Tag Archive: TV
While I was out buying hurricane supplies…
Aug. 26, ‘11: Apple pulled the plug on iTunes TV show rentals. Apple says it’s because people overwhelmingly preferred buying the shows when both options were available. Perhaps that’s true. But it’s not like the studios made that many shows available for rental … Continue reading →
How Fox is encouraging piracy (and might not even care)
Aug. 22, ‘11: Ernesto at TorrentFreak reports: It’s been a week since Fox stopped offering free access to its TV-shows the day after they air on television. […] Over the last week TorrentFreak tracked two Fox shows on BitTorrent to see if there … Continue reading →
Hey, cable companies: Now is the time to embrace Google TV and the new Motorola
Aug. 15, ‘11: Despite a multi-decade monopoly on delivering digital TV into homes, American cable companies continue to distribute laughably terrible software. As a result, interacting with your TV is often a chore. Enough already! Great TV service in the future demands great … Continue reading →
Logitech: Actually, people aren’t returning those Google TV gadgets in droves
Aug. 1, ‘11: Logitech made it sound last week like consumers were rushing to return its Google TV gadget, the Logitech Revue. But that’s not the case, according to a Logitech rep that I just got off the phone with. Here’s what Logitech said … Continue reading →
Logitech: More Google TV box returns than sales*
Jul. 28, ‘11: No surprise, but it sounds like Google’s entry into the TV software market isn’t going very well. From Logitech’s fiscal Q1/calendar Q2 remarks to shareholders: (PDF via GigaOM) Q1 was a very weak quarter for sales of Logitech Revue. While … Continue reading →
Roger McNamee on mobile, HTML5, and the future of TV
Jul. 22, ‘11: Smart, interesting, and entertaining, and worth watching in its entirety.