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Regulars
Giz Explains: How Broadband Usage Caps Will Kill Internet Video
5:00AM Matt Buchanan | NBC’s scheduled coverage of the 2008 Olympics is absolutely breathtaking in its scope: It’s broadcasting over 3,600 hours of the world’s greatest athletes performing feats that reveal how shapeless and amoebic the rest of humanity is–that’s 1,000 more hours than the last 12 Summer Olympics combined. The internet is a huge component of their nearly omniscient coverage. You can even download and watch full-length events. But NBC has a fat red warning on the page: If you’ve got metered or capped broadband, you might want to think twice before downloading. It’s the first shot by major media in the next great battle for the internet’s future. Here’s why you—and most media companies—should be worried about the new wave of internet pricing. AU: Obviously this is all US-centric, but it’s worth watching considering how bad our broadband situation is down here…
Cameras
12:37PM Nick Broughall | Back in 2006, 3 introduced an IP webcam that you could monitor on your 3G phone. It was called the 3 Eyecam, it was about the size of a coffee mug and it was a HUGE failure. From the fact that it beeped when you connected to it, to the terrible video quality, it was panned universally for being the suckiest security camera ever.
Now, two years later, Optus is offering a similar IP security vision solution. Dubbed the Securecam, it allows Optus 3G customers the ability to monitor their home or office via a private IP camera.
Users can easily install the camera themselves, and can receive SMS or email notification if the camera detects movement. They can then check the camera via an IP address or a compatible Optus 3G phone. More »
Optus Unveils Mobile Security Solution For Small Businesses – Will It Work?
12:37PM Nick Broughall | Back in 2006, 3 introduced an IP webcam that you could monitor on your 3G phone. It was called the 3 Eyecam, it was about the size of a coffee mug and it was a HUGE failure. From the fact that it beeped when you connected to it, to the terrible video quality, it was panned universally for being the suckiest security camera ever.
Now, two years later, Optus is offering a similar IP security vision solution. Dubbed the Securecam, it allows Optus 3G customers the ability to monitor their home or office via a private IP camera.
Users can easily install the camera themselves, and can receive SMS or email notification if the camera detects movement. They can then check the camera via an IP address or a compatible Optus 3G phone. More »
Entertainment
TiVo Getting YouTube Streaming TODAY
2:01PM Gizmodo US Edition | TiVo’s YouTube player that was announced back in March is finally going live today and will allow streaming, yes streaming, of all H.264 YouTube videos. It’s a major part of the 9.4 Summer Update that is hitting all boxes by the end of this month. Even though all boxes are receiving this update only Series 3 and HD TiVos will be able to see the YouTube feature, sorry Series 2′ers. We haven’t gotten a hands on yet but we’ve been briefed on how it will function and it actually sounds usable. AU: Obviously, this feature won’t be live for the Aussie TiVo launch – you’ll probably have to pay extra for it in a few months time. Probably. More »
Entertainment
PlayStation Video Store Open For Business
3:06PM Mark Wilson | As promised in a press conference not 24 hours ago, Sony’s PlayStation video store is up and running. And the best news? It doesn’t even require a firmware update. Just click the new “video” button in the PS Store and make your way to cool studio pages like this one pictured from Lionsgate. AU: Obviously this is US only. More »
Games
PS3 Gets Video Store and Rentals Tonight
5:33AM Matt Buchanan | Unveiling the new Home, Sony revealed that video rentals and purchases are finally coming to the PS3. Video will be fully integrated into the PlayStation Store, which will have a new video section. And you can transfer them to your PSP via USB, and have them on multiple devices at once! Standard and high def, with rentals running US$3-US$6 and US$10-US$15 for purchases. It takes about an hour to download a two-hour movie. Most of the major studios are on board (Kotaku has a partial list in their liveblog), and it goes live tonight!
Online
YouTube Forced to Reveal Username and IP Address of Every Video Watched
12:31AM Matt Buchanan | Remember Viacom suing YouTube and Google for one BILLION dollars eons ago? That’s still going on! And while a judge ruled yesterday that while Google doesn’t have to reveal its secret search sauce to the multimedia giantface, he did grant Viacom’s request for YouTube to turn over records of “every video watched by YouTube users,” and that includes their username and IP address. Yeah that’s right, Viacom will know every time you watch “Pork n Beans” or need to refuel your day with Powerthirst. (Or watch Viacom’s The Daily Show, you bastard.) And like that, the illusion of YouTube privacy was gone. [YouTube] More »
Home
3:51PM Nick Broughall | According to Australian IT, Austar’s next DVR box will not only feature an ethernet port, but it will let you use it for downloading IP video onto the unit. The box, which is due out later this year, will also feature a USB port and HD tuners.
Foxtel’s new iQ2 box also features an ethernet port, although they refuse to actually say anything about how it will be used when the box is released in June.
CEO of Austar, John Porter, was quoted as saying:
“We’re agnostic when it comes to content. Our vision is to be the
consumer interface for digital content, no matter which pipe it comes
through, be it digital terrestrial TV, satellite or the web. It’s about
our box morphing into being a media centre for the TV set.”
More »
Austar To Offer IP Video In New HD PVR
3:51PM Nick Broughall | According to Australian IT, Austar’s next DVR box will not only feature an ethernet port, but it will let you use it for downloading IP video onto the unit. The box, which is due out later this year, will also feature a USB port and HD tuners.
Foxtel’s new iQ2 box also features an ethernet port, although they refuse to actually say anything about how it will be used when the box is released in June.
CEO of Austar, John Porter, was quoted as saying:
“We’re agnostic when it comes to content. Our vision is to be the
consumer interface for digital content, no matter which pipe it comes
through, be it digital terrestrial TV, satellite or the web. It’s about
our box morphing into being a media centre for the TV set.”
More »
Software
Hunting for Viewers, Joost Moves to Your Browser
7:00AM Matt Buchanan | Joost, the P2P-powered TV killer we reviewed back in the heady days of the writers’ strike that we found a bit wanting (and is on the skids), will work in your browser later this summer with a plug-in, rather than needing to install a whole separate app. As Valleywag points out, this might be a bit futile, since the next version of Adobe’s Flash will have built-in file-sharing. Anyone out there still using Joost? [Valleywag] More »
Home
Building B/Sezmi One True Set Top Box Aims to Kill TV as You Know It
1:11PM Matt Buchanan | Last year, we had a demo of the TV godbox we reported on last summer by Building B—now Sezmi. If anything, their claims have actually gotten bolder: They’re promising the “first complete TV 2.0 solution” that rolls up traditional TV with movies, on-demand, DVR and internet video, all presented seamlessly to viewers. That’s a tall order, and moreover, an extremely complicated one. More »
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