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Nickelodeon Interactive Telewebber TV For Kids: Nick.com's #1 rating by Media Metrix in the kids category is based in part
on 31% increase in unique visitors to Nick.com's BubbleCast interactive television online game experience (14MAY01) (PRN)
- Open Source Code For Developing Interactive TV: Nokia and CollabNet set up Open Standards Terminal Developer Network to open up the software code for the Nokia Media Terminal and other OST-based devices so developers can build programs for digital television, personal digital video recording, web browsing, gaming, music, email, and other applications for home entertainment (14MAY01) (Nokia) (alt.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link)
You can click here to check out the Open Standards Terminal Developer Network.- Developing For Interactive TV: Sony Electronics launches Sony Content Developer Program for third party developers to create interactive television applications and services for Sony interactive digital cable platform (14MAY01) (Sony) (alt.link) (alt.link)
You can click here or here to check out the Sony Content Developer Program.- Developing Advertising For Interactive TV: RespondTV partners with Agency.com, Beyond Z, Cylo, H Design, and PushyBroad for developing interactive television advertising and programming (14MAY01) (RespondTV) (alt.link) (alt.link) (related.link)
The news announcement states, "RespondTV will support its developer partners with access to development tools and services necessary to easily create, deploy and measure interactive content on ATVEF-compliant boxes - AOLTV, WebTV and UltimateTV - as well as for cable and satellite boxes running middleware from any of RespondTV's platform partners: Liberate, Microsoft TV, OpenTV, Sony or WorldGate."- Changing Television To Interactive TV: Agency.com Interactive TV Vice President Jesper Knutsson says "We are slowly changing TV as we know it to something much more dynamic, which entertains and informs" (link.changes) (14MAY01) (Mediapost) (related.link)
- Developing Projects For Interactive TV: Fernhart New Media teams up with Bruce Dunlop & Associates to develop interactive television projects with first project involving development of video insert for Dominos Pizza on Sky interactive TV service Open (14MAY01) (Netimperative)
- NBC Information Technology & eBusiness: NBC names Patrick McNamee as senior vice president and chief information officer of NBC Information Technology as well as chief quality officer and leader of NBC eBusiness initiatives (14MAY01) (NBCmv)
- Advising On Interactive TV: iSurfTV announces appointment of former Echostar advanced development vice president Richard E. Johnson to iSurfTV technical advisory board (14MAY01) (PSPR)
- InnMedia iTV Portal For Hotels: InnMedia LLC and LodgeNet select MetaTV to create, develop, and provide full hosting and administration of interactive television services for hotels (14MAY01) (MetaTV) (alt.link) (alt.link)
The news announcement quotes InnMedia chief operating officer Douglas Stein as stating, "Today's travelers are busier than ever before. That is why we are developing an iTV portal to provide guests with a richer TV experience that includes more choice, convenience and control."- Sony Playstation 2 Convergence With Ergobrowser: Planetweb CEO Ken Soohoo envisions the future when videogames and the internet are seamlessly intertwined (14MAY01) (WIRED)
Wired quotes Planetweb CEO Ken Soohoo as stating, "We have a significant advantage over the big guys" where Microsoft and other browser makers "haven't won a battle against us." For instance, when Sega was coming close to the launch of the Sega Dreamcast videogame console, "eight weeks before the drop deadline, Microsoft told [Sega] they couldn't get [a Dreamcast version of Microsoft Internet Explorer] ready in time, so [Sega] came to us. And we were able to do it in time."- All-Or-Nothing All-In-One Entertainment Box: Microsoft XBOX videogame console as trojan horse designed to carry Microsoft entertainment software into the living rooms of the world (13MAY01) (LATimes) (related.link)
The Los Angeles Times reports, "The Xbox, and rivals such as the Sony PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's upcoming GameCube, promise to be all-in-one entertainment centers. You may use them to watch DVD movies. You can turn them into high-tech stereos, playing music CDs and digital MP3 tunes. Someday you will wield a joystick and surf the Internet from a TV connected to such a box. Along the way - by charging a fee to download the hottest game, for example, or providing the digital backbone so that the Xbox will talk to both the Internet and your cell phone - Microsoft will be there, racking up the profits." The Los Angeles Times quotes Microsoft XBOX general manager James Allard as stating, "We're either going to make the biggest crater on the planet, or we're going to get into entertainment big time. It's all or nothing."- XBOX Presence At E3: Electronic Entertainment Expo 2001 in Los Angeles looks like it could be the Microsoft XBOX show (14MAY01) (WIRED) (alt.link) (related.link)
