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- Over-the-Top Video by Cable Companies: Where's the Business Model?
- Dan Rayburn submits: With all the news this week about Comcast’s CMCSA “On Demand Online” trial and the number of broadcasters who announced they will be offering up programming for the trial, I'm still not seeing where the business model exists for such a service. How many consumers are...
- External links 2009-07-16
- XBox Shows Off New Netflix Browsing Feature, Improved Video Quality
- Dan Rayburn submits: Starting August 11th, Microsoft MSFT will roll out a dashboard upgrade for the Xbox 360 with a bunch of new options for Netflix NFLX streaming, including adding movies to your queue without a PC. I got a chance to get hands-on with the upgrade tonight and...
- External links 2009-07-24
- Microsoft XBox 360: 1080p Streaming Will Require 8-10 Mbps Connection for Full Quality
- Dan Rayburn submits: Last week at E3, Microsoft MSFT announced that later in the fall, 1080p streaming will come to the Xbox 360 using Zune video technology. While full details of the technology and how it works are not ready to be released by Microsoft, the company did...
- External links 2009-06-08
- Xbox Upgrade's Streaming Quality Is Incredible
- Dan Rayburn submits: Monday morning, I got the Xbox LIVE preview upgrade which gives me the ability to test out some of the new features coming soon to the Xbox console including Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and 1080p streaming. Of course, the new 1080p streaming functionality is really the one...
- External links 2009-10-20
- Sony's Day-And-Date Strategy Is Expensive
- Dan Rayburn submits: Starting on December 8, Sony plans to make the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs available for streaming, at 720p, a month ahead of the retail release, to those who have broadband-enabled Sony SNE TVs and Blu-ray players. The catch? It will cost users $24.95...
- External links 2009-11-10
- Is Hulu Waiting For Subscription Service Before Launching iPhone App?
- Dan Rayburn submits: Last week, multiple sources familiar with Hulu's video plans told me that Hulu already has an iPhone app ready to go, but won't launch it until Hulu rolls out a subscription-based service. While Hulu has hinted at such a service in the future, the company is...
- External links 2009-10-15
- MLB's $0.99 per Game Live Streaming Service Launches on the iPhone
- Dan Rayburn submits: Apple AAPL has just approved the latest update to MLB's iPhone app which now enables any user to pay $0.99 to view any out of market game live on their iPhone. The update to the MLB At Bat app is now live in the...
- External links 2009-09-02
- Roku Adds HD Streaming and SD Upscaling, But Drives Netflix's Costs Up
- Dan Rayburn submits: As expected, yesterday morning Roku announced that the Roku player is now capable of playing hundreds of HD quality movies from Netflix NFLX. While my Roku player got the software update over the weekend, Roku says all players will be updated over the next few weeks....
- External links 2008-12-22
- Roku Announces New Content Partner, Amazon Video On Demand Store
- Dan Rayburn submits: Amazon AMZN just announced that in "early 2009" it will enable more than 40,000 commercial-free movies and television shows to be viewed with the Roku player. This marks the first new content partner for the Roku device which to date, was only capable of playing content...
- External links 2009-01-05
- Lots of Buzz Over Broadband Enabled TVs, But Impact Won't Be Felt for Many Years
- Dan Rayburn submits: As the CES show in Vegas kicks off this week, the buzz and announcements around broadband enabled TVs is starting to heat up. Netflix NFLX and LG (LGERF.PK) announced that come later this spring, a new line of broadband enabled LCD and plasma TVs will be...
- External links 2009-01-06
- Workflow for Internet Enabled Blu Ray Discs Launched: Will BD Live Be Adopted?
- Dan Rayburn submits: This morning, Akamai AKAM, Ascent Media and Sofatronic announced the creating of a new integrated digital workflow and distribution solution for the production, hosting and delivery of BD Live functionality for Blu-ray Discs. The companies say the new service provides a more efficient and cost effective...
- External links 2009-01-06
- Apple Drops DRM from iTunes Music; What We Really Need Are DRM Free Videos
- Dan Rayburn submits: Yesterday, Apple AAPL announced at Macworld that by the end of the first quarter, all songs in its catalog will be DRM free. While that's nice, but not really that big of a deal, the real question is when DRM free videos will be made available?...
- External links 2009-01-07
- Exciting Times for Netflix, Roku & the Microsoft Xbox 360
- Dan Rayburn submits: ...While some have speculated that the current Roku box can't do HD streaming, and is the reason why Netflix NFLX does not offer HD video quality, this is not the case. Roku confirmed for me yesterday that the current version of its Roku box is currently capable...
- External links 2008-10-30
- Adobe: Flash May Come to TV, But It Won't Have Many Eyeballs
- Dan Rayburn submits: Yesterday morning, Adobe ADBE announced that it is working to bring the Flash Platform to the living room via broadband enabled TVs, set-top boxes and other devices and are already working with multiple content, OEM and System on Chips [SoC] vendors to make this happen. While...
- External links 2009-04-20
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