Macintosh gets its First HDTV PVR
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 30 June 2004 | Tagged as: Digital TV, HDTV, Platforms
Elgato Systems have released the EyeTV 500, the first high-definition digital television solution for OS X.
Archive for June, 2004
Delivering Broadband Britain
Posted by Simon Perry on 30 June 2004 | Tagged as: _events
Get to grips with applications, developments, partnerships and standards to help you successfully roll out broadband.
UPDATED: BT Cuts Broadband Prices By Up to 25%, but caps downloads.
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 30 June 2004 | Tagged as: Broadband, Distribution, Pricing
… Digital Lifestyles editor £2 better off a month, though worried about 15GB download limits.
The BBC’s Digital Future
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 30 June 2004 | Tagged as: Digital TV, Distribution, Regulation
Director Mark Thomson and chairman Michael Grade launch the corporation’s charter renewal manifesto.
FindLaw: 56% of Americans Oppose RIAA Lawsuits
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 30 June 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Legal, Music
In the week that saw the Senate passing an act to bring more lawsuits against music downloaders, a survey by Findlaw indicates that nearly two thirds of American adults are opposed to the legal action.
Peppercoin Aiming for More Efficient Micropayments
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 29 June 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Pricing, Web
Another attempt to crack micropayments is launched with Peppercoin 2.0.
UK Download Chart Launches September 1
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 29 June 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, Industry Trends, Music
The British Phonographic Industry finally admit that downloading music is the future and give legal downloads their own chart.
Sun’s Radical Java Update
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 29 June 2004 | Tagged as: Content, Portable, Software, Web
I must have nodded off a while back as Sun update Java from 1.4 to 5.0.
Instat: Digital Set-top Box and PC TV Tuner Market US$3.8 billion in 2008
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 29 June 2004 | Tagged as: Cable TV, Components, Digital TV, Industry Trends, Platforms, PVR/DVR, Research
A new report from In-Stat/MDR predicts that the worldwide market for digital PC TV tuners and digital terrestrial set-top boxes will expand to more than US$3.8 billion (€3.12 billion) in just four years.
H.264 Codec Adopted for Next-Gen HD DVDs
Posted by Fraser Lovatt on 28 June 2004 | Tagged as: DVD-Centric, HDTV, Platforms, Software, Standards, Video piece
The DVD Forum ratifies the H.264 Advanced Video Codec for use in HD-DVDs.
