Facebook's f8 developer conference is going on today, and Andy Samberg Mark Zuckerberg has just revealed another part of his master plan for the social network. Open Graph will now integrate many of your favorite news and music services, including Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio and MOG onto your Facebook page with custom apps, and will also bring video from Vevo, Netflix, Hulu and many more.
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Ouch! DISH to pay $104 Million to TIVO
Posted October 7th, 2008 by barkley
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Could things be going any worse for DISH Network who has just announced it would pay $104 million to TIVO for stealing its DVR patent? The satellite television broadcaster was sued in 2004 and found guilty in 2006. Yesterday DISH said they would pay, but it appears the appeals will continue.
In a statement DISH said, "Because of the Supreme Court’s decision, we will pay TiVo approximately $104 million (the amount the jury awarded in 2006 plus interest). The money is in an escrow account and will be released to TiVo in the next few days."
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DTV transition test fails in Wilmington
Posted September 9th, 2008 by J.Stuart
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Residents of Wilmington, NC were in shock yesterday when they couldn't receive analog television signals. The city presented a test of what the Feb. '09 DTV transition would be like, and the test failed miserably.
Bloomberg news reported on the event, saying residents flooded the city's phone lines. "Our phone lines were lit up for an hour straight between noon and one," said Thomas Postema, general manager of WSFX, the Wilmington Fox affiliate.
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3D awareness up double-digits
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Consumer awareness of 3D TVs and Blu-ray 3D players has jumped by double digits in only six months, according to a study in February by market research company The NPD Group’s 3D 360º Monitor. Consumers aware of 3D plasma TV awareness jumped from 21 percent in September 2010 to 32 percent in February, while awareness of 3D Blu-ray players went from 15 percent to 26 percent...
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Comcast Spruces Up DVR Features In Boston Area
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omcast has launched multiroom digital video recorder service and online DVR management throughout Boston, most of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, along with an upgrade to the latest version of the i-Guide interactive program guide for Motorola set-tops.
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Study: Consumers Believe 3D Makes You Sick
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Several medical experts have concluded that it could give some Americans headaches and feelings of nausea. And now a new research study finds that many consumers agree that 3D could pose a medical risk.
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What's TiVo's Little Secret?
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TiVo has announced that it will hold a press conference on March 2nd in New York that will reveal "significant news" on the company's future plans.
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TV’s Third Dimension
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3D TV Looks Cool — But When Will Viewers Be Ready?Announcements of new 3D TV efforts dominated last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, as vendors salivated over the chance to grow a new high-end product category now that HD has gone mainstream.
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CES 2010: Hands on with ActiveVideo’s CloudTV
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ActiveVideo isn’t a content provider, and they’re not selling a set-top box. You can think of them more as a distribution network like Boxee. The difference is that with ActiveVideo, you don’t need an external box or HTPC. You just need to access the cloud.
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3D specs finalized for Blu-ray, to hit market next year
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Blu-ray finally got its 3D specs completed, and players, discs and HDTVs are expected to start hitting the consumer market sometime in 2010. According to Sony the specs will be backwards compatible, allowing 2D discs to still play on 3D Blu-ray players, as well as allow 3D discs to play on current market 2D Blu-ray players (of course only in 2D).
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