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DIRECTV to Deliver Local HD Programming in 67 Markets by Year End
DirecTV has added twenty five more local HD markets allowing roughly 74% of US television homes to have access to local HD channels."With 67 markets receiving local HD channels from DIRECTV by year...
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Hack Your Series 2 DirecTiVo Using the Zipper
[UPDATED 10/30/06]The "Zipper" is one of several methods that can be used to enable certain networking features, such as telnet, FTP, MultiRoom Viewing (MRV), and Home Media Option (HMO), with a Series...
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No Decision in case against Cablevision's Network-DVR
According to Multichannel News, as of Wednesday, November 1st, there has not be a ruling in the case against Cablevision's proposed network-digital-video-recorder service. The content providers --...
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DIRECTV Activates HD Local Channels in more markets
DirecTV has expanded into several more markets today: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Green Bay,...
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Comcast testing TiVo DVR Software
After two years, Comcast has started testing TiVo software but probably will not have market tests until the spring. Currently Comcast says the release will be sometime in "2007" (well, that narrows...
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Dish Network Drops Local Channels in Some Locations
Earlier this month Dish Network had to drop local channels from their service lineup including Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS in several areas. While Dish Network tried to inform their subscribers by showing...
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DirecTV TiVo Problems?
Apparently there are quite a few people having issues with DirecTV's new HD DVR and DirecTV's TiVo DVRs (such as the HR10-250) where people say the DVRs fail to record shows and mysteriously delete...
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Dueling Press Conferences - EchoStar vs DirecTV
You've probably already seen our article about DirecTV's announcement of the Sat-Go.I attended back to back conferences by EchoStar and DirecTV and itseemed that DirecTV one-upped DISH on everything...
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Cablevision Seeks to Deploy Network DVR
Cablevision Services has been laying the groundwork to deploy a network-based digital video recording system that would record your favorite television show inside the cable network, and deliver them...
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Good News for Open Cable
Chip maker Conexant has introduced new reference designs, making it easier for DVRs to integrate Open Cable specification chipsets. The CX2445X IC line are front-end modem chips targeted at advanced...
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Comcast Gets TiVo'd
In keeping with its plot to take over the world, TiVo's partnering up with Comcast, the largest cable provider in the US. Offered as an optional service (for an extra fee, of course), customers will...
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Sony Taking on TiVo?
The race to win the number one spot in hybridization of video game consoles and home theater capabilities has left Sony eating Microsoft's dust. But it looks like Sony's finally stepping up, giving...
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Virtual DVRs - Time-Shifting Without the Box
Virtual DVR isn’t the same as On Demand television. It’s not internet TV, it’s not Joost, and it doesn’t involve a box in your home, so it’s not quite a DVR or a video recording device. It’s also been...
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New Dual-Tuner HD-DVR for Our Northern Neighbors
Bell Express Vu, a Canadian provider of Direct-to-Home satellite TV, is replacing its old ExpressVu 9200 HD DVRs with a new, dual-tuner model: the ExpressVu 9242. Cool new features include ethernet,...
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What's Video On Demand?
Have you been pining away for the “good old days,” wishing you could watch a favorite episode of Happy Days to get your Fonzie fix? Video on Demand (VoD) can help you with that. Miss the Patriots game...
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