Television

Gov't wants FTTN proposals public, promises no closed door deals
By: Stuart Corner

The Federal Government has moved to reassure the industry that there will be no behind closed-door deals on FTTN, and has called on both G9 and Telstra to make their proposals public.

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Seven News streams afternoon bulletin
By: Stephen Withers

Seven's 4.30pm news bulletin will be streamed live via the Yahoo!7 web site beginning sometime next week.

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Canon launches ‘HR10’ 1080p AVCHD camcorder in US
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

They’re also launching the HV20, a 1080 camcorder that uses HDV tape, in the US and Australia, with the HR10 claimed to be the smallest HD camera in the world as at Feb 2007.

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Ericsson positions for FTTN deal
By: Stephen Withers

While Telstra and the G9 squabble publicly over who - if anyone - is going to build an Australian fibre to the node (FTTN) network, Ericsson has been quietly positioning itself as a supplier of the necessary equipment.

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Vista will drive uptake of PC tuners, says In-Stat
By: Stuart Corner

Market researcher In-Stat has praised Microsoft for encouraging PC-TV tuners to make their products Vista-compatible and says that shipments of the units should pass the 50 million mark by 2011.

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Internet TV Joost formally launches at last
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

While the website still says ‘coming soon’, existing beta testers will soon have unlimited invitations and later this month anyone will be able to download Joost and try it out for themselves!

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Google hits back at Viacom law suit
By: Stephen Withers

Google says the 'safe harbour' provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides it with a defence against Viacom's copyright infringement suit.

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BBC to launch on-demand media
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's publicly-funded broadcaster the BBC is to launch a range of web-based on-demand TV and audio services which could revolutionize the way people watch television.

BBC and ITV plan free satellite TV service
By: Stephen Withers

UK free-to-air broadcasters BBC and ITV will form a joint venture to deliver programming via satellite to fill in black spots in terrestrial digital TV signals.

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Sony may spark movie download war with Telstra Bigpond
By: Adam Turner

By snapping up a million dollar share of struggling ReelTime.tv, Sony may spark a video on demand war with Australia's 800 pound internet gorilla - Telstra Bigpond.

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Sony buys $1m share of ReelTime video on demand service
By: Adam Turner

Sony has come to the rescue of struggling Australian video on demand service ReelTime.tv, snapping up almost $1m of ReelTime shares.

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Loader simplifies Apple TV plugin installation
By: Stephen Withers

Installing extra software on an Apple TV to allow the use of a wider range of content or to deliver additional functions is becoming a popular pastime.

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MTV's so-called online TV service sees Australia get Punk'd
By: Adam Turner

Video may have killed the radio star but MTV's lame Australian online TV channel, Overdrive, is no threat to anyone.

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EyeTV updated for Apple TV support
By: Stephen Withers

Version 2.4 of Elgato's popular EyeTV television tuner software for Mac OS X provides easy export to Apple TV.

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Microsoft mugged over VC-1 codec patent terms
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

Comment We meet people on the various IPTV, mobile TV and web video circuits who always comment that VC-1, after a flying start, has fallen back and that pretty much these days the codec of choice is either VP6 from On2 Technologies for web video and H.264 for everything else, with no VC-1 in sight.
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Samsung promises top colour quality from 24in LCD panel
By: Stephen Withers

A forthcoming 24in LCD panel from Samsung is intended for computer use, yet provides image quality comparable to the highest quality TVs currently on the market.

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IceTV to offer Australian video on demand service - EXCLUSIVE
By: Adam Turner

Australian electronic program guide provider IceTV is in discussions with several movie houses to launch a video on demand service this year.

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Topfield TF7000HDPVRt Personal Video Recorder - REVIEW
By: Adam Turner

Topfield's high definition PVR is finally here, but long delays and a lack of features mean it's already yesterday's news.

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