Wired quotes Sony Online Entertainment spokesman Greg Rizzer as stating, "I think Microsoft is going to be the big story [at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2001] with the XBox on hand. But XBox still has to prove that it can bring in the hardcore gamer. That's where the groundswell for mass market always has and always will begin."- Broadcasting Anywhere To Any Device: Blue Zone 1Q highlights include continuing efforts to improve market penetration for the Blue Zone MediaBZ software for broadcasting simultaneously to traditional television, interactive television, the web, personal digital assistants, and advanced cell phones and devices (14MAY01) (BlueZone)
- TV Tuner For PCs: ATI announces new All-In-Wonder Radeon 32 MB SDR PCI card for PCs including new TV Browser integrated into Microsoft Internet Explorer and Video CD creation (14MAY01) (ATI) (alt.link) (alt.link) (alt.link) (related.link) (related.link)
- Broadband Streaming Video: Yahoo could begin charging for access to streaming video services in the future as the broadband market matures (14MAY01) (SCMP.Reuters)
In an interview with Yahoo's Jerry Yang, Reuters reports, "As the broadband market matures, [Yahoo] could begin charging for streaming-video features." Yahoo runs the Broadcast.com streaming media website.- Video Streaming Software: Spark Interactive selects Kasenna MediaBase as the video streaming software for video-on-demand and cable television deployments (14MAY01) (Kasenna)
- Webpad News: SONICblue intros ProGear web tablet based on Transmeta Crusoe TM3200 chip and Linux with approximate $1500 pricetag (14MAY01) (SONICblue) (related.link)
In the related link, ZDNet News reports the SONICblue ProGear web tablet has an approximate $1500 pricetag.- Smartcard News: SCM Microsystems announces availability of STC II controller chip as embedded single chip solution for smartcards for pin pads, set-top boxes, advanced cell phones, and biometric sensors (14MAY01) (PRN)
The news announcement quotes SCM Microsystems' PC Security division executive vice president Mladen Filipan as stating, "There is growing demand for smart card interfaces across a range of devices, from PCs to television set top boxes."- TiVo Fuzzy Future: Slower-than-forecast adoption rates clouds future of TiVo personal video recorders (13MAY01) (MSNBC) (alt.link)
MSNBC quotes Morgan Keegan & Co. analyst Murray Arenson as stating, "TiVo needs more money or a buyout or a new strategic agreement like with a set-top box maker that brings in more money." MSNBC also quotes TechTrends managing director Todd Wiener as stating, "We do not believe that companies like TiVo will be independent by the time the [personal video recorder] market is commonplace." MSNBC cites numbers from Forrester Research as indicating, "There are approximately 350,000 personal video service subscribers ... who own either a TiVo digital video recorder or get a service through the satellite companies Echostar or DirecTV...."- Video Recording Product Competing With PVRs: Sensory Science intros Go-Video DVR-4000 as all-in-one integrated VCR+DVD player (10MAY01) (Sensory) (alt.link)
The news announcement quotes Sensory Science marketing executive vice president Paul Fredrickson as stating, "The success of last year's DVD + VCR product sent a clear message that consumers want an affordable, high performance, easy-to-use integrated product." The news announcement states the DVR-4000 "has complete versatility to play DVDs, audio and video CDs, and VHS tapes, and users can watch a DVD while recording a TV program."- Uniview 3Q highlights include partnerships with Microsoft for Windows Media 8, Intertainer for on-demand entertainment content, and Broadwing for Zoomtown DSL (11MAY01) (Uniview)
- TV Listings Data: Tribune Media Services acquires majority interest in TV Data Technologies LP as provider of print and interactive TV listing guide information and editorial features for media and entertainment companies (11MAY01) (PRN)
- Mobile Access To Cash, Tickets, & Music Via "Freedom" ATMs: NCR intros "Freedom" screenless-and-keyless automated teller machine for dispensing cash, tickets, and even MP3 music files with input from PDAs or advanced cell phones (11MAY01) (Newsbytes)
- Gadgets In Australia: Andrew Heasley looks at miniaturised, multipurpose, wireless, handheld, and wearable next-generation gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show Australasia (10MAY01) (IT)
- Making Homes Smarter Piece By Piece With Small Inexpensive Products: Instead of asking consumers to install an expensive computerized "brain" to network the home, let homeowners decide how much technology they want piece by piece and room by room (11MAY01) (MSNBC.WSJ)
With regard to home networking, the Wall Street Journal reports consumers "want something inexpensive. So instead of asking consumers to spend $20,000 to install a computerized 'brain' in the basement to control the house, today there is a different approach: Let homeowners decide how much technology they want, be it a rotating bed with a pop-up TV or a Jacuzzi that plays the blues. And give them products such as a barking-dog burglar alarm that cost as little as $70."
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- Open Source Code For Developing Interactive TV: Nokia and CollabNet set up Open Standards Terminal Developer Network to open up the software code for the Nokia Media Terminal and other OST-based devices so developers can build programs for digital television, personal digital video recording, web browsing, gaming, music, email, and other applications for home entertainment (14MAY01) (Nokia) (alt.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link) (related.link)
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