Archive for the 'Cable TV' Category


Live TV Comes To Xbox Live With Verizon FiOS app

Xbox 360 users who subscribe to Verizon FiOs cable and web services can soon watch Xbox live TV using the Microsoft games console. The service will offer 26 live television channels and launches in December. box users will need to be Live Gold members and need to download the Verizon FiOS TV Xbox app to get [...]

Could Your Next Cable TV Supplier Be Google?

Google have been dabbling with online video and streaming for many years now via Youtube and Google TV, but it seems their next step may be to offer a cable TV service. The news which comes from the Wall Street Journal, reports that Google may be offering a high speed internet based cable TV service [...]

UK Digital Timeshift Viewers On Record Rise

Viewers of ‘timeshifted programming’ in the UK is said to have reached ‘record levels’ last month, as a study from audience measurement organisation BARB revealed that it accounted for almost 10% of all programme viewing in September, during a period where digital TV services have almost entirely become the norm. The term ‘timeshifted’ refers to shows viewed not at their [...]

New Roku LT Internet TV Box Comes With HBO Go

The Roku range of media streaming set-top boxes have a new addition, the budget priced Roku LT has been added to the Roku 2 range. Plus Roku have also added a new service to their media box in the form of the HBO GO streaming channel. The latest Roku 2 range was launched in August [...]

Blip Study Shows Online Viewing Rises 26% in 6 Months

Consuming streaming content on the web is gradually infiltrating all areas of society, and at the expense of cable TV, as viewers continue cutting the cord. This has been further confirmed by a new study carried out for video sharing site, Blip.tv. The study carried out by Dynamic Logic found that viewers are watching more [...]

Fox Want To Go Yellow With Simpsons Channel Plans

News Corp, owners of the Fox Network, have revealed that they have plans in the preliminary stages to launch hit animated sitcom, The Simpsons on its own dedicated channel. The move was first announced last week, as the Fox show prepared to air the first episode of its unprecedented 23rd season last weekend. With this 23rd series set to feature the [...]