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A lot is being written recently about TVEverywhere, the initiative being led by Comcast and Time Warner Inc. to provide the same great programming we enjoy on our TV sets online, but on a subscriber basis; if you’re a cable/telco subscriber than you can get the same programming online through the respective company portals. If [...]

So today is finally the day. After being re-scheduled, debated in Congress, and some unwarranted anxiety TV goes all digital today in the U.S.! Bottom line, unless you have ears sticking out of your set (i.e. you have cable or satellite) you’re already digital. If you do have an antenna and waited until the last [...]

Erick over at TechCrunch has a great post on bringing web video ad methods to television. It’s great not because I agree with it but because it’s a valuable discussion and gives a glimpse into what some already successful startup CEOs are thinking. Bringing web services and solutions to television continues to be a very [...]

Last night I was flipping through the channels on my TV looking for something to watch that might actually stimulate my brain instead of kill it (ya, good luck). I usually only watch sports, news, or the occasional documentary or sitcom and so have my usually channels to check. After seeing poker on the sports [...]

In my HD vs. Blu-Ray post a few days ago I suggested that a winner in the battle could be decided if Warner Bros. picked a side. To my surprise (and everyone else), on the eve of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Warner Bros. announced it’s backing Blu-Ray. Wow. With the Warner Bros. move, [...]

With the increasing talk (and non-geek confusion) around HD and Blu-Ray, I thought I’d offer a quick guide to understanding what this digital fight is all about. What do HD and Blu-Ray mean? It has nothing to do with the HD on your TV. It’s about making DVDs better. Back in 1997 DVDs hit the [...]

Since the explosion of online video a few years ago, there’s been much chatter about whether (or when) web video will kill traditional T.V. My stance has always been – ya right! With HD, the chorus is growing a bit louder. The suggestion is that it will be a lot easier for people to get [...]

Soon, the video quality we currently expect from YouTube and other sites will be ancient history. Adobe will soon be widely releasing Flash Player 9, and incorporating the H.264 codec – meaning MPEG 4 standard, high quality even in large screen, blissfull web video! What does that mean? It means the same (or better) quality [...]

I’d previously written that entrepreneurs need to understand the digital past before they set out to create the digital future. If you’re going to pour your blood, sweat, and tears into your great idea, find out if someone before you already tried it and why it failed. A great example is interactive television. As I [...]

I’ve been lucky enough to be one of the beta testers of Joost and I love it. Joost represents the future of television, or at least a long way towards getting to what television will evolve to be – a 100% on demand, consumer controlled, interactive, social experience. If you haven’t heard by now, Joost [...]