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Cablevision to Test Server-Based Digital Video Recorder Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 31, 2006 - 8:24am.
New York - Cable TV provider Cablevision announced this week that it plans to test a new network-based digital video recorder service, that would let subscribers record TV shows that are stored on the company's servers rather than a set-top box. Reuters reported that fellow cable TV providers Comcast and Time Warner Cable have voiced their support for the RS-DVR (remote-storage digital video recorder) technology, and would likely launch similar services if Cablevision's trial worked out. Cablevision will test RS-DVR with its Long Island, N.Y. subscribers for two months; the service will be deployed via a software download to existing set-top boxes. "Our lawyers say Cablevision is on very firm footing so long as it's fair use (by the customer)," Comcast chief operating officer Stephen Burke remarked at a conference this week, according to Reuters.
tags: Cablevision | test | Server-Based | Digital Video Recorder |

Orange to Test IPWireless "Multicasting" Mobile TV Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 15, 2006 - 9:11am.
Barcelona - IPWireless, a developer of multicasting mobile TV delivery technology, announced on Wednesday that European wireless network operator Orange will launch a test of its TDtv mobile TV delivery technology in the U.K. in mid-2006. The TDtv service will offer up to 50 mobile TV channels over Orange's 3G network.
tags: Mobile | test | Multicast | Orange | IPWireless |

Nokia to Test Mobile TV in Indonesia

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2006 - 11:24am.
Barcelona - Nokia announced on Monday that it plans to launch a six-month mobile TV consumer pilot in Indonesia by the second half of 2006. The company partnered with EMTEK Group's PT Mediatama Citra Abadi and PT Surya Citra Televisi, which will provide broadcast and other video content for the DVB-H mobile TV broadcasting standard-based service.
tags: Mobile | Nokia | test | Indonesia |

U.K. Broadband Firm ntl to Test BitTorrent Video Download Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 10, 2006 - 3:02am.
London - ntl, the U.K.'s largest cable company with 3.3 million cable TV subscribers and 1.7 million broadband customers, announced on Friday that it has partnered with peer-to-peer file-sharing software distributor BitTorrenet to test an ultra high-speed video download service in the U.K. The companies will work with CacheLogic to further accelerate the delivery of legal, licensed video content such as movies, music videos and TV programs. BitTorrent has long been a popular means of sharing pirated movies and TV shows, but recently the company negotiated with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to remove copyrighted content from its search engine. "As the world's leading P2P application, we are engaging artists and ISPs to build a consumer-friendly ecosystem around our protocol that allows all involved to benefit from P2P," said Ashwin Navin, co-founder and president of BitTorrent. The trial is expected to launch with ntl broadband subscribers in April.
tags: Video | Broadband | Download | test | U.K. | ntl | Torrent |

Riya Readying Public Beta Test of Photo Search Engine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 6, 2006 - 5:04am.
Phoenix, Ariz. - Riya, a developer of photo search engine technology, announced on Monday that it plans to launch a public beta test of its service in the first quarter of 2005.
The company said the search engine uses proprietary face recognition technology, text recognition technology and other elements to scan a library of photographs and automatically generate tags based on their contents. Riya also lets users search a public collection of photos, and share photo collections with friends. Based in Redwood Shores, Calif., Riya has so far raised $19.5 million in venture capital from a group led by Bay Partners.
tags: Search | Photo | test | Ready | Riya | Beta | Engine |

SunnComm to Submit CD Copy-Protection Software for Security Testing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 3, 2006 - 6:52am.
San Francisco - SunnComm Technologies, a developer of CD copy-protection software that was found to open computers to security risks, has agreed to address problems with the software and comply with requests for independent security reviews from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital civil liberties group. SunnComm said that future versions of its MediaMax software will not install when a user declines the license agreement that appears when a CD is first inserted into a computer, and also provide uninstallers in all versions of MediaMax. The company will also submit all future versions of its copy-protection software to an independent security-testing firm, and make the results public; it has also promised not to prosecute legitimate security researchers for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. "While we continue to disagree with SunnComm on the wisdom of CD copy protection in general, we are pleased that it has taken important steps to notify consumers of the security vulnerability and help resolve the security and privacy issues raised by the MediaMax software," said EFF staff attorney Kurt Opsahl.
tags: Security | Software | CD | test | Copy-Protection | SunnComm |

Norway Launches Test of Interactive Mobile TV

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 2, 2005 - 10:31am.
Oslo - The first trial of interactive mobile TV programming was launched this week in Norway, a collaboration between broadcaster NRK and wireless firm LM Ericsson. The six week trial of the IM-TV service will enable viewers of the Norwegian music video show "Svisj" to interact in real time by voting for upcoming videos, and messaging the show's hosts and other viewers while still watching the program. The cost to interact is about half that of standard text messages. "Our solution makes it possible for viewers to interact with a show that they are watching on their mobile device in a whole new way, creating a much richer TV experience with the help of the mobile channel," said Ericsson Mobility World vice president Kurt Sillen.
tags: Mobile TV | Norway | test |

Yahoo Launches Test of Audio Search Engine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2005 - 5:24am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. -- Yahoo on Thursday launched a test version of a new audio search engine, which indexes over 50 million audio files including songs from download stores, podcasts, speeches and other spoken word content. The index will also feature other audio-related information like music videos, album reviews, artist images and links to artists' websites. The service allows independent publishers to submit content to the index through the open standard Media RSS. Yahoo's own music content will be included, as will audio from Napster, GarageBand.com and RealNetworks' Rhapsody. The Web crawler used by the service to search for songs won't filter out unauthorized copyrighted content; Yahoo director of technology development Bradley Horowitz told the Los Angeles Times the company would rely on record labels to notify them of such tracks for removal. Horowitz added that the index also will not include databases of song lyrics, as most are in violation of copyrights.
tags: Yahoo | test | Audio Search Engine |