Sony has big plans for a competitive home video service to compete with programming offers from the cable and satellite companies – or maybe I should say 'had'. Those plans are on hold until regulators decide if Comcast can keep
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May 02, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
Comcast data caps stand in the way of Sony video service
Posted in: Noted (News Feed) | Tags: broadband-services, data cap, Michael Aragon, Net neutrality, OTT, programming, satellite, TV, Video streaming, xbox, Xfinity
January 09, 2012 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
How Samsung plans to out-Kinect Microsoft
Samsung is putting some effort behind its smart TV lineup, with plans to add new functionality for consumers to interact with their TV screens. Its next-gen smart TVs will include voice, gesture and facial recognition features that will enable even
November 08, 2011 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
SyncTV: building TV apps for almost every device
There are a ton of development frameworks for creating apps on various connected TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, set-top boxes, tablets, smartphones and the like, which is more than most publishers can reasonably be expected to develop for. Enter SyncTV,
November 04, 2011 by Sam Vasisht | Comments Off
No HBO Go for Roku users on Comcast or DirecTV
Roku scored a huge coup with its release of the HBO Go app. But not everyone who subscribes to the network will have access to it. In fact, the two biggest pay TV operators in the U.S., Comcast and DirecTV,
