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Friday, 05 September 2008

iTunes 8.0 to offer high-def videos

Carrie-Ann Skinner

The next version of Apple's iTunes looks set to offer high definition video downloads, says Kevin Rose founder of Digg.

Thursday, 04 September 2008

Amazon Video on Demand now Mac-friendly

Jonny Evans

Amazon - which will launch its MP3 store in Europe later this year - has upgraded its VOD service in order to introduce Mac support

Wednesday, 03 September 2008

Buffalo ships 100GB flash drive for road warriors

Jonny Evans

Latest hard drive from Buffalo Technology offers up to 100GB of SSD-based storage in lightweight enclosure - available now.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

80% of UK households receive digital television channels

Lexton Snol

The UK is currently in the process of the digital television switchover, which is scheduled to be completed by 2012. Latest government figures show the numbers of UK households ready for the digital TV switchover.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

BBC Worldwide plans a music download service

Jonny Evans

BBC proposes an online store, offering access to footage at no charge but with ads, or for direct sale at prices to reflect iTunes.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

First Bluetooth-enabled TVs launched

Martyn Williams

LG Electronics is on the verge of launching a new range of LCD and plasma TV sets in Europe that feature Bluetooth wireless networking, the company said at the IFA electronics show in Berlin.

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Livestation TV player makes a Mac move

Jonny Evans

Delivered in partnership with some of the world's leading broadcasters, Livestation offers a live TV on internet service featuring shows from Al Jazeera, BBC World News, Bloomberg Television, EuroNews and much more.

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

iPlayer extended as BBC plans 'Series Stacker'

Carrie-Ann Skinner

The BBC has announced that it will be extending the length of time users have to access some of the TV shows on its iPlayer service.

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Sanyo launches entry-level HD projector

Martyn Williams

Sanyo is bringing full high-definition video to the entry level of the projector market with its PLV-Z700 that launches in Berlin this week at the IFA consumer electronics show.

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

iRecord Pro records audio, video to iPhone

Jim Dalrymple

iRecord Pro uses standard audio/video (AV) connectors to connect to any TV, set-top-box, digital video recorder, camcorder, VCR, DVD player, cassette and LP player. When connected, you push a button and iRecord Pro records the content directly to your device.

Monday, 25 August 2008

iPod HiFi

Cliff Joseph

Onkyo has good credentials in the quality HiFi market and it has now come up with a new system that works with your iPod too.

Thursday, 21 August 2008

IBC: Final Cut User Group meeting details revealed

Jonny Evans

The event is expected to be the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users and digital filmmakers on the planet during IBC week.

Tuesday, 19 August 2008

48% of UK use DVR to watch TV when they want

Carrie-Ann Skinner

Almost half of the UK control what they watch on TV and when they watch it through a digital video recorder (DVR), says Microsoft.

Friday, 15 August 2008

Western Digital new My Book Mirror Edition

Cliff Joseph

New Mirror drives offer capacities up to 2TB

Friday, 15 August 2008

LaCie’s Little Big Disk Quadra

Cliff Joseph

Compact drive provides high performance for video professionals

Friday, 15 August 2008

FxFactory effects plug-ins released for After Effects

Peter Cohen

FxFactory 2.0.4 includes more than 300 visual effects plug-ins designed for real-time performance. Capabilities include blurs, color correction, distortions, glows, half-tones and stylization filters, generators and transitions.

Friday, 15 August 2008

Verbatim launches new hard drive

Cliff Joseph

New Verbatim drives help keep you in the black – in more ways than one

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

BBC upgrades iPlayer video, audio quality

Jonny Evans

BBC continues to improve its iPlayer service, makes move towards open standards as it adopts H.264 and AAC+ for its streams, dual normal and high quality options to be made available from this week

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Karelia ships iMedia Browser 1.1.1

Jonny Evans

Explore your images, videos and more from within most applications using Karelia Software's handy media browser, available now for free.

Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Sony to sell OLED TV in Europe in 2009

Martyn Williams

Sony will expand sales of its 11-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) television to Europe in 2009, according to a Japanese press report.

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