A spokesman for Zenith Electronics says Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died.
Jason Oda’s “Perfect Strangers: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now” is perfect. In 70 seconds, the video game sums up what it felt like to watch this classic ’80s sitcom–at least to my nostalgia-addled brain.
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 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.
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.
Personally, I don’t like watching long videos on the iPad. There’s too much other stuff to do, and I can’t sit still through an entire movie or TV show without succumbing to the tablet’s many other distractions. So TouchTV, a new free app for the iPad, is ideal.
With Netflix now having multiple series of original content in various levels of production, including shows that it beat out HBO and other cable channels for the rights to, you might be forgiven for thinking that 2012 was going to be the year when the internet stepped up and became a genuine force in television production. But the reality is a little more complicated.
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?
The Boxee Box will now be able to play live TV, thanks to an app that integrates with the SlingBox, the venerable box which hooks up to your cable-TV connection and reroutes the video feed across the Internet.
When TV was first invented, it transformed an audio-only experience into a visual one. For TV to be reinvented we need to transform the audio and visual experience into a more social, personal, interactive and deeply engaging experience.
