Videotcy

Will Hulu and Apple kill old-style TV?

Steven Vaughan-Nichols — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:44:28 +0000

My wife has been asking me for some time now to dump cable in favor of Internet-based TV. Even though I’ve been using media extenders like the Apple TV to watch my own server-based video library and Internet-based TV for years, I’ve been reluctant to make the move. Why? Because, even now it’s a pain [...]

Advertisers Give Google TV a Warm Reception

Steven Vaughan-Nichols — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:36:16 +0000

Say you’re watching TV and an ad for Chevy’s Silverado pickup catches your eye. Come this fall, viewers using Google’s new interactive television technology will be able to type the object of their desire into an onscreen search box and launch a YouTube video or surf over to Chevy’s website.

Advertisers foresee a new medium [...]

Steve Jobs blunders on the Internet TV market

Steven Vaughan-Nichols — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:43:09 +0000

When the rumor went around that Apple would be releasing a new iPhone-OS based Apple TV, there was a lot of excitement. I didn’t really buy into the new Apple TV hype. Now, we know it’s not coming, or if it is, it’s not going to amount to much. We know this because Steve Jobs [...]

Google TV: Following in TiVo’s Footsteps

Steven Vaughan-Nichols — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:59:04 +0000

Todd Spangler of Multichannel News argues that Google TV may be making the same mistake with cable companies and customers that TiVo did back in its early days. Which is to say,

1) “The new device is external to the cable/satellite set-top box and controls it using an IR blaster (i.e., it’s a non-integrated kludge [...]

Is this really the next Apple TV?

Steven Vaughan-Nichols — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:50:03 +0000

According to EnGadget, the next Apple TV will be based on the “iPhone 4, meaning it will get the same internals, down to that A4 CPU and a limited amount of flash storage — 16GB to be exact” and cost only $99. This media extender will serve only as a bridge between you and Internet [...]