It’s looking like Apple has built copy protection into their new laptops, without bothering to tell prospective purchasers about it.
The currently Apple-faithful who have bought the new laptops, including the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, are finding that if they try to play films - that they have legitimately rented through Apple iTunes Store - […]
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Roku representatives have responded to rumors on its online forum board regarding when it will launch streaming HD services and announced, earlier than they’d like, that it will team up with Netflix to bring HD content to its subscribers.
Compared to the recently announced Xbox and Netflix tie-up that will also see streaming HD content to the Xbox, Roku will use different Advanced Profile encoding to deliver the HD content at significantly lower bit-rates.
In related news, CNet reports that Netflix has decided to stop selling used DVDs to its customer base, instead deciding to focus its attention on its rental by mail and Watch Instantly services.
“As you know, our core business is delivering great movie rentals to you on DVD by mail and instantly to the computer and TV, so we′ve decided it makes sense for us to focus exclusively on that,” the company stated in a Netflix blog post.
More on the streaming from Electronista (and thanks for the photo).
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Finally Sky and Virgin Media are holding hands again following their bust up dating back to Feb 2007.
The overview? Sky will carry some of Virgin’s channels on their service and Virgin will carry some of Sky’s channels - both agreements last until 2011. They’ll both drop the outstanding High Court actions against each other.
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With such television makers as Samsung and Panasonic unveiling flat-screen sets that are capable of displaying 3-D content, the format is widely considered the next leap forward in TV technology.
So far, 3-D programming has been about stunts and gimmicks rather than an earnest play to engage viewers on a deeper level. With growing competition from other media, however, it may be time for the television industry to push forward with 3-D.
The technological advances are the necessary foundation that network programmers need before they invest more in 3-D.
As consumers invest in televisions that can handle 3-D content — either over-the-air or through Blu-ray players — networks in turn will have an incentive to invest in both producing and broadcasting content in 3-D.
More at TVWeek.com.
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The clothing company Diesel is building up to 30th birthday.
To mark it, they’re hosting parties in 17 cities around the world on the same day.
Being switch on media-types, they’ve released a promo video which is more than slightly controversial - obv a great way to get attention.
They’ve taken old Ѡrn video footage and superimposed graphics […]
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Filed under: Home Entertainment
We hear you loud and clear Roku — now go prove to someone other than Netflix that your box is worth toying with. At the recent Streaming Media West conference, Roku CEO Anthony Wood reiterated details that we already knew: it really, really wants to work with companies other than Netflix. Said Wood, “We’re opening up the platform to anyone who wants to put their video service on this box,” and he continued by stating that “we’re going to release the software developer kit, so anyone can publish any channel, and users can access web content on their TVs.” Of course, both Netflix and Roku knew from the get-go that the relationship would involve other partners, though it remains to be seen who’s willing to call for seconds at Roku’s shindig.
[Via CNET]
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Original post by Darren Murph
Tudou, the Shangahi-based video sharing site that is reported to stream over 15 billion minutes of video every day — thrashing YouTube’s 3 Bn — has just launched an HD service.
Original post by Simon Perry
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs
What’s this? A little standardization in the TV realm? Announced today at IBC2008, Microsoft has launched its Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture (PBDA), a new worldwide platform that was made possible by the recent release of Windows Media Center TV Pack. In short, this system enables the “PC-TV hardware ecosystem to integrate virtually any free or premium TV service into Windows Media Center,” which keeps content guardians ultra-stoked while giving consumers more choice when it comes to TV tuning. Essentially, PBDA gives OEMs and tuner-makers the ability to develop and ship wares for WMC “regardless of geographic location or television standard.” The initiative is being backed by some serious players, too — Hauppauge, AVerMedia, NEC, and NXP just to name a few — and a couple have already shipped PBDA-based solutions overseas. Hit the read link for more… if you dare.
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ITV Worldwide have a new Vice President of Digital and New Media.
Jason Binks joins the company to look after all aspects of digital rights, including DTO (Download-To-Own), DTR (Download-To-Rent), and VOD (Video On Demand).
ITV tell us that he will also support the television and home entertainment sales teams at ITV Worldwide and deal […]
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As with all new forms of communiation, after a while of them being about, some clever creative types comes up with an idea that uses the technology, allowing them to flex their creative muscles.
One of the oft-cited example is Lonely Girl on YouTube which proported to be a 15 year old girl stuck in difficult […]
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Research finds that the first letter of your e-mail address might influence the amount of spam in your inbox.
Original post by Mike Slocombe
We know that lots of you, dear reader, are into Digital Design. Well, NMK have brought an event to our attention that we think you could well enjoy.
Digital Design Day is part of the London Design Festival and will be running the full day of 17th September 2008 at the Southbank Centre in London.
Scheduled to […]
Original post by Simon Perry
Botnets are churning out horrendous amounts of fake news spam.
Original post by Mike Slocombe
Filed under: Portable Video
Now that the Zune’s most vocal (and deranged) proponent has apparently jumped ship, Microsoft is looking for some other method of gaining market share. The most recent report on reinvigorating the portable media player has Redmond execs looking low and high at talent agencies and production companies in hopes of “licensing exclusive original video programming.” According to Richard Winn, director of entertainment development at Zune, the company is searching for “non-conventional programming that can capitalize on the device’s social networking platform.” Details are unsurprisingly scant at the moment, but Winn also noted that the outfit was looking for something that “iTunes or any competing service″ couldn′t provide. We hear Vongo’s going for a song… just sayin’.
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Marissa Mayer, the acceptable face to Google’s tech dork-ery, appears to have slipped up somewhat.
She let it out that Google News — one of the only areas of Google that doesn’t have advertising on — generates them around $100 million a year in referrals to main Google, from the 47 million people a month looking […]
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