Television programming guides that will be able to combine both multichannel service and Internet programming are at least two years away, the New York Times reports, citing Stan Glasgow, president of Sony Electronics in the U.S. The company recently introduced…
Blockbuster is working with Microsoft to develop technology that will allow customers to watch movies on mobile devices, Media Post reports. Blockbuster, which last week launched a set-top box allowing customers to download films directly to their televisions, will work…
Boston broadcast stations and cable providers next week will have a so-called “DTV Day,” on which stations will run all-day screen crawls with information about February’s switchover to all-digital broadcasting as well as three two-minute analog-signal shutdowns for testing purposes,…
New York-area television broadcasters shut off their analog signals for two minutes early this morning, marking the second test for local broadcasters in advance of the U.S. switchover to all-digital broadcasts in February, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Thirteen New York…
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U.K.-based BT Vision has landed video-on-demand rights to Twentieth Century Fox films such as Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones documentary “Shine a Light” and M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening,” Daily Variety reports. Older films such as “Die Hard” and “I, Robot”…
Technology company Cell Journalist launched an iPhone application today that lets citizen journalists share news, information and events with local media outlets, the company announced today. The iPhone capability links into the existing Cell Journalist technology that is used by…
YouTube has started cracking down on sexually explicit content on its site, the company announced today on its blog. The world’s most popular video-sharing site said it has started implementing stricter standards for mature content. “While videos featuring pornographic images…
Web-video service Joost is launching a new application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch that will allow users to view content from its library for free, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The move may affect Apple’s own iTunes sales by allowing…
Google and YouTube are backing a new Web-video contest aimed at pulling musicians together for an orchestra, the New York Times reports. The first of the two-part promotion will allow participants to play an original piece composed by Tan Dun…