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Aug 11th, 2009 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Hardware
TiVo has announced the addition of hundreds of new free Web videos available directly to TiVo Series3, TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL subscribers. In addition to these new channels, any video podcast provider can now publish video content to TiVo DVRs using industry-standard Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and H.264 video. Hundreds of new podcast [...]
Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DVR, the future of television, TiVo, video podcast, video podcasting
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Apr 22nd, 2009 |
By Elisabeth Lewin |
Category: Streaming Video, Video
The public television network PBS is taking some of its viewers’ favorite programs and making them available via its newly-launched video portal, PBS.org/video. Today’s debut of the streaming site marks the first time that programming from a variety of series producers has been available in from one location. The new video site features a broad [...]
Tags: Earth Day, Hulu, Internet TV, Ken Burns, NBC, PBS, Shakespeare, Streaming Video, TiVo, user-generated content, video portal
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Nov 27th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Digital Video Recorder, Internet TV, Video
TV By The Numbers’ Bill Gorman has posted some revealing stats on TiVo subscribers that suggest that the technology is headed for the dead pool. The above graph charts the change in TiVo subscribers, by month. Starting with February ’06, TiVo subscriber growth stalls and by February ’07, TiVo started bleeding subscribers. Gorman notes: In the [...]
Tags: death watch, Internet television, Internet video, streaming media, the future of television, TiVo, trends
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Oct 30th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Streaming Video
Netflix today said that it has reached a deal with TiVo to provide digital movie streaming to many of the 800,000 broadband-connected Tivo subscribers. The companies are testing the new service in several thousand U.S. households and expect it to be broadly available in early December. Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” Web streaming service, with a library of more [...]
Tags: Netflix, Streaming Video, TiVo
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Jul 17th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
There’s a great deal of buzzing today about a few Internet video news items: Amazon is debuting a streaming video store. The service, Amazon Video on Demand, will offer about 40,000 streaming videos for customers to choose from. TiVo is adding YouTube support. TiVo’s YouTube support was announced in March, and is available to broadband-connected [...]
Tags: Amazon, Apple, Apple TV, DVR, Lionsgate, Microsoft, TiVo, XBox 360
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Jun 19th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: General
YouTube has announced that it’s going to test out hosting long-form videos and even full-length movies, with its new site feature The YouTube Screening Room. As Internet videos get longer, though, viewing them on your computer starts to look pretty lame. Fortunately, there are a growing number of ways you can get YouTube and other [...]
Tags: Apple TV, Bravia, HP, MediaSmart, Panasonic, PoD, Sony, TiVo, Verismo Networks, YouTube
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Mar 18th, 2008 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Digital Video Downloads, General, Internet TV, Podcasting Hardware, Podcasting Services
TiVo today introduced version 2.6 of TiVo Desktop for Windows, adding deeper support for Web videos and podcasts. Features include: You can now transfer all your downloaded Web Video from your PC to your TiVo DVR so you can watch them on your TV. Automatic conversions of your TiVoToGo transfers to support portable devices that [...]
Tags: Internet television, Internet video, TiVo, video podcasting
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Jan 9th, 2008 |
By Elisabeth Lewin |
Category: Digital Video Recorder, Internet TV, Video, Video Podcasts
CES: Digital video recorder purveyor TiVo Inc. has announced that its subscribers will soon be able to select Internet video (i.e. podcasts!) for playback on televisions, expanding the digital recording service’s capabilities beyond TV offerings. The new feature, announced Monday at the International Consumer Electronics Show, will let users apply their “Season Pass” recording capabilities [...]
Tags: CES, Digital Video Recorder, DVR, RSS, RSS feeds, TiVo, Video Podcasts
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Nov 28th, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video
Nero and TiVo today announced that they have entered into an agreement to integrate TiVo’s television UI with Nero’s next generation of PC software. Under the agreement, Nero will develop a software solution that will bring TiVo features to the personal computer. “This agreement provides TiVo with an opportunity to deliver its interface and differentiated [...]
Tags: TiVo
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Sep 21st, 2007 |
By James Lewin |
Category: Internet TV, Video Podcasts
Podcasting startup PodShow is expected to formally announce a partnership with TiVo next week that will bring PodShow’s video podcasts to TiVo users. The agreement promises to make Podshow’s content available to millions of new viewers, directly on their televisions. An official announcement is expected at next week’s Podcasting and Portable Media Expo. Paul Colligan [...]
Tags: PodShow, TiVo, video podcasting
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