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IceTV Facebook App Lets You Rate And Discuss TV

Australian Post Posted by Nick Broughall at 7:27 AM on September 2, 2008

icetv_facebook_app1.jpgFor the multitude of people out there who use IceTV as their EPG of choice, you'll be happy to know that you can now network your watching opinions through Facebook. By downloading the IceTV Facebook App, you can rate TV shows, comment, see what TV shows are popular among your friends, what shows are in your schedule to record and more.

The software's in Beta at the moment, and they've got a forum page dedicated to getting feedback on the Facebook App. But if this sounds like something you could use, let us know how it goes in comments.

[IceTV Facebook App]

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Why The System Is F%^ked - Channel 9 Wins Appeal Against IceTV

Australian Post Posted by Nick Broughall at 10:59 AM on May 9, 2008

Why on earth is this still going on? I thought it was finished last year.

Here's an idea Channel 9: Pull your fucking head out of your ass and stop wasting precious resources trying to screw over IceTV in the courts, and instead focus that money on some more quality programming.

According to the IceTV blog:

Chief Justice Black, Justice Lindgren, Justice Sackville have together ruled against IceTV and the Federal Court's previous judgment in the case originally brought against IceTV in May 2006, by the Nine Network regarding an alleged breach of Nine's copyright.
Forgive my cynicism, but it's almost like these judges must want this to just keep going on so they can collect their million dollar salaries and buy themselves a third 72-foot yacht each.

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IceTV Tries To Give TiVo The Finger With New Features

Australian Post Posted by Nick Broughall at 3:11 PM on May 1, 2008

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A war is brewing. The war for your television viewing habits.

It started with TiVo. Channel 7 wants to take over your lounge room with a decent PVR, full of cool functions like SeasonPass and IP Video. Then Foxtel decided to crank it up a notch with the iQ2 - adding HD to their already impressive digital box. The other day, Sony decided to join the fray by announcing the PlayTV add-on for the PS3, turning your console into a PVR.

So many warriors. Such a large battle looming. And on the side, slightly out of sight but no less a threat to the other champions, is IceTV.

Before the battle begins, they've launched their first wave of attacks - adding functionality to their EPG service to give and device running their software even more features. The biggest of which is IceTV Recommendations.

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More news on Australian EPGs

Australian Post Posted by Seamus Byrne at 11:10 AM on November 21, 2007

Some more EPG/TV news: SMH reports the Channel Nine and Ten EPGs began broadcasting this week, while the Channel Seven EPG is the one that won't go live until January 1st.

IceTV also reports that with the multi-channel programming about to launch on the HD channels of the commercial networks, IceTV remains on the outer, so it will take them 2-3 weeks "after the start of full strength programming" to get this new section of the EPG operational.

IceTV launches IWatchThis.com.au community recommendation service

Australian Post Posted by Seamus Byrne at 9:06 AM on September 4, 2007

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Fresh off their victory over Channel Nine, IceTV has added a new recommendation service to the IceTV system called I Watch This. Currently dubbed a public beta, there is a lot of promise in this idea - like any recommendation system, the more people who get in on it the better it's going to get.

It's got a simple "I Watch This" vote system as well as a reviews area, and entries can be clicked through to add them into your online IceTV schedule. The guys at IceTV have promised this is just the start of their new wave of features as they kick into top gear now the court case is over. [I Watch This]

IceTV wins... · In case you missed our report yesterday (it was very late in the day), IceTV won their case against Channel Nine over their right to operate their independent EPG. Big win for the DVR community. Congrats to the IceTV team!

IceTV wins legal battle against Channel Nine

Australian Post Posted by Seamus Byrne at 6:09 PM on August 9, 2007

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In a big win for TV viewers around the country, independent EPG provider IceTV has won their eight month battle against Channel Nine. This morning Justice Annabelle Bennett ruled in favour of IceTV that their EPG does not infringe Nine's copyright in their television schedule.

The entire Nine Network case was dismissed, with IceTV declared an "independent compilation" built wholly by their own means.

IceTV General Manager Matt Kossatz was suitably excited, and offered some thoughts in a press release:

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