A different take on Mobile TV- June 27, 2005 Archos and Echostar have formed a strategic alliance to enable Echostar customers to get Sattelite TV programs on the go.Henri Crohas, the founder and chief executive of Archos said that EchoStar is taking a unique technology approach by integrating the use of our portable video players with their Dish Network set-top boxes. This agreement confirms the growing success of the Archos portable video players and recorders, and is a major new initiative for both us and EchoStar.I think this sounds...http://www.gilesblackburn.co.uk/2005/06/different-take-on-mobile-tv.html Sky opens up Interactive platform to broader audience- June 27, 2005 There are two things that are interesting about this announcement by Sky.The first is that it is a pretty major departure from the "pay to get in" model that sky has been operating since they launched Sky Active. That suggests that something isn't working.The second is that this provides a relatively low cost standards based mechanism for web based services to launch on Digital TV. In a world where the technologies of the internet and Video broadcasting are colliding, this is really...http://www.gilesblackburn.co.uk/2005/06/sky-opens-up-interactive-platform-to.html Microsoft in P2P Shocker...- June 21, 2005 According to this article, at team of Microsoft boffins in Cambridge are working on developing BitTorrent-like P2P file distribution technology. I'm not really sure what to make of this yet. It is certainly interesting when you put it in the context of the legalised P2P services using Mashboxx. My guess is that Microsoft will be looking to use it for some form of on demand TV application.http://www.gilesblackburn.co.uk/2005/06/microsoft-in-p2p-shocker.html |