Just a few weeks ago we heard rumours that Google was plotting a pay TV service set to launch this year, and now a Wall Street Journal report has surfaced, suggesting that Intel is also planning to launch a web-based TV service in 2012.
It was somewhat disappointing to learn that while there will be 3D elements of the Olympics, only about ten seconds of actual live coverage will be in 3D. But be of good cheer, TV sports fans! The BBC and Japan’s NHK are partnering to bring the Olympics to life in glorious Ultra High Definition. Just not for broadcast, strictly speaking.
Between pay TV, Boxee and online streaming videos, there’s never been more ways to watch your favourite TV shows. So why are so many people turning to old-fashioned bunny ears to watch TV? Because it’s good, it’s cheap, and it’s live.
Apple has recently integrated its Genius recommendation system, already an iTunes staple, into the Apple TV environment via a silent update. The service will be available for both episodic content as well as movies, based on your previous content purchases. It’s accessible from the new Genius menu option for the 4.2 million or so households that have purchased the Apple TV so far. [Apple Insider]
It seems like just yesterday when TiVo was a verb. But times change, and more brand-neutral DVR seem to be on the rise. As you can see in this clip of a new 30 Rock episode aired in the States, Liz Lemon expresses her longing for days gone by. Personally? I still catch myself remembering to “tape” episode. What is that, even?
You know that cable channels make content and beam it to a satellite, but what happens then? This video is a quick look behind the curtain with one of Time Warner’s chief engineers. Who knew porn had to go through all that? [TWCable Untangled]
The Dothraki language in Game of Thrones isn’t some slopped-together, haphazard gibberish. As the NY Times tells it, it’s a full-formed, logical vernacular put together by a linguistics expert inspired by languages such as Swahili and Estonian.
You totally know that actor. He was in that movie you watched just last week — oh God, what was his name? With Hulu’s new Face Match service, your days of almost remembering stars are over.
UPDATED The cannonball was supposed to blast through an array of water barrels and a cinderblock wall. Supposed to. Instead it hit the wall, a hill and Jasbir Gill’s Toyota Sienna. Now do you see why they tell you not to try this at home?
2011 was the year of the Smart TV, but which television was the smartest? You’ve voted, and the winner is…
