What if nobody wins the high-definition DVD format wars? Blu-ray discs sit alongside the competing HD DVD format.
According to data from Adams Media Research, 578,000 HD DVD and 370,000 Blu-ray machines will be sold by the end of this year.
Studios allied with the Blu-ray camp include Columbia, Disney, Fox, Lionsgate, Miramax, New Line and Sony.
In the [...]
NewTeeVee is giving away Hulu invitations. Grab them while [...]
I just joined the pre-alpha of seesmic.com. I will keep you posted on my thoughts about the platform. For now here is a quick video I just made [...]
ARLINGTON, VA – Dec. 18, 2007 – PBS announced today that it will begin featuring select full-length programming on Joost™, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service. At launch, the PBS offering will include popular series, such as History Detectives and Scientific American Frontiers, as well as specials from PBS’ award-winning “Empires” collection.
“PBS is [...]
Zodiak TV-owned UK independent Bullseye Television has expanded its IPTV presence by splitting its existing Braindead channel on Joost into four genre-specific offerings from next month.
From the middle of next month, Bullseye will introduce the Braindead Comedy, Braindead Crime, Braindead Sport and Braindead Reality brands on [...]
NEW YORK – December 17, 2007 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Joost™ today announced the launch of the NBA Channel on Joost, the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service. The new channel will provide fans around the world with viewing access to “Instant Classic” NBA games and video highlight packages for the remainder of the 2007-08 NBA season.
As part of the new relationship, the NBA Channel will feature complete replays of memorable NBA games, including the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors on January 22, 2006, and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James’ sensational performance in Game 5 of the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons, in which he scored the Cavaliers’ final 25 points to lead his team to a 109-107 double-overtime victory.
“The NBA is always looking to further engage our fans around the world and expand our digital offerings with innovative products like Joost,” said Attila Gazdag, senior vice president of global media distribution for the NBA. “With the new NBA Channel on Joost, we offer our fans yet another platform to experience all the action of the NBA in a full-screen, high-quality environment.”
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Have you tried the recent Joost 1.0.3 beta client? Noticed the new sharing feature in it? No? Look again at the control panel at the bottom of the screen:
Noticed the little “envelope” icon… the forth on the left? You can click on it to bring up a box in which [...]
As some of you might be aware there is channel known as “Frag” on Joost. I stumbled on a forum post pointing to a rather… hummm… special video of a guy called “Mankini Man”. I will leave it up to you to judge… but right at the end of the clip there is a [...]
InsideTonic has written a great post on why Miro ain’t better than Joost. The short of it goes like this:
Miro is open-source… Joost is not: Open-Source does not imply superiority of quality 100% of the time. The code is important but it’s not the most important thing. The most important thing is the content… and [...]
Apple® today announced that hit television programming from Canada’s top networks, US broadcasters and the National Hockey League (NHL) is now available for CAN$1.99 per episode from the iTunes® Store in Canada (www.itunes.ca). iTunes customers can choose from Canadian-produced favorites such as the top-rated, award-winning “Corner Gas” from CTV, smash hit comedy “Little Mosque on the [...]