A spokesman for Zenith Electronics says Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died.
Cable and satellite TV subscription growth slowed down more than had been previously reported, and cord-cutting was a primary factor. But don’t worry about it — a revolution that will re-create the current multi-channel access paradigm is still a long way away.
I have survived my first South By Southwest panel appearance. On my Sunday-morning panel, “Arts Criticism in 140 Characters or Less,” my fellow panelists and I used far more than 140 characters at a shot to explain how social media, especially Twitter, have changed the way we write about the TV shows and movies we write about.
I have no doubt that Apple is going to become one of the most powerful video distribution networks by nature of its existing customer base. The sooner TV networks see things like Apple’s distribution vehicle as a critical way to get their content to the masses quickly, the sooner they can fine tune business models to take advantage of the new era of video content.
I’m en route to Austin, Tex., where on Sunday I’ll be speaking on a South by Southwest panel, Arts Criticism 140 Characters at a Time, about how Twitter and other social media have affected critics. My answer, in a word: immensely.
Netflix may be trying to radically reshape its future by positioning itself as an honest-to-goodness cable channel to square off against the likes of HBO, Cinemax, Showtime and Starz.
Google, which was founded by two graduate students, has always made research a top priority. Now it appears that the company is turning a metropolitan area in the Midwest into its latest laboratory. The tech giant, which is building a fiber-optic network to provide superfast Internet service in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., is seeking approval to provide pay-TV service there as well.
Getting TV stations through the airwaves may seem like an anachronism in the age of streaming video online. But actually, the rise of Hulu and Netflix seems to be helping the rabbit ear industry.
It turns out the ongoing Hulu versus Netflix faceoff for streaming domination has just been buffering in preparation for the latest battle. Within one week, both streaming video giants have shed their identities as mere content providers and have taken on new roles as content creators.
If you believe the hype, the new Xbox 360 update represents the future of television. But if that’s the case, why does it all seem so familiar?
A new poll finds 60% of Americans spend between one and six hours a day viewing content on electronic devices.
