Daily Archives: Friday, January 4, 2008

Toshiba Comments On Warner’s Blu-ray Move

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

Toshiba didn’t waste any time responding to Warner’s move to drop HD DVD. My summary: “Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. Damn that hurts. How are we going to salvage this? Stall for time.” It actually sounds a bit peevish … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray/HD DVD, CES, Press Release | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Warner Bros. Goes Blu-ray Exclusive – Take That HD DVD!

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

Oh, that’s gotta hurt! In breaking news, EngadgetHD is reporting on a new press release from Warner Bros. Entertainment. Following their abandonment of TotalHD and rumors of a move to Blu, Warner has made it official. Warner will continue to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu-ray/HD DVD, CES, Press Release | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

DVR Penetration To Hit 35% By 2012

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

ContentAgenda reports that DVR penetration will increase from 19% of TV households in 2007 to 35% by 2012, a net gain of 20 million DVRs, according to a new JupiterResearch report. The focus is, unsurprisingly, on the impact to advertising … Continue reading →

Posted in DVR, TiVo | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

TiVo to Present at Citigroup’s 18th Annual Global Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

This is happening concurrent with CES, I’ll do my best to listen in. TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), today announced that it will present at Citigroup’s 18th … Continue reading →

Posted in Press Release, TiVo | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Motorola Announces MPEG-4 Cable STBs

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

I recently posted about the pending shift from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 for cable. Of course, part of that shift would have to be MPEG-4 capable cable set-top boxes. And now, according to MediaExperiences2Go, Motorola is ready to meet that need … Continue reading →

Posted in CES, Motorola, OCAP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment