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Boxee clashes with cable companies over encryption

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:49 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

Boxee’s live TV dongle has only been available for a few weeks, but the company is already embroiled in a fight with cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner Cable over it, and it is now getting support from groups like Public Knowledge and the…
Via gigaom.com

Cable Companies Want Government to Help Them Increase Your Bill & Limit Competition

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:41 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

Amidst flat and declining cable TV subscription numbers, Cable companies are lobbying the FCC to force every cable subscriber to rent cable boxes or cable cards even if they don’t want or need them now.
Via blog.boxee.tv

Posts from Appmarket TV RSS – TV Apps, TV Widgets, Social TV, Connected TV for 02/08/2012

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:22 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

RT @expathos: Posts from Appmarket TV RSS – TV Apps, TV Widgets, Social TV, Connected TV for 02/08/2012 – http://t.co/Vy9YjKmU…
Via us1.campaign-archive2.com

Blip.tv raises $12M, changes name to… Blip?

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:13 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

Web video pioneer Blip.tv has raised a new $6 million round of funding from existing investors including Bain Capital Ventures and Canaan Partners, as well as $6M of debt from Silicon Valley Bank, according to an announcement sent out Wednesday…
Via gigaom.com

With Viacom deal, Amazon looks like a real competitor to Netflix

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:07 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

Amazon continues to ramp up the amount of video content it offers for free to its Amazon Prime subscribers.
Via gigaom.com

Hulu CEO Jason Kilar Is Still Standing: The Full Dive Into Media Interview (Video)

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:59 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

Hulu isn’t supposed to be a success. And Jason Kilar isn’t supposed to have a job.
But the Hulu CEO is still running his site, a full year after angering his owners/bosses with a “Jerry Maguire” manifesto.
Via allthingsd.com

360 Video Featured in Anthony Bourdain’s New Show, The Layover

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:46 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

Cutting edge technology 360 degree video (think Google Street View but moving), is being used more and more to augment primary content with different perspectives and control being put in the hands of the viewer – and it appears that roving rogue…
Via www.appmarket.tv

Are Set-Top Boxes on the Way Out?

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:39 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

Last week Fetch TV – which delivers VOD to dedicated set-top boxes – went into administration. At the same time, Sky announced the upcoming launch of a new web-only pay-TV service. Does this spell the beginning of the end for the set-top box?
Via www.vodprofessional.com

Nowbox brings TV-like navigation to videos on the iPad

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:21 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

While many cable companies have turned to the iPad as a way to build a better navigation system, there’s at least one app that’s trying to build TV-like navigation for web videos.
Via gigaom.com

Hotel deploys second screen solution

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:06 +0000

Via Scoop.it – tvappmarket

CSI Magazine – Analysing converging technologies (RT @VisionIPTV: Hotel deploys second screen solution http://t.co/ruWAbWGx #IPTV…)…
Via www.csimagazine.com