AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

From PC to TV via DivX Connected - Bit Player
The folks at DivX and D-Link recently loaned me two pieces of hardware to help bridge the gap between the Internet and my TV set: a DivX Connected box and a pair of powerline adapters to turn my electrical wires into a branch of my home [...]

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The Interactive TV Month in Review - itvt
In this recorded episode of [itvt]’s new talk radio show, “The TV of Tomorrow Show with Tracy Swedlow,” Will Kreth, director of product management for interactive TV at Time Warner Cable, provides [itvt] readers with an exclusive on OEDN.net, a newly launched OCAP/EBIF developer network. He discusses, among [...]

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Revision3 CEO’s Internet TV Vision - Red Herring
San Francisco-based Internet television network Revision3 produces those edgy video programs Diggnation, Tekzilla, iFanboy, and The Totally Rad Show. Revision3’s programming is popular.
It also doesn’t hurt that Revision3 distributes programming across Apple iTunes, BitTorrent, on DivX, YouTube, and PyroTV. What’s that done? The startup served up more [...]

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UTA adds Vuze to digital stable

UTA has signed Vuze, a player in the nascent IPTV business, to its roster of digital media clients.
In its bid to differentiate from such competing peer-to-peer applications as Joost and Babelgum, Vuze hopes the talent agency will help lure independent content producers to supplement the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s stable [...]

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I Want My iTV - BusinessWeek
But I won’t be getting it soon. While the technology is mostly in place, the players—from cable companies to film studios—can’t agree on how to make it happen
It all started when my TiVo let me down. For years this little device has been like an old friend. It [...]

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Microsoft IPTV: At Long Last, Progress - BusinessWeek
For nearly a decade, Microsoft (MSFT) has tried to shake up the market for Internet TV, attempting to build a family of products that would give phone companies a big push forward in their battle with cable and satellite TV providers. But as is the case in other [...]

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