Monthly Archives: January 2008

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 →

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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 →

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Barely Political Comes To TiVoCast

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

E. Stephen Mack announced the latest addition to the TiVoCast lineup, Barely Political. From their ‘about us‘ page: BarelyPolitical.com puts up weekly videos. Our debut video, Crush on Obama, was recently named one of 2007′s 10 best videos by Newsweek, … Continue reading →

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Sling Media Announces Slingbox PRO-HD and SlingPlayer Mobile For Blackberry

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

The official press releases go out in the morning, but Dave Zatz of Sling Media dropped me an email to let me know about two new products. I also spoke to him by phone to clarify a few points and … Continue reading →

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New Chips From Broadcom And ViXS Point To Future DVRs

Posted on Friday, January 4, 2008 by MegaZone

The CES press releases keep rolling, and both Broadcom and ViXS have announced new chips which have direct applications in the DVR market. This is particularly interesting to me as TiVo has been using Broadcom SoCs since the second spin … Continue reading →

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