Monthly Archives: January 2006

Network Neutrality

Posted on January 18, 2006 by vanevery

Free Press : Press Release From the report: “Congress should enact tough new laws prohibiting cable and telephone companies from blocking consumer access to content and services on the Internet, bilking both consumers and Internet-based companies,” said Jeannine Kenney, senior … Continue reading →

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Mobile video might take off in Britain

Posted on January 18, 2006 by vanevery

BBC NEWS | Technology | Brits show appetite for mobile TV As mentioned in the article, the service they are exploring is DVB-H (a standard for mobile digital video). This is somewhat analogous to putting a digital TV tuner in … Continue reading →

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Fox not jumping on mobile video bandwagon

Posted on January 18, 2006 by vanevery

Free Press : For Fox, the TV Set is Just Fine Garth Ancier, chairman of the WB, is quoted in the article in a good summation: “You have to look at each of these things and how many people are … Continue reading →

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Television News Archive

Posted on January 17, 2006 by vanevery

Vanderbilt Television News Archive Very nice archive, too bad it isn’t streaming or downloadable yet. I suppose that will take a lot of effort. From the site: The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is the world’s most extensive … Continue reading →

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The end of broadcast as we know it…

Posted on January 17, 2006 by vanevery

The Doc Searls Weblog : Friday, January 6, 2006 Doc writes: The meta-story behind Intel’s Viiv and Clickstream announcments yesterday is not just the death of TV as we know it, but the gang-stabbing of it by Intel, Apple and … Continue reading →

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Sample Chapters from “Developing Scalable Series 40 Applications: A Guide for Java Developers”

Posted on January 17, 2006 by vanevery

The Basics of the MMAPI for Java Developers Looks pretty good and thorough. Chapters relating to the J2ME MMAPI, including an introduction, audio playback, other media playback, capture and a summary.

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Yahoo! Go – TV

Posted on January 17, 2006 by vanevery

Yahoo! Go – How It Works – TV I had mentioned Yahoo and their TV initatives earlier so I figured I should give a pointer. While this exactly what I found the most interesting, it has a similar concept. (The … Continue reading →

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How Apple lost it’s Web Video mojo, and how it could get it back

Posted on January 17, 2006 by vanevery

Epeus’ epigone – Kevin Marks weblog Kevin Marks, a former Apple QuickTime engineer details what happened at Apple to allow QuickTime to become a second class media player/format and how they now have a chance (thanks to podcasting and video … Continue reading →

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CES Wrap-up

Posted on January 17, 2006 by vanevery

Two weeks ago, I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. Here is a quick write-up regarding it: CES, the Consumer Electronics Show was a very interesting and overwhelming event. First of all, it is by far the largest event … Continue reading →

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Free Chris

Posted on January 17, 2006 by vanevery

evilutionary virtual log >> Blog Archive >> Free Chris Webmaster of NTFU thrown in jail on obscenity charges after opening his adult site up to soldiers in Iraq to post pictures. From the post: Chris Wilson, of Lakeland Florida, is … Continue reading →

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