beyond TV 4 offers official compatibility with digital ATSC tuner cards manufactured by market-leading TV tuner card manufacturers including ATI Technologies Inc., AVerMedia, and DViCO.
Official compatibility means that users of ATI, AVerMedia Technology, and DVICO TV tuner cards can confidently assemble PC-based DVRs with SnapStream’s award-winning Beyond TV DVR […]
CNet has reviewed my choice of TV tuner: the Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500 MCE and only given it a 7 out of 10. Sure, no remote, but if your running MCE you’d be wanting a Microsoft remote anyway!
This is interesting, particularly if eventually you can download these to your PVR.
NYPOST: CBS and NBC have announced deals to offer replays of prime-time programs for 99 cents per episode, shifting television toward a sales model that gained popularity with downloaded music.
CBS is teaming up with Comcast Corp. and NBC with satellite operator DirecTV to […]
Yahoo and TiVo have partnered to schedule downloads to TiVo boxes from any Internet connection.
Starting Monday, consumers will be able to schedule recordings on their TiVo box from a special Yahoo portal. Subscribers would need a valid Yahoo account with a yahoo.com e-mail address as well as a valid TiVo user account.
Additional content sharing between […]
