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Sky Picks Pace STB to Roll-out HD Content in Germany and Austria

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:33:00 +0100

PayTV operator Sky has selected Pace's HD technology for its set-top box deployments in Germany and Austria, which will begin rolling out in August.
Pace has been a set-top box technology partner of Sky, formerly Premiere, for a number of years.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 29/07/2009

Universal Adds iPhone/iPod Features to Blu-ray Titles

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:22:00 +0100

Universal Studios has announced plans to add a series of iPhone and iPod touch-enabled features on its upcoming Blu-ray releases.
These will enable access to exclusive interactive content through the mobile devices - starting with the Blu-ray release of the box-office smash Fast & Furious on July 28th.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 23/07/2009

HD Streaming and Blu-ray "Can Co-exist" - For Now

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:23:00 +0100

There are already more digital delivery devices connected to HDTVs in US homes than Blu-ray players, thanks largely to the Xbox 360 and the likes of TiVo, Roku, AppleTV and Vudu.
Yet despite the numerical supremacy of players capable of streaming HD content, digital downloads are not expected to be a serious competitor to the Blu-ray format anytime soon.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 03/07/2009

Boxee Extends to all Windows Users, Adds Apps

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:55:00 +0100

Boxee is extending its media center access to Windows and will shortly change its "alpha" status to "beta".
The open source media site has also announced four major new app partnerships that will be available to everyone downloading its software.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/06/2009

I-MOVIX Announces New Deal with CANAL+ France

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:37:00 +0100

I-MOVIX has announced a new contract with CANAL+ France to use its ultra slow motion SprintCam solution for sports broadcasting.
The SprintCam Live V2.1 and SprintCam V3 HD offer broadcast integration and have the ability to work at 500 fps under restricted lighting conditions.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/06/2009

LG Delivers First HDTVs To Instantly Stream Netflix

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0100

LG is introducing the first HDTVs capable of streaming Netflix movies without the need for an external device such as game console or set-top box.
The online movie rental service will be available in North America on LG's new 47-inch LCD HDTV LH50 and 50-inch plasma HDTV PS80.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 17/06/2009

NDS Chosen For Germany's First Cable HD DVR Service

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:18:00 +0100

Germany's two largest independent cable operators, Tele Columbus and PrimaCom, have selected NDS' DVR solution XTV to launch the country's first cable HD DVR service across their networks.
The two operators serve some 3.5 million cable-connected households and operate a large number of independent networks.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 28/05/2009

HDNet Dropped By Time Warner

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:50:00 +0100

Time Warner Cable is dropping two HDNet channels, claiming their programming has "limited appeal".
The move is effective from May 31 with the channels to be replaced by other high definition options.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 22/05/2009

Rising HDTV Ownership Bodes Well For Ambient DVD Market

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:47:00 +0100

The market for ambient DVDs may still be in its early days - but if HD Coolvision's offering is anything to go by it could take off very quickly.
The LA-based start-up has released The Moon, a DVD of high-def footage of this celestial wonder intended to be displayed as video artwork on flat-panel HDTVs.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 21/05/2009

Vista Users Gain As Microsoft Extends Netflix Partnership

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:40:00 +0100

Microsoft Vista users can now stream films from Netflix through the Windows Media Center.
The development comes after Microsoft announced that it has expanded its partnership with the movie service.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 21/05/2009

VUDU Partners Brightcove For Ad-Supported STB content

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:08:00 +0100

VUDU has agreed a partnership with online video platform Brightcove that will allow its customers to distribute their content directly to the living room television via VUDU.
The first feature available in the VUDU Labs area of the VUDU service will be the MyPlay application, which offers current Sony Music videos through Sony Music's MyPlay Video Network affiliate program.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 15/05/2009

Epix Network Offers HD Movie Streaming Service

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:54:00 +0100

Epix plans to offer full-length HD movies over the Internet using a dynamic-streaming feature from Akamai Technologies' content-distribution network.
The movie service, created by Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate, previously said it was launching as a broadband-video service in May, followed by the linear cable channel in October.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 14/05/2009

Can Blu-Ray Now Be Called Mainstream?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:15:00 +0100

The drop in the average price of Blu-Ray players is, not surprisingly, fuelling sales of the high-def disks. But figures out from NPD show that the effect of cheaper players could finally be giving the format mass market appeal.
High hardware prices has long been given as a barrier to Blu-Ray technology becoming widely accepted.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 07/05/2009

