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Never enough time…

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  • Hands on with Hauppauge’s wireless media streamer. (SnapStream)
  • DivX launches YouTube-alike. (GigaOm)
  • The demise of Sony’s PSP. (TechLore)
  • Netflix movie download servers found? (HackingNetflix)
  • AOL signs deals to offer movie video downloads. (TechCrunch)
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We’ve seen television content start to pop up all over the interwebs (some free and some pay) the last few months. Now HD aficionado web program guide TitanTV has got into the action by providing free Fox content. Since they’ll only be showing the first three episodes of Prison Break and Vanished, I see this as a method of series advertising. Unlike other “free” content, these Fox shows do not contain commercials and you can fast forward or rewind at will… I’m not sure how long that will last, but it’s pretty nice especially if you take the content full screen to avoid banner ads. Fox has also started providing programming directly through their web site.

TitanTV says: “We are proud to provide TitanTV as a venue for FOX to showcase full episodes of their compelling new programs,” said President and CEO of Decisionmark Corp., Jack Perry. “The video content is a logical extension of TitanTV’s powerful listings guide. Consumers rely on TitanTV every day to find out what’s on TV — now they can actually access their favorite FOX network programs right from our program grid. It’s a great way for FOX to extend their reach and accessibility to their programs.”

Never enough time…

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  • Buy Slingbox, get mobile player free; MS Smart Phone SlingPlayer v1 out of beta; PPC SlingPlayer v1.1 beta now available. (jkOnTheRun)
  • National Association of Evangelicals (who?) approves TiVo’s KidZone. (Christian Post)
  • DVRs help voters avoid campaign ads. (Washington Post)
  • Cisco buys VOD company Arroyo. (TechCrunch)

Never enough time… in Florida!

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  • TiVo co-founder Barton discusses Interactive Television Emmy. (TiVo)
  • Guba lowers DVD download prices and I don’t care. (BusinessWeek)
  • More discussion of advertising in the DVR age. (Washington Post)
  • Final VC-1 patent licensing terms set by MPEG group. (HDBeat)

Never enough time…

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  • First look at Amazon movie downloads. (Hacking Netflix)
  • 1080p meaningless this generation. (Ozymadias)
  • Lions Gate films coming to iTunes? (paidContent)
  • Smaller colleges broadcast sports on web. (Ask)

Never enough time…

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  • Record every new fall season show with BeyondTV. (SnapStream)
  • Hand’s on with the MPEG4 HD DirecTV receiver in LA. (DBSTalk)
  • Portable Sirius receiver outed by Crutchfield. (Orbitcast)
  • How-to replace dead drive in a DirectTiVo. (Engadget)
  • RealNetworks to offer open source support for WMV on Linux. (ZDNet)

Never enough time…

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  • SlingBox launched in Sweden, resold by sat provider. (Sling Media)
  • Fox further fragments industry with movie downloads. (PVRWire)
  • No winners predicted in HD DVD, Blu-ray battle. (Yahoo)
  • MeeVee lands $8 million investment. (TechCrunch)

Twitter Microblog

  • This cold/cough is kicking my butt. Taking my first ever "CES nap" - hope to make a 5pm briefing followed by PEPCOM at 7pm. We'll see. . .
  • @ Doubt we'll see any new OTA DVRs at CES. There's little evidence that a significant (US) market exists for such a device.
  • Nokia killing WiMax tablet? http://bit.ly/S6b
  • Bummer, looks like Netgear killed their blog. Wanted to link something I wrote for them CES 2007. There's probably a lesson here somewhere.
  • @ Yep ZNF looks down. And AT&T connection mananger sw killed all Macbook WiFi. Gonna be one of those days?
  • Hanging in blogger lounge with Kevin Tofel, James Kendrick, and Jim Courtney. Have yet to write a single sentence, but company is good.