Mobile Enertainment: Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids to Launch Three Mobile Websites
March 20, 2008
Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group today announced the launch of three new mobile websites that provide easily accessible information and resources to audiences on wireless devices through branded content from Nickelodeon, The N and ParentsConnect.More…
The new mobile websites focus on Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group’s target demos: kids and tweens, teens and parents, and include a selection of kids’ games, pictures, and flipbooks; teen-oriented quizzes and blogs; and daily parenting tips as well as access to information on local city family activities.
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Internet TV: Tivo automatically downloads Web Videos to TV’s
March 19, 2008
TiVo today announced that TiVo subscribers can now watch video content from the Web directly on their television sets. Through an updated version of TiVo’s Desktop Plus PC software, users can now discover and enjoy a broad range of Web entertainment available directly from their TV.
The simple application, which uses the popular Season Pass(TM) functionality on the TiVo service, continues to deliver on TiVo’s pledge to offer consumers an easy way to search, discover and enjoy the broad range of entertainment no matter what the source.
Starting today, TiVo users can subscribe to and watch a broad range of
video content available through Real Simple Syndication (”RSS”) feeds,
including everything from network nightly newscasts and The Sesame Street
Podcast to Daily Headlines from MTV News and College Humor from CHTV. The
application also gives consumers access to niche interest and hobbyist
videos covering areas far more specialized than cable and satellite
channels.
The availability of the web video comes on the heels of last week’s
announcement that TiVo subscribers will be able to access YouTube(TM)
videos directly on the TV via a TiVo DVR later this year. Upon launch of
the TiVo-YouTube service, TiVo users will be able to search, browse and
watch these videos directly on their television sets.
Social Networking meets Hollywood: New Facebook application lets users send movie clips
March 11, 2008
Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures will be the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Internet. The
equinux releases The Tube 2.5: Free webservice to view and announce TV Recordings from iPhone or iPod
March 4, 2008
Munich, Germany - March 4th, 2008: Today equinux has released The Tube 2.5 with the new TubeToGo webservice. The Tube-users can now make their TV recordings available in an online Webgallery. With the TubeToGo web interface, users have complete access to recordings, can publish them and have the ability to schedule recordings on the go.
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The future of Digital Entertainment: 33 Million U.S. Households Have 10Mbps broadband web by 2012
March 4, 2008
By 2012, close to 33 million U.S. households will have broadband services with speeds of 10 Mbps or higher, capable of streaming high-definition video, according to Parks Associates’
North American Broadband Market Update. At year-end 2007, 5.7 million, or 9% of U.S. broadband households, had such speeds.
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