Virgin Tests 200Mb Broadband, Plans To Boost HD Channels

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:47:00 +0100

Virgin Media has just begun a broadband customer pilot to test real-world deployment of 200 Mbps speeds - making it the fastest implementation of Docsis 3.0 technology in the world. Services offered in Japan and the US currently reach 160 Mbps and 101 Mbps respectively.
In a separate announcement, the UK digital cable TV operator said it plans to add up to five new HD channels this year to keep pace with growing demand for high-def programming.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 06/05/2009

BSkyB's Revenues Rise As HD Subscribers Double

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:49:00 +0100

It's taken a while but HDTV seems to have firmly established itself in the UK - underlined by the latest surge in subscriber numbers for BSkyB.
The satellite broadcaster has seen its HD base leap to more than one million subscribers - up 32 per cent on the previous quarter and more than double the 465,000 who signed up last year.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 30/04/2009

Warner Offers Blu-Ray For HD DVD Trade-in

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:12:00 +0100

More than a year after the high-def format war ended Warner Bros has launched a new HD DVD trade-in program in the US that allows its HD DVD titles to be exchanged for the same film on Blu-ray for a small fee.
Called Red2Blu, it allows consumers to get the Blu-ray titles for USD $4.9 (USD $9.95 for boxsets), without needing to trade in the actual HD DVD discs, just the cover art (with UPC code) from the red HD DVD cases.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 23/04/2009

Adobe Announces Plans For Flash on HDTVs

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:33:00 +0100

Adobe has designed a new version of its Flash animation technology that will enable HDTVs, Blu-ray player and other electronics device to stream content directly.
The development means that webcasters, such as Hulu, will be able to compete more evenly with traditional broadcasters.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 22/04/2009

SUN Direct Launches HD DTH Service In India

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:23:00 +0100

Sun Direct has announced the launch of India's first HD broadcast on the direct-to-home (DTH) platform.
The service provider has built up a subscriber base of three million since its launch in December 2007, making it India's second largest DTH provider.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 17/04/2009

Is Netflix Price Rise A Set-Back For Blu-ray?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:55:00 +0100

The price for Netflix's Blu-ray subscribers is going up again on April 27th.
The increase translates into an extra USD $4 a month for BD users opting for standard three-at-a-time plans.
While Netflix is arguably justified in charging more to finance its rapidly expanded - and more costly to buy - Blu-ray stock of over 1,300 titles, it doesn't help the high-def format's image.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 31/03/2009

BLOCKBUSTER OnDemand Coming Through TiVo

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:36:00 +0100

Blockbuster is to be the latest online video-on-demand service to appear on TiVo DVRs.
The pair announced today that they are working to make Blockbuster's service available on all TiVo Series2 and Series3 DVRs (including the HD and HD XL models) in the second half of 2009.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/03/2009

HD Movies Now For Sale on Apple's iTunes Store

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:29:00 +0100

HD movies are now available for purchase from Apple's iTunes for playing on Macs and PCs. Until now, high def movies had only been available to Apple TV owners.
HD Movies will be sold for USD $19.99, while HD rentals will be priced at USD $4.99. Both are in H.264 compressed 720p quality and will come with an HD file and an iPod/iPhone SD file.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 20/03/2009

ION Television HD Debuts On HD-PRIME

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:05:00 +0100

SES AMERICOM has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with the US's largest station group, ION Media Networks, to launch its full suite of television networks in HD.
The move means that SES now has 60 HD channels on its HD-PRIME delivery platform.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 17/03/2009

HD Version of iPlayer Expected Soon

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:51:00 +0100

The BBC is planning on offering a high-definition version of its iPlayer - possibly by April.
While the move has been mooted since the online catch-up TV service was launched in 2007, it seems likely the HD service will shortly become a reality.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 11/03/2009

Hi-Den Launches First HDMI 1080p Photo Viewer

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:04:00 +0100

It seems peculiar that with the drive towards making HDTVs all-singing, all-dancing Internet-connected marvels, little had been done to improve something as simple as enjoying your photos on the big screen.
Now Hong-Kong-based Hi-Den Vision has popped up with what it claims is the world's first HDMI 1080p digital photo viewer.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 05/03/2009

Downloading Will Be The Death of Blu-Ray

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:39:00 +0100

Predicting the demise of Blu-ray is a popular sport - and it has just gained another fan.
Consumer review specialist Reevoo has come out with a report saying that the high-def format is fighting a losing battle against HD download services and hard drives.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 03/03/2009

