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Cablevision subscribers: You do know that broadcast TV, like WABC, is totally...
Thanks to some last-minute heroics, Cablevision customers here in the Northeast were able to watch the Oscars last night, which aired on WABC, the local ABC affiliate. Cynics have suggested that's...
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TNA Wrestling can trend on Twitter just fine, but can it draw actual TV...
We're all well aware that Twitter represents man's best chance of Redemption. No one's disputing that. What is in dispute today is just how representative Twitter is of The Real World. Case in point:...
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Conan O’Brien goes on the road to make people laugh, Leno asks ‘What’s...
A little update on Conan O'Brien, seeing as though we spent a couple of days there talking about his every move. The man is taking his show on the road, bringing the funny to a city near you in the...
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Sold out! Panasonic’s 3D TVs simply cannot be found in stores!
Well, well! Every single Panasonic 3D TV has been sold, meaning, I guess, that 3D TV is a hit, despite what some people think. They're on back order now, so if you weren't among the first to plop down...
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CatholicTV launches 3D programming. Yes, you read that correctly.
Paul would have been so jealous right now. Massachusetts-based CatholicTV has launched 3D programming on its Web site, and plans to launch a proper 3D TV network, à la ESPN 3D, shortly. Take me now, O...
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Create your own view of the world with the WindowWall
I love the show Leverage. Partly because it's filmed in my home town of Portland Oregon, and partly because of the high tech gadgets that they use. For example, the briefing sequences use a wall of LCD...
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DirecTV will launch 3D capability in June, including ESPN 3D
DirecTV will be among the first television providers to offer ESPN 3D. The channel launches this June, and DirecTV will place it alongside two other 3D channels, a 24/7 pay-per-view channel and a...
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Nobody wants the NBCU-Comcast merger to go down
Looks like nobody in the TV industry wants the NBCU-Comcast merger to go down. And who could blame them! ABC, CBS, and Fox affiliates are afraid that, if the merger goes down, it'll cause the clouds to...
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Sorry, China’s 3D TVs are no less expensive
Incoming, Chinese 3D TVs! A couple of Chinese manufacturers have announced details of their very own 3D TVs. There's really nothing too crazy, so I don't even know why I'm mentioning it. Oh, yes:...
View ArticleSwedish company, People of Lava, creates an Android-based TV
Remember Android? Don’t worry. You’ll remember next week once this whole iPad thing blows over. Anyway, a Swedish company called, inexplicably, People of Lava has announced what they’re calling and...
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Conan gets a show on TBS
I should probably mention that Conan O'Brien has a show on TBS now. I know it's not necessarily related to the latest graphics card, or to the kin 1 or kin 2, but we did spend an awful lot of time...
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FLO TV adds On-demand, time shifting
When Qualcomm's FLO TV came out last November, it seemed alright. A bit expensive for the initial investment, but a reasonable device if you didn't want to stream media over your smartphone. Well,...
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Samsung warns pregnant women, the elderly, and drunks not to watch 3D TV
Are you pregnant? Don't watch 3D TV! Enjoy a beer or two (or more...) while watching the game? Don't watch 3D TV! Not sleeping well lately? Don't watch 3D TV! Such are the warnings Samsung provides on...
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BenQ claims new LCD TV supports 12,000,000:1 contrast
For some strange reason, the contrast race seems to be on. TV's seem to getting higher and high contrast ratio, but LG was claiming a 1,000,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and now BenQ is claiming a...
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Microsoft, News Corp in talks over Xbox Live channel (but it’ll cost you $1...
Would you be willing to pay an extra dollar or two per month for Xbox Live if you were able to watch live TV on it? That's what Microsoft and News Corp. execs are currently contemplating, with the two...
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Red Dead Redemption gets Fox TV machinima special
Quite the push behind Red Dead Redemption, no? The latest is that John Hillcoat, the guy who directed The Road (which I saw the other day—the future looks horrible), has worked on a 30-minute machinima...
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FCC pressing for AllVid to replace Cable Cards
Looks like the FCC wants to replace your Cable Card with, I don't know, something useful. The new device, dubbed "AllVid," would work with a variety of media—TVs, computers, and the like—to deliver...
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What could be better than watching MLB games on your PS3?
Back in my day a video game console was a video game console. Now? They're all over the place. The latest example: Sony has inked a deal with Major League Baseball to bring live baseball games to a PS3...
View ArticleSamsung looking into bringing Android to the TV
Sources at Samsung revealed that they are looking at TV’s that incorporate Google’s Android OS in them. I’m not so sure I want a TV that is quite that intelligent. An anonymous Samsung exec was quoted...
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Study: TiVo, other DVRs don’t negatively affect TV advertising
Reasonably interesting study coming out of Duke University that says that digital video recorders (TiVo and the like) do not negatively affect television advertising at all. That flies in the face of...
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