The Associated Press will offer an online live video stream during its coverage of election night results, Editor & Publisher reports. The webcast, titled “Big Issue: Election Results,” will originate from the news wire’s Washington bureau and will be co-hosted…
A Seattle company called SpinSpotter has created software that will flag questionable elements in online news in order to give the reader an unbiased viewpoint, the New York Times reports. The company strives to be non-partisan and was founded by…
At the MIPCOM conference in Cannes, France, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley compared online video to the early days of television and reminded attendees how many had feared radio would die with the advent of that technology, TechCrunch reports. “I would…
The iconic 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld” is still raking in awards years after it last aired, taking top honors at the TV DVD Awards Tuesday for the show’s complete-series boxed set, the Hollywood Reporter says. Other award recipients at the ceremony…
HD programming picks for Oct. 16-22: “Late Show With David Letterman,” “Recount,” “Man of the Year” “Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS). Thurs., Oct. 16, 11:35 p.m. Republican presidential candidate John McCain makes a visit to “Late Show” after a…
Comcast, continuing its push toward offering more high-definition program by year’s end, is celebrating its milestone of more than 1,000 HD options for its subscribers. Touting “more than 1,000 high-definition viewing choices,” Comcast is on track with its Project Infinity,…
Flagging HDTV set sales in recent months could be a sign of a dire Christmas sales season, which could have a ripple effect that hits the pay television industry, a Bernstein Research survey reports. While sales have increased year-over-year for…
Sharp Releases TVs With Built-In Blu-ray Recorder Sharp has released the Aquos DX, a flat-screen LCD TV that comes with a Blu-ray recorder/player built in, technology blog Gizmodo reported. The recorder allows a user to record television directly onto a…
About one out of 12 U.S. households remains unprepared for the switchover to all-digital television broadcasts next February because those households do not own either a digital television or a set-top box that converts digital signals to analog for older…
According to Nielsen, if the national transition to digital occurred today, 10 million households would receive no television at all, TVWeek reports. Nielsen data also shows another 12.6 million have at least one analog-only TV set in the house not…