Mobile Makers Pushing Hard for 1080p Video Content on Handsets

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:25:00 +0100

The global economy may be suffering but that doesn't mean the drive for technological advancement draws to a complete halt.
At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, On2 Technologies' director of marketing, Tony Hope, told hdtv-biz.news about the push to bring high-def video content to mobile devices.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/02/2009

Deal With Broadcom Brings Chumby's Widgets To HDTVs

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:56:00 +0100

Widget company chumby's media Internet platform is to start appearing on HDTVs, set-top-boxes and Blu-ray players thanks to a deal struck with Broadcom Corporation.
The tie-up will see chumby's interactive multimedia widgets integrated into Broadcom's latest system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 25/02/2009

Can Blu-ray Now Be Regarded As"Mainstream"?

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:34:00 +0100

Sales of Blu-ray discs have climbed to such an extent in Europe that the high-def format is now officially "mainstream".
At least that's according to the cross-industry trade body, Digital Entertainment Group Europe(DEGE).

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 13/02/2009

Vudu Halves Cost Of Basic Player

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:48:00 +0100

The cost of VUDU's basic 250GB VUDU HD player has been halved to USD $150.
According to the on-demand internet provider the move is not a sign of looming financial problems. It stresses that the dramatic price cut is due to positive factors.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 10/02/2009

BSkyB Adds HD Customers And Promises More High Def Content

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:29:00 +0100

BSkyB has added 171,000 new customers in the second quarter and reduced churn to below 10 per cent.
It will be hoping to build on the interim results for the six months to 31 December 2008 helped by the the news that further investment is to be made in HD programming. The announcement that the price of the Sky+ HD receiver is to drop to £49 will undoubtedly provide a massive boost to that ambition.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 28/01/2009

UK Gets HD Programmes For AppleTV

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:20:00 +0100

Apple has announced that the first HD show is available for download from the iTunes store for AppleTV owners in the UK.
The first offerings in high def are episodes of the current series of ABC's Lost, which will be sold for £2.49 each.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 28/01/2009

Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions Agree Download Deal

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:28:00 +0100

Sonic Solutions has joined forces with Blockbuster in a deal that will enable consumers to download the movie giant's content.
Under the agreement, Blockbuster will "supply the branded consumer interfaces and Sonic will power content delivery across PC and portable devices".

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 14/01/2009

Europe To See Presidential Inuguration in HD

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:17:00 +0100

The upcoming US presidential inauguration will be broadcast in Europe in high definition for the first time ever following "unprecedented demand" from broadcasters.
Eurovision is to offer European broadcasters access to full HDTV coverage of the ceremony, Barack Obama's speech and motorcade beamed from cameras on location in Washington DC.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 13/01/2009

Blu-ray Growth Bolsters Dipping DVD Sales

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:42:00 +0100

US consumer spending on packaged home entertainment - rental and sales of DVD and high-def disc formats - fell by 5.5 per cent in 2008, to USD $22.4 billion, according to the Digital Entertainment Group.
Spending on DVD purchases fell more dramatically than the total, declining by 9 per cent, to about USD $14.5 billion, and the shipment of DVD units was down almost 15 per cent in 2008 to 1.4 Billion

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 08/01/2009

Yahoo Widget Engine Gets HDTV Makers' Backing

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:20:00 +0100

Yahoo has agreed deals with a host of big-name HDTV makers, including Samsung, LG, Sony and Vizio, that will result in their sets supporting Yahoo's online service.
The alliances put Yahoo firmly at the forefront of the drive towards the convergence of the Internet and TV.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 08/01/2009

Young Lead Shift Towards Internet TV Viewing

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:04:00 +0100

Internet television viewership is increasing rapidly in the US due to better content and improved viewing quality, according to Move Networks.
The Internet TV service provider has released figures showing it streamed more than 100 million hours of high definition content and over 180 million total hours of content in 2008.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 06/01/2009

Amazon Video On Demand Brings New-Release Movies To Roku

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:24:00 +0100

Roku has agreed a deal that will give its set-top box users access to Amazon’s video on demand (VOD) content.
The agreement means owners of Roku digital video players will be able to instantly purchase, rent and watch digital movies and TV episodes from the Amazon service.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 05/01/2009

LG Broadband HDTVs To Stream Netflix Movies

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:15:00 +0100

LG Electronics has announced the first broadband-enabled HDTVs with Netflix streaming software embedded directly in the set.
The new LCD and plasma “broadband HDTVs” will be able to show Netflix’s library of movies, TV episodes and HD content directly on the set without needing an external device.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 05/01/2009

YouTube HD Videos Now In Widescreen

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:57:00 +0100

After weeks of trialling its new HD capabilities YouTube has officially launched its high-def channel.
Users clicking on the newly added "watch in HD" option will automatically see the videos play in widescreen (16:9 aspect).

