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Apr 1 2010

Netflix, ABC, CBS, and maybe even Hulu coming to iPad!

In that stream of 700 iPad apps revealed last night, Engadget noticed a few gems including Netflix and ABC, and with CBS doing the HTML5-video thing and Hulu once again being rumored, could content consumption [...]


Feb 4 2010

Verizon is Back with 3 More Anti AT&T TV Spots

Verizon is once more firing back at AT&T’s 3G ads by releasing three more TV spots titled “Big Red”, “Sail” and “Shadows”. You will see that two of the three ads are actually spoofs of [...]


Jan 8 2010

CNBC’s “Planet of the Apps: A Hand-Held Revolution!” Airs Tonight

CNBC’s “Planet of the Apps: A Hand-Held Revolution!” airs tonight at 10PM ET/PT and should be viewed by all iPhone owners. It is a one-hour documentary, reported by CNBC’s Scott Wapner, that takes a look [...]


Nov 19 2009

TV Show Lie to Me Lies to Us About Swipe-able iPhone SMS Notifications

The TV show Lie to Me, a few weeks back (season 2, episode 3 to be exact) decided to take the lies just one step too far — they showed an iPhone where one of [...]


May 29 2009

Return of the iPhone 3.0 Direct Movie + TV Show Download Rumors!

Following last week’s crazy screen rumor that iPhone 3.0 would add movie and TV show direct, on-device downloads to the current music and audio and video podcast downloads, Apple Insider reports that they have:

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May 4 2009

Will Hulu Hurt Apple’s iTunes Offerings?

Maybe, in that news of Disney joining up with Hulu to offer even more free, advertising supported television and movie content via the web, could reduce the amount of people in the US who choose [...]


Mar 24 2009

iTunes Genius Now Smart Enough for Movies and TV Shows

Looked at our iTunes and what did we see? Genius enabled for Movies and TV. For those playing along at home, Apple first pre-announced this feature before making iTunes 8.1 available for download, then removed [...]


Feb 27 2009

VIDEO: Blackberry Ad Blows Hole In Apple

Apple’s been having a fine time in recent years taking the mickey out of Windows-based PCs with its ‘Mac Vs. PC’ ads, but now the company is the butt of a new Blackberry Storm [...]


Feb 26 2009

The UK’s First Blu-ray HDD Recorders

Blu-ray players might be common now in the UK but so far no one has opted to combine Blu-ray playback and recording with HDD recorders. Until now, that is. Hot on the heels of [...]


Feb 25 2009

Panasonic Unleashes 2009 Viera LCD TVs

Panasonic has set out its LCD stall for 2009 with 13 new LCD TVs, ranging in size from 19in to 37in. You may ask where are all the bigger 42in and larger TVs but [...]


Feb 25 2009

Sony Wheels Out World’s Biggest Zoetrope For New TV Ad

Sony has pulled off some brilliant TV ads to advertise its Bravia HDTVs, from the bouncing balls in San Francisco to the exploding paint bombs in a Scottish block of flats. The latest [...]


Feb 23 2009

Philips 21:9 Ultra-Wide TV Priced For UK

Without a doubt, Philips certainly knows how to shake up the TV market. From stunning AmbiLight to Aurea TVs and now with the odd-looking ultra-wide 21:9 TV, Philips likes to do things differently. [...]


Feb 16 2009

The Simpsons Finally Goes HD, New Title Sequence To Celebrate

If you’ve already got Sky HD but have been rather disappointed by how comparatively poor your average episode of The Simpsons looks, you might have noticed a touch more gloss to proceedings if you [...]


Feb 16 2009

UPDATE: Faults Reported With ‘Thousands’ Of Sky HD Boxes

The earlier news of faulty Sky HD boxes has now been fleshed out with a bit more information, following an announcement by Sky. The fault with the Pace manufactured boxes was confirmed and it [...]


Feb 16 2009

Faults Reported With ‘Thousands’ Of Sky HD Boxes

Considering all of the effort Sky has been putting into promoting its HD service some recent news has come at a particularly bad time for it, especially for those who have finally succumbed to [...]


Feb 11 2009

Channel 4 To Launch CatchUp TV Service

Now that Project Kangaroo has hopped off into the sunset we’re waiting to see what the UK’s terrestrial channels do on their lonesome, and the first to announce an improvement to its online service [...]


Feb 10 2009

Sky Claims HD TV Makes You Happier

I know I like watching HD TV programmes a lot more than their grainy standard-def equivalent but I’m not sure I’d go as far as claiming that HD TV makes people happier. Like Sky has, [...]


Feb 9 2009

Microsoft Recruits 4-Year Old Girl To Save Vista

Video: Kylie uses Windows Live Photo Gallery Microsoft should have left Apple alone with the whole ‘Mac Vs. Ads’ and not wasted $300m on its own “I’m a PC’ campaign. We liked the second pre-I’m [...]


Feb 9 2009

iTunes UK Gets Lots Of New HD Content

HD-starved iTunes users in the UK can now start stretching their broadband download limits as Apple has added a host of new, and badly needed, HD content to the site. Lost HD went live at [...]


Feb 8 2009

Pioneer May Exit TV Market

We know things are bad and job cuts are the order of the day be we are surprised to hear that Pioneer may be planning to exit the TV business completely. The Japanese [...]