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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Goodbye, BitTorrent. Hello, Streaming.	Comcast’s decision to cap monthy broadband usage at 250GB is being decried as the end of the Internet as we know it. Maybe so, but it can also be seen as the dawn of the Streaming Era. As the Olympics drew to a close with big numbers - 75.5 million streams (NBCOlympics.com), 40 million (BBC), another 130 million from the European Broadcasting Union, and 100 million Chinese viewers - the networks were already moving on by serving the Democratic National Convention in HD. CBS offered an after-co...	August 29, 2008
Android And The Internet Of Things	As the world waits for the first Android phone to appear in the wild (from T-Mobile), questions are being raised again about whether Google’s Android ambitions will stop at cell phones. In a speculative, but well-thought-out piece, VentureBeat’s Eric Eldon reports: Industry sources tell us that although Android will indeed start as a mobile OS, Google intends to expand it to be a sort of universal operating system that will span set-top boxes for televisions, mp3 players and other c...	August 16, 2008
I Want My iPhone TV	The dog days of August lend themselves to kicking back and letting the world slide by. Since the advent of the Web 2.0 ecosystem, they’ve also been the province of a tech company version of the summer shows the networks play off - failed pilots, reality programming being tried out for the Big Show or another writer’s strike, and ratings stinkers that can be buried outside of Sweeps months. But the DVR has changed everything, in the process eliminating the notion of special sweeps periods and...	August 07, 2008
D: TiVo CEO Tom Rogers Fast Forwards Through Ads	At D: All Things Digital this morning, TiVo CEO Tom Rogers ie being interviewed on stage by the Wall Street Journal’s Kara Swisher. Here are some of the highlights: Rogers says the commoditization of the TV market raised the issue of user interface and navigation. On not being a content thief: Rogers says they got around and told the ad world that fast-forwarding of commercials is here to stay; the fact is it is gaming over in terms of forcing people to watch commercials. There is one thi...	May 29, 2008
Netflix (NFLX): On More Box For The Top Of The TV	In many homes, the TV is topped by a cable box, a DVR, a satellite box, a PC, a Slingbox, and an Unbox from Amazon (AMZN). Netflix (NFLX) thinks that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	May 20, 2008
Netflix Roku: Free Is Such A Beautiful Word	Netflix made a big splash today with their announcement of a $100 set top box, built by a California startup called Roku, that streams free movies (for Netflix subscribers) to the living room. Good for them. Instead of wading into a losing battle over cheap downloads and rentals (see Vudu, BlockBuster, AppleTV, Google, etc., which charge for each movie), they jump right to free. They know what the consumer wants. Of course, the service isn’t really free. Users have to buy the $100 box, and...	May 20, 2008
Jaman Launches Free Streamed Movies In Browser	Jaman, the San Mateo-based P2P Web movie service, is about to announce that it will be streaming selected movies for free. The movies play immediately in the browser and are supported by pre/post-roll ads. (The usual download-to-rent option remains available). Jaman is launching streaming with 100 ad-supported titles from its collection of over 3000 independent and international films. While other sites like Netflix are offering more mainstream titles, Jaman focuses on indie film and especially...	May 14, 2008
Direct TV (DTV) Surging	In October I wrote a post about Direct TV (DTV) and said "at $26 shares are fairly priced...should they dip to $20 again, you have a great buying opportunity". Well, in Jan. 2008 they did just that and are up 35% since then. After recent results, shares have even more upside. Back in October the jist of my post was that the scope of HD offerings from Direct TV vs cable would bring in scores of new customers. Since then, the company has dropped the price of the HD DVR it sells from $399 t $199 ...	May 08, 2008
Microsoft’s Mesh Revealed—Sync All Apps And All Files To All Devices (As Long As They’re Windows)	Ray Ozzie first hinted at it during a keynote speech last March. But tonight Microsoft is finally launching a preview beta of Live Mesh, a new Windows Live platform for syncing files and, eventually, applications across different devices. (Of course, for Microsoft, a beta means 10,000 people, so you have a pretty good chance of getting in if you sign up now). Mesh lets you set up a virtual desktop online, and connect different computers to it. Put any file into a Mesh folder and it automatic...	April 23, 2008
EchoStar Falls Once Again To Tivo, Says It Will Keep Fighting	EchoStar (now known as DISH Network Corporation) was dealt yet another blow in its ongoing patent battle with Tivo as the U.S. Appeals Court ruled against them. The dispute involves EchoStar’s alleged infringement of Tivo’s TimeWarp patent, which allows users to record one program while watching another. Tivo applied for the patent in 1998, and it was granted in 2001. In 2004 Tivo successfully sued EchoStar for its Dish Network DVR, which provided very similar functionality to Tivo...	April 11, 2008

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