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APPLE MIGHT BE TRADING IN ITS PRINCIPLES FOR PRAGMATISM; PLUGGED IN The Baltimore Sun - May 15, 2008 For the second time this month, Apple has chosen strategy over principle. After losing NBC Universal's content from the iTunes Store in a much-publicized tussle over variable pricing last fall, Apple announced a deal this week with HBO to offer many of its most popular shows at two price points. Customers can buy some shows at the usual $1.99: "Sex and the City," "Flight of the Conchords" and "The...
Net ushers in 'experiential TV' Telephony - May 5, 2008 The past five years have presented major changes in the TV industry such as extensive, free video-on-demand catalogs and time-shifting with digital video recorders. But TV is about to undergo an even greater transformation from black box service to experiential TV, or ETV. The next wave of TV services will continue to evolve from live and linear to on-demand with multiscreen access. New carrier-ma...
BIDING TIME WITH MOBILE TV Telephony - May 5, 2008 At first glance there appears to be nothing that special about Motorola's new DH line of hand-held mobile TV devices. But these large-screened units access digital video broadcast-handheld networks and are unique among their numerous peers in that they allow pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding through live programming. Motorola has brought personal video recorder (PVR) capabilities to mobile TV...
Sky downloads use Windows DRM, leave out Macs The New Zealand Herald - May 2, 2008 As the Herald reported today Sky TV will start offering internet downloads of some of its content from mid May through the company's website www.sky.co.nz. A closer inspection of some of the technical attributes of the service suggests Sky is following the model TVNZ pursued with its TVNZ OnDemand service. That is, the programmes will be downloadable as files playable in Windows Media Player (Wind...
Macrovision Closes Acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide; Combined Organization to Lead the Next Evolution in Digital Home Entertainment Services Business Wire - May 2, 2008 Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Gemstar-TV Guide (NASDAQ: GMST), a global leader in video and entertainment guidance technology and services. Combining Gemstar-TV and Macrovision technologies positions the company as a key enabler of the digital home entertainment experience. The resulting company, Macrovision Solutions Corporation, i...

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