AT&T has some pretty cool news out today with the announcement of U-verse Mobile 2.0 for the iPhone. The new mobile app not only lets U-verse TV subscribers program their DVRs, it also allows users to download certain TV shows to their mobile phones. (The cache-and-carry approach) There are limitations, of course. Downloads only work [...]
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So much for the death of the set-top. Analyst firm In-Stat put out research yesterday projecting that global revenues from HD DVR set-tops will increase by 61% between now and 2014. That’s because there is still a shift underway from analog to digital boxes. Overall set-top shipments will actually decrease in the next four years, [...]
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The outlook for Tru2way in retail may not be good, but CableLabs recently held an interop to show how the cable industry can use the technology to move content among multiple Tru2way set-tops, as well as DLNA devices. The interop followed the latest revision of the Tru2way home networking extension spec that was released back [...]
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If there was ever any doubt that TV companies are still trying to figure out what they want to be in the next life, current events should lay the question to rest. There are three high-profile battles going on right now that illustrate how difficult it is to determine the best business model for TV [...]
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I had another post all set to run when the big news hit. Dan Moloney is returning to Motorola in the role of President of the new Motorola Mobility business. Although change has been a way of life at Motorola for several years, Dan Moloney was a constant within the Home and broadband part of [...]
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