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Microsoft announces the partners to their XBox Live TV initiative. With a new way to remote control through the Kinect and the ability to play games, will this be the Over the Top Television solution to beat in 2012?
To preview their forthcoming album, Tomorrow's World, pop duo Erasure have produced a tribute to the future-gazing BBC TV show of the same name. British geeks of a certain age will fondly remember this TV programme for introducing us to gadgets such as Walkmans, CDs and camcorders. It was also notorious for showing off products that promptly disappeared and never
Recently I wrote an opinion piece wondering if Smartphones would soon replace universal remotes like Harmony. For a while now, I have been using myRemote on my Droid X to control my Windows 7 Media Center-based HTPC. Recently I have also been trying out DirecTV Remote Pro to control my DirecTV HD DVR. Unfortunately, there is no official DirecTV Remote
Today, over at the website New TeeVee, we learned a bit of info about how the Networks are viewing what is currently happening in the market. Essentially, Fox is saying that their new "plan" will thwart users by blocking Hulu and Fox.com access to anyone who can't prove they are a cable or satellite subsriber. They will do this by
Following on from the previous post, Boxee have announced that they're opening a European office in London. In an email to Boxee users, they said that Wil Stephens will be setting up shop to bring more content to the UK audience and will be working with D-Link to get more boxes into more stores. They'll also be hiring staff so
Any questions about where Boxee may be heading could have been answered with the latest user survey. The questions surround premium content that it seems they are thinking of making available to users. What kind of premium content? The best kind - pay-per-view, sports, and premium channels like HBO. The gist of the survey surrounds what users are willing to
As the UK slowly moves towards turning off the analogue terrestrial TV signal and switching to digital transmissions, it's been overtaken by consumer demand for high definition (HD) broadcasting. The satellite and cable providers, namely Sky and Virgin Media, have been quick to offer HD on their subscription services, but the terrestrial digital broadcast system, Freeview, has been somewhat slower