Digital video recorder maker TiVo and DirecTV will develop a high-definition DVR featuring TiVo service for customers of the No. 1 U.S. satellite service, marking an extension of their business relationship that began eight years ago. TiVo plans to build…
LG Electronics, which doubled its first-half 2008 liquid-crystal display television sales from a year earlier, said this week that it will boost its display sales by 30% to $20 billion by 2010. The gains, which LG aims to achieve by…
HD programming picks for Sept. 4-10: “Redskins vs. Giants,” “Franklin’s Lost Expedition,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” Washington Redskins vs. New York Giants (NBC). Thurs., Sept. 4, 7 p.m. ET. The National Football League’s 2008 regular season opener features the NFC East’s Redskins…
HDTV Recipients to Jump Sevenfold Within Five Years About 280 million worldwide households will receive some form of high-definition television service in 2013, up from about 40 million last year, IMS Research said in a report last week. More than…
Comcast quietly launched its Fancast Store over the Labor Day weekend, Multichannel News reports. The store is a move to compete with Apple’s iTunes store. The Fancast Store offers more than 1,600 movies for rent, download-to-own or both. Prices are…
Wilmington, N.C.’s NBC affiliate, WECT-TV, is ready for the city’s official transition to DTV Sept. 8, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The southeastern United States is currently under threat from three tropical storms brewing in the Atlantic Ocean, which may cause…
Despite reports that Yahoo! Sports outdrew the official Olympics site at NBCOlympics.com, a new study from Digital Life America said Olympics viewers rated NBCOlympics.com as their favorite site for last month’s Games. According to the study, released today, about one-third…
DirecTV will begin offering TiVo high-end HD digital video recorders in a deal effective until at least February 2015, Multichannel News reports. DirecTV will continue offering its DVR boxes with the new TiVo HD boxes as “an alternative choice.” The…
Digital video recorders help save relationships, the Hollywood Reporter says, citing a survey. Out of 1,000 DVR owners,79% reported that the technology has improved their relationship. The DVR ranked second next to the mobile phone as the household technology item…
Maybe television’s doomsday—a time when there’s a commercial-eating digital video recorder in every home—is a bit further off than recent headlines suggested. Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York reversed a ruling by a lower court that…