Broadcasting 2.0 » 2005 » December http://www.broadcasting20.org Emerging technologies for one-to-many telecommunications Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:28:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Slingbox http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/22/slingbox/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/22/slingbox/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:41:04 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/22/slingbox/ The slingbox is certainly a Broadcasting 2.0 device. It sits on top of your home TV and streams the remotely selected channel to you, anywhere you are in the world, through the Internet.
 

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Jeff Pulver relates his very positive experience with this device.

I recall that around year 2000 we have seen many such disruptive devices that were to change the broadcast experience forever (Kerbango was one of the most expected ones). Then the bubble…. Today, iPods and Co. show that we’re back on track.

Link (via pulverblog)

]]> http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/22/slingbox/feed/ 1 Spoiling PVR Content http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/22/spoiling-pvr-content/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/22/spoiling-pvr-content/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:05:44 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/22/spoiling-pvr-content/ I never thought about it but this guy avoids Yahoo! homepage for fear of seeing the results of content he planned to watch from his PVR:
 
Yahoo! News has spoiled yet another television event for PVR users. This morning they posted a link on their Yahoo! homepage that said R—— denies R——, wins Apprentice. For those of you who’ve yet to watch the show, I won’t ruin it for you, but knowing the winner of the Apprentice will immedietely suck out a lot of joy and suspense from the season finale.
 
He ads that since 10% of americans are using PVRs, Yahoo! should consider posting this type of results on secondary pages.
 
 
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  • Innovation Happens Elsewhere
    An “open” book about open source software and its relationship to the enterprise
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  • Online Rights Canada
    Another great initiative with Michael Geist
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  • HOWTO: Watch TV on Your PSP – Kotaku
    Watch TV on a PSP
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    Another syndication service for video
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    delicious habits
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  • Digital TV Facts: The Latest | The switch to digital television
    An advocacy group in the UK against the switch to off air DTV.
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    • ]]>     http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/21/links-for-2005-12-21/feed/ 1     411-Song http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/21/411-song/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/21/411-song/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:09:32 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/21/411-song/ Another new cell phone pay service in the US. It identifies the song that you’re currently hearing on radio… or anywhere else actually. Simple system:
     
    “How many times have you heard a song and wished you knew who it was or wished you could get it before you forget it? Now you can, just call (866) 411-SONG, here’s how: * Hear a song you love; * Call (866) 411-SONG; * Wait for the beep and hold your cell near the music for just 15 seconds; * We identify the song and send you a text with all the song info (artist and song name) and a link to GET it.”
     
    See the demo. At 3.99$ a month it’s not cheap though.
     
     
    ]]>     http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/21/411-song/feed/ 2     Qualcomm IP http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/qualcomm-ip/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/qualcomm-ip/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:36:22 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/qualcomm-ip/ And as I was browsing through The Register, I found this story about the big picture of IP ownership in the mobile wireless world. It looks like patents are moving from one hand to the other in a perpetual fight.
     
    ]]>     http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/qualcomm-ip/feed/ 0     Mobile WiMAX Standard Finalized http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/mobile-wimax-standard-finalized/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/mobile-wimax-standard-finalized/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:29:32 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/mobile-wimax-standard-finalized/ I’m a little bit late on the news but I just noticed that the IEEE 802.16e has been finalized two weeks ago. As Om Malik puts it, that was the easiest part:
     
    … now companies have to get onboard with the concept, start developing silicon and equipment. But more than that, money has to be found, to essentially (and eventually) replicate the cellular mobile infrastructure. It is going to be a very costly and long drawn out process. It might be easy to get caught in the euphoria surrounding the news, but we all need to take a deep breath and get prepared for a long haul.
     
    The Register has a short story about this announcement.
     
    I have not had the time to look into the specification but WiMAX could be seen as a threat to mobile broadcasting systems such as DMB, DVB-H or MediaFLO. And since WiMAX’s mother tongue is “Internet”,  it could be seen as the long awaited and open platform for disruptive mobile applications. Broadcasting 2.0 believers will have to dig into WiMAX broadcasting capabilities.
     
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  • Firewheel Design | Four Concentric Circles of a Web 2.0 Name
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    • ]]>     http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/links-for-2005-12-20/feed/ 0     A very compact DMB receiver http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/a-very-compact-dmb-receiver/ http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/a-very-compact-dmb-receiver/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:09:24 +0000 Administrator http://www.broadcasting20.org/2005/12/20/a-very-compact-dmb-receiver/ Samsung has just announced its new tiny DMB phone model number SCH-B360 / SPH-B3600 / SPH-B3650.

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    Everyday we’re getting closer to mobile TV applications. It’s still not clear to me how important our needs for real-time video streams on-the-move are. But TV was never mobile. It’s certainly worth a try.
     
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