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2:58PM Nick Broughall | Even though the government decided to kill off analogue TV in Australia by 2013 years ago, it was only this week that they decided that community TV stations would be included in the transition. More »
Community TV To Go Digital
2:58PM Nick Broughall | Even though the government decided to kill off analogue TV in Australia by 2013 years ago, it was only this week that they decided that community TV stations would be included in the transition. More » 
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12:00PM Nick Broughall | Sony have been telling us that the PlayTV is coming to Australia this year ever since it didn’t arrive for their deadline last year. But their PlayStation 3 website has a brochure that promises the digital TV tuner for your PS3 will arrive late 2009. More »
Sony Promise PlayTV Coming This Year… In Writing
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Sony have been telling us that the PlayTV is coming to Australia this year ever since it didn’t arrive for their deadline last year. But their PlayStation 3 website has a brochure that promises the digital TV tuner for your PS3 will arrive late 2009. More »
Business
Comcast Is Buying Up NBC Universal
11:35PM Matt Buchanan | Comcast and GE are in the “midst of due diligence” for a deal that would give a Comcast 51 per cent stake in NBC Universal, and GE 49 per cent. It would merge with its own cable networks. The sticking point, for now, is Vivendi’s 20 per cent stake and its asking price of $US6.3 billion. But, since GE and Comcast both “appear to favour” the deal, we can still probably expect 30 Rock cracks about having Comcastic days next season. [WSJ]
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11:30AM Nick Broughall | If this trademark application from Channel 7 is actually the name of their upcoming second SD digital channel, then I weep for free-to-air TV. Mediaspy has uncovered a heap of trademark applications from the network, which includes a number of images which all contain the words ‘Mate’ or ‘Channel Mate’. More »
Channel 7’s Second Digital Channel To Be Called ‘Mate’?
11:30AM Nick Broughall | If this trademark application from Channel 7 is actually the name of their upcoming second SD digital channel, then I weep for free-to-air TV. Mediaspy has uncovered a heap of trademark applications from the network, which includes a number of images which all contain the words ‘Mate’ or ‘Channel Mate’. More »
Phones
HTC Imagio Review: HTC Is Microsoft’s Best Critic
3:00AM John Herrman | For Windows Mobile 6.5, the OS is only (and thankfully) half the story. Microsoft left plenty up to the carriers and handset manufacturers, and thankfully, Verizon and HTC have at least birthed something interesting with the Imagio. More »
QOTD
11:30AM Nick Broughall | There were quite a few noisy complaints when Channel 10 announced that their HD channel would be rebranded ‘One’ and feature 24 hours of non-stop sports coverage, especially from sci-fi geeks. But there is one certainty for sports-watching fans — HD is the best way to watch it by far. More »
QOTD: Do You Watch Sport In HD?
11:30AM Nick Broughall | There were quite a few noisy complaints when Channel 10 announced that their HD channel would be rebranded ‘One’ and feature 24 hours of non-stop sports coverage, especially from sci-fi geeks. But there is one certainty for sports-watching fans — HD is the best way to watch it by far. More »
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11:30AM Nick Broughall | According to a report by Paul McIntyre in the Age this morning, Freeview and ABC head honcho Kim Dalton is pushing hard for the free-to-air TV stations to launch a video on demand service that actually delivers content direct to TV screens. Colour me VERY excited. More »
Free-To-Air TV To Launch A VOD Service For TVs Next Year?
11:30AM Nick Broughall | According to a report by Paul McIntyre in the Age this morning, Freeview and ABC head honcho Kim Dalton is pushing hard for the free-to-air TV stations to launch a video on demand service that actually delivers content direct to TV screens. Colour me VERY excited. More »
Screens
Sony Plans To Introduce 3D LCD Television By End Of 2010
3:15PM Dan Nosowitz | The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony is planning to introduce a 3D LCD TV by the end of 2010. Sony’s been in a bit of a slump lately, and a push to 3D would certainly provide some excitement. More »
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Qualcomm’s PTV Will Have Mobile Live TV, Multitouch Goods
2:40AM Joanna Stern | The era of the PDA is gone, but what about a PTV (Personal Television Device)? Qualcomm is said to be working on an unconfirmed iPhone size-device without the streaming video restrictions; it will broadcast the company’s mobile FLO TV. More »
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