Archive for July, 2011
The Logitech Revue price drop to $99 takes effect from today making Google TV a low priced way to get your TV connected to the web. But good news for buyers that spent between $249-$299 for the set-top box, it will be able to automatically update to Google TV v.2 this summer. In an email [...]
July 31st, 2011 | Posted in Internet TV Hardware, Internet TV news | 2 Comments
Hulu are being sued for a patent infringement by program guide vendor Rovi. The lawsuit was filed in US District of Delaware Court on Thursday and is because of three patents related to online TV program guides and search products. The lawsuit seeks for an unspecified damages for the said infringement. Rovi who used to [...]
July 31st, 2011 | Posted in catch up tv, Full Episodes, Hulu, Internet TV Hardware, Internet TV news, Internet TV Software, IPTV | No Comments
BBC have launched an app that brings UK TV shows to the Apple iPad in 11 European countries. Unfortunately, the USA, Canada and Australia are not among the first batch of countries that will get the global iPlayer app, which brings a curated and archived set of BBC content to iPad owners. The iPlayer app [...]
July 30th, 2011 | Posted in Full Episodes, Internet TV news, Internet TV Software, iPad, iPlayer, IPTV, Tablet PC | 1 Comment
In what looks like the death knell for version 1 of the Google TV platform, Logitech are dropping the price of their Revue set-top box from $299 to $99. The drop in price is said to be happening sometime this quarter according to Logitech. Google TV was launched in a blaze of glory with the [...]
July 29th, 2011 | Posted in Internet TV Hardware, Internet TV news | 4 Comments
Sky Sports and the BBC have revealed that they are now co-broadcasters of Formula 1 in the UK, with the new big-money arrangement beginning as of next year and contracted to run through to 2018. The rights deal sees the BBC’s exclusive contract, which had been in place since 2009 end at the end of the current year, [...]
July 29th, 2011 | Posted in HD TV, Sports, TV Shows | 4 Comments
Microsoft are promoting the Xbox360 media functions by releasing a new TV type remote control. If you use your games console to stream video and music to your HDTV more than playing video games, then you may be interested in Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 Media Remote, which allows you to control the media functions on [...]
July 29th, 2011 | Posted in Games console TV, HD TV, Internet TV Hardware, IPTV | No Comments