Archive for October, 2008

TV streams with Fewer and interactive Ads equals more viewers

We all hate the ad breaks and with gadgets like Tivo we can just fast forward but what about online tv streams? Theres no way around the ad breaks and thats not making viewers happy.
However Hulu the online tv website has been experimenting during the last year with single ads and interactive ads allowing viewer [...]

Netflix team up with TiVo for high definition online movies

In a move to encourage the marriage of TV hardware with online streaming, Netflix and TiVo have agreed to supply online movie content from Netflix Internet streaming onto TiVo digital video recorders.
The service will allow viewers who have TiVo DVR hardware to be able to view movies and television episodes supplied by Netflix’s massive online [...]

Big screen TV’s plummet in price by 30 percent

IF you are looking jealously at that 52 inch monster HDTV in the electrical shop but cannot manage the price then good news is here.

A recent survey carried out by DisplaySearch shows that average global prices for TV sets dropped by a massive 22 percent for the month of September compared with last years figures.
The [...]

Sky TV now showing BBC iPlayer content online

Richard Murdoch’s European media TV company Sky has announced that the BBC’s iPlayer service is now accessible using the Sky Player on Sky TV’s online television service.
A revamped version of Sky’s Player has areas devoted to the BBC brand showing TV listings and to all the BBC iPlayer content. The Sky Player offers viewers access [...]