Freesat Launches In The U.K.- Digital Trends News - May 7, 2008
- It sounds like a great idea, a satellite system with a set-top box that allows users to access 2000 channels without paying a monthly fee. All they’ll spend is $100 for the box ($240 if you want to go HD), and another $160 for the dish and inst...
- Is HDTV Compression Damaging Picture Quality?
- PC World News - April 25, 2008
- To deliver more HDTV channels, cable and satellite services are resorting to new compression algorithms. But some viewers fear that quality is suffering as a result.
DirecTV Puts Limit On PPV Movies- Digital Trends News - March 24, 2008
- If you’re a DirecTV subscriber and you watch their pay-per-view moves, you’ll shortly notice a c change. A big change. The company offers the moves via digital video recorders, but from April 15, once you’ve downloaded the film...
- Dish Network may be eyeing mobile TV biz
- CNET News - March 21, 2008
- The new 6MHz of spectrum that satellite TV provider Dish Networks won in the 700MHz spectrum auction is ideal for mobile TV.
- Satellite lobbying push could mean higher cable bills
- CNET News - February 14, 2008
- DirecTV and other satellite television providers want taxes "equalized" on fairness grounds -- which could mean higher taxes for cable providers and their subscribers.
Best Buy Rolls Out DTV Converters- Digital Trends News - February 7, 2008
- Are you ready for the U.S. conversion to digital television, scheduled for February 17, 2009? At that point, terrestrial analog television broadcasts will go dark, meaning folks who rely on pulling in the television programming over the air will eith...
Continental To Offer IM, E-Mail And Live TV- Digital Trends News - January 30, 2008
- Reuters has reported that Continental Airlines will begin offering its passengers live in-flight television beginning next year, as well as access to e-mail and instant messaging. The airlines, the fourth biggest in the US, will begin offering 3...
- High-Tech Supports High-Seas Drama
- PC World News - January 17, 2008
- When protestors boarded a Japanese whaling ship, images flashed on TVs worldwide--images that are key to winning the global PR battle.
Hauppauge Intros PC HD Video Recorder- Digital Trends News - January 11, 2008
- Hauppauge obviously decided to leave one big surprise until later in the week at CES. Yesterday it introduced an HD video recorder for the PC, known as the HD PVR. It connects to the computer via USB, and records HD TV in real time, converting i...
DirecTV Buys ReplayTV- Digital Trends News - December 17, 2007
- Satellite TV operator DirecTV has inked a deal to aquire most of the assets of ReplayTV from its current corporate owner, Japan's D&M Holdings, Inc."Although we valued this asset and the business was profitable, the sale of ReplayTV to DirecTV ma...
EchoSTAR Now Officially Dish Network- Digital Trends News - December 10, 2007
- Satellite television operator EchoStar has notified its shareholders that it plans to change its name to Dish Network, mirroring the name of the company's most popular satellite TV offering. In addition, the firm plans to spin off its satellite recei...
TiVo Time Warp DVR Patent Upheld- Digital Trends News - November 30, 2007
- In a development that will help TiVo's long-running patent dispute with satellite TV operator EchoStar, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a unappealable, final finding that TiVo's "Time Warp" patent (6,233,389) is valid and en...
Best Buy Stops Selling Analog TVs- Digital Trends News - October 18, 2007
- The United States is scheduled to shut off over-the-air analog television broadcasts on February 17, 2009, which means folks who rely on over-the-air television reception need to either acquire a new digital-capable TV, get a converter box for their ...
UK Begins Digital TV Switchover- Digital Trends News - October 17, 2007
- It’s finally begun. The much-vaunted UK switchover from analogue to digital television has started to happen. This morning at 2 am the citizens of Whitehaven lost their analogue signal to the BBC2 channel. The remaining four terrestrial channel...
EchoStar to Buy Sling Media for $380 Mln- Digital Trends News - September 25, 2007
- Satellite TV operator EchoStar has entered into a deal to aquire digital video place-shifting developer Sling Media for about $380 million in cash and EchoStar options.Sling Media develops and distributes the SlingBox and SlingPlayer software, which ...