Archive for April, 2009

Disney online TV love triangle now includes Hulu

Talk is in the air of a deal finally happening between online tv heavyweight Hulu and cutesy but all powerful Disney corp.
After being in the pot for several months, an announcement will be made within days that Disney content will be available to view on Hulu.

Once finalised the deal will see Disney TV shows including [...]

Joost TV website looking to sell up

Internet TV and video aggregator website Joost, is looking around for a buyer if reports are correct. reportedly shopping itself around to satellite and cable providers.Time Warner Cable is reportedly in talks to acquire Internet-video aggregator Joost, according to CNET.
Joost which launched in a blaze of glory in 2007 and was created by the founders [...]

Internet television will soon be in everyones living room

The world of TV and the internet are colliding and are set to change the way we watch and how we watch television content. Currently competition in the fields of internet access and Cable television are pretty much non existent. The cable companies provide the so called high-speed access dont want viewers to cancel their [...]

PBS launch new internet catch up TV service

Great news for Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) fans, The whole lot, literally thousands of hours worth of viewing has just been posted online to view. PBS have available catch up tv shows such as Frontline, Nova, Antiques Roadshow, Masterpiece and American Experience among an array of shows plus more are promised as well as original [...]

Amazon roll out High Definition TV on demand

Amazon have finally latched on to HD TV fever and are letting users download high definition movie and TV show streams for viewing on TV through settop devices from companies like TiVo and Roku.

Netflix have previously had a monopoly on HD titles with its video streaming on demand service for subscribers for use on PC [...]

iPlayer makeover now includes HD

The highly rated BBC internet catch up TV service ‘iPlayer’ has had a HD makeover. Now arguably the best online TV service is available in stunning high definition format.

Anthony Rose. Controller of media & technology called the HD and other improvments ‘the most significant release since the service went live’. Full list of changes include:-
Improved [...]

Flash player coming to a TV near you

The famous flash player that we all use when watching internet TV streams on PC from websites such as YouTube and Hulu is coming to your Television set.
Now Adobe Systems, who own the flash technology and sells is looking to extend the players reach onto set top boxes and DVD players and turn flash into [...]

Hulu going mobile on iPhone

Apple fans rejoice – Rumour is that a Hulu app is coming to iphone and ipod devices allowing users to watch free tv streams on the portable devices.
Silicon Alley has reported that the iPod touch and iPhone will soon have a dedicated Hulu application giving access to Hulu streaming videos. Hulu’s new app will be [...]