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 22/12/2008

VUDU Brings The Web To TV

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:57:00 +0100

VUDU has launched a new platform that brings Web-hosted applications and services to consumer appliances, including its own Internet movie player.
The VUDU RIA (Rich Internet Application) platform will deliver TV shows as well as Web apps which enable users to share their photos and watch the tens of millions of YouTube videos on their HDTVs.
The company plans to open VUDU RIA up to third party developers in the first half of 2009.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 17/12/2008

Bright Day For Dark Knight Blu-ray Sales

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:54:00 +0100

Warner Brothers' The Dark Knight has eclisped Iron Man to become the fastest selling Blu-ray Disc movie of all time.
Approximately 600,000 Blu-ray copies of the movie sold on the first day in the US, Canada and UK.
This represent 20 per cent of the total three million copies sold during the first 24 hours.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 11/12/2008

HD Video Download Service Allows Blu-ray Recording

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:47:00 +0100

Japan is to get the world's first HDTV video download service that allows users to export high-def content from HDDs to Blu-ray Disc.
Tsutaya online provides video content from a server to compatible digital home appliances and allows the content to be copied on Blu-ray Disc, iVDR-S and memory cards.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 11/12/2008

Netflix Beats Blu-ray Target - Hopes High For 2009

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:12:00 +0100

Netflix has reached its target of 500,000 Blu-ray subscribers ahead of schedule.
The retailer's chief financial officer Barry McCarthy said subscribers had added the option of paying an extra USD $1 to receive Blu-ray Disc titles at a quicker rate than Netflix forecast in October.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 10/12/2008

Pioneer 400GB Blu-ray discs will play on PS3

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:44:00 +0100

There are undoubtedly pros and cons to having a single optical disc that can pack in 400GB of data - movies, music...whatever you can throw at it.
Pioneer is preparing for release a 16-layer Blu-ray disc that not only offers this colossal storage capacity but will play back on most current standalone Blu-ray players, including the Sony PlayStation 3.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 05/12/2008

Samsung Blu-ray Players First To Offer Netflix HD

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:01:00 +0100

Blockbuster may be hinting at offering its download service on Blu-ray players - Netflix is actually doing it.
From next week two Samsung Blu-ray players are to provide Netflix videos in high definition.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 01/12/2008

Growth Towards 3D HDTV Gains Pace

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:47:00 +0100

Panasonic has submitted a proposal for a 3D Blu-ray standard to the Blu-ray Disc Association.
The submission comes as Korea's LG announces its intentions to bring 3D TVs to some markets in 2009.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 27/11/2008

Blockbuster Launches On-Demand Service

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:38:00 +0100

Blockbuster is rising to the challenge posed by cable companies and Netflix by launching a movie rental service via set-top boxes.
It is offering a STB made by 2Wire that plays movies downloaded over a broadband line.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 26/11/2008

Orange Brings Mobile HDTV to Hybrid Phones

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:50:00 +0100

Orange is to offer high definition mobile TV to users of hybrid mobile/fixed Unik handsets.
From next month, its customers in France will have access to more than 60 HD mobile TV channels, 20 of which will be with unlimited access.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 26/11/2008

YouTube Offers Widescreen HD Videos

dave@biz-news.com (David Montgomery) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:24:00 +0100

YouTube has finally moved to a default widescreen player with an HD-friendly 16:9 aspect ratio.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the announcement follows the video sharing giant's recent decision to start hosting full-length Hollywood movies.
Not that anyone will be complaining.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 26/11/2008

REVIEW BoinxTV: Mac-based Live Video Recording Studio

joduba@biz-news.com (Jordi Duran i Batidor) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:17:00 +0100

In his interview with hdtv.biz-news Oliver Breidenbach, CEO and co-founder of Bonix Software, explained how he believed that BonixTV is a “game changer” providing tools to create “TV-style” quality recordings at an affordable price.
Jordi Duran has had the opportunity to play with the application and here you have his first insights.

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Originally appeared on HDTV.biz-news.com :: Latest HDTV Business News on 21/11/2008