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Comporium’s “Cable Show” Exhibit #1323 Features Home Management and Security System
18 May 2012 8:33 PM | No CommentsBOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comporium today announced that it will feature its award-winning Central Station Monitoring Service for the interactive security and home management system powered by...
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Pocoyo “Gets Caught Reading” with Actor Stephen Fry in Association of American Publishers National Campaign
17 May 2012 1:47 PM | No CommentsMADRID–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pocoyo, the little boy in blue who has captured the hearts of children and their parents the world over, and actor/writer/presenter Stephen Fry, who narrates the animated Pocoyo television series,...
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Comcast Brings Family and Friends Closer Together with the Launch of Skype on Xfinity
16 May 2012 5:00 PM | No CommentsPHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast today announced that Skype™ on Xfinity®, a new widescreen HD video calling experience, is now available in Boston and Seattle as the company begins its nationwide rollout of the...
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Taiki Has Made Preservative Free Mascara Formulas Possible
10 May 2012 3:11 PM | No CommentsMONTVALE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Taiki Group, a premier, global leader of skincare and make-up beauty tools, products and packages has developed the first antimicrobial mascara, with EcoG+, an antimicrobial resin that allows ...
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WatchESPN Now Available to Comcast Xfinity TV Customers Through WatchESPN App and Soon on XfinityTV.com
08 May 2012 1:30 PM | No CommentsPHILADELPHIA & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast and The Walt Disney Company today announced that Xfinity TV customers can now access ESPN live streaming content via the award-winning WatchESPN app, WatchESPN.com ...
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vod Archive
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PlayStation Network adds HBO content before Zune / Xbox 360, follows iTunes pricing
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No CommentsCongratulations PSN, you are the first video game console to sell content from HBO. That means you can't buy True Blood, The Sopranos or Rome on Xbox via Zune yet, but you already could on iTunes if you were willing to pay $3 per episode. Contrary to a few reports, that premium pricing doesn't extend to the rest of HBO's lineup which share their $2 per episode pricing with the SD versions of most TV shows on the PSN and elsewhere. It's actually not a terrible price, with the season two DVDs of True Blood available for $32 on Amazon buying all twelve episodes one by one will only cost an extra $4, and still let you avoid any that don't feature your character of choice removing their shirt. the only sad part is that just like iTunes, there's still no HD availability, so we hope you like 480p -- and if you're reading this site, you probably don't. Hey Sony, make a big deal when you've negotiated some higher resolution or lower prices than what's available elsewhere, and tell HBO to stop crowing to the Wall Street Journal about its ability to charge premium prices when it really isn't -- when you sell an episode of The Wire for the same price as the pilot for Bionic Woman that's nothing to brag about.
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PlayStation Network adds HBO content before Zune / Xbox 360, follows iTunes pricing originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 25 May 2010 20:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Movies could be available as a VOD rental before DVD, Blu-ray — for $20 to $30 each
Posted on May 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe MPAA has often stated its desire to offer movies through video on-demand ahead of their release on DVD or Blu-ray -- provided the analog hole was closed -- and now that it has been, the Wall Street Journal reports Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. are considering a pitch from Time Warner Cable to do just that. The price for cutting the usual four month wait for home viewing to just 30 days? As much as $20 to $30 for a rental. Sony's already tried experimenting with a higher price point on early delivery of Hancock and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs to BRAVIA HDTV owners, but at least they threw in a free Blu-ray copy with the former. So far the studios have only agreed that their current release strategy needs some sort of change, but unless they add some sweeteners we don't see this one shifting us from our current rental/purchase habits.
Movies could be available as a VOD rental before DVD, Blu-ray -- for $20 to $30 each originally appeared on Engadget HD on Mon, 24 May 2010 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Best Buy’s internet movie store launches this month under the CinemaNow brand
Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
That Best Buy is ready to launch its entry into the online video on-demand game is not at all a surprise, but we weren't expecting to see such a familiar name. The retail giant purchased the CinemaNow brand away from Sonic Solutions (explaining the latter's sudden switch to RoxioNow) and will start selling movies sans-disk to web connected devices later this month, starting with LG Blu-ray players (where buyers won't see the Best Buy logo at all) and home theater in a box systems, followed by Samsung's internet connected home theater equipment and of course the house Insignia brand. As planned, it will have "first run" movies for sale as soon as they arrive on DVD, with rentals for $2.99 - $3.99 per movie and purchases at $9.99 to $19.99, including HD titles and some available in 1080p. Apparently the name game is how Best Buy plans to sneak boxes with its store embedded through other retailers, we'll see how Wal-mart / VUDU, Amazon and the rest respond to the challenge.Continue reading Best Buy's internet movie store launches this month under the CinemaNow brand
Best Buy's internet movie store launches this month under the CinemaNow brand originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 May 2010 08:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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ESPN 3D will be on Comcast in time for the 2010 World Cup
Posted on May 12, 2010 | No CommentsCount distributor number two (after DirecTV) and the first cable affiliate for ESPN 3D, now officially coming to Comcast when it launches June 11. That follows up on the Masters 3D event broadcast last month and will give 3DTV owning subscribers with digital cable their first linear channel and VOD package (albeit part time, at least for the first year) starting with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Not into soccer action? The Winter & Summer X-Games are on deck as well as the 2011 BCS National Championship game next January, and whenever someone catches a football star behaving badly in a bathroom on their new 3D cameraphone, you'll know where to go for the highlights.
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ESPN 3D will be on Comcast in time for the 2010 World Cup originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 11:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Comcast’s HD VOD selections continue to approach infinity, or at least 3,000
Posted on May 11, 2010 | No Comments
It's time for your yearly Comcast Project Infinity video on-demand update: It's ramping up to 11,000 different movies available, with 3,000 in HD (up from 1,000 back in October '08) and that infrastructure upgrade we'd heard about should mean even more on the way. CEO Brian Roberts just announced at the Cable Show that the service is up to 350 million orders per month, and if it were a linear channel, VOD would be Comcast's second most-watched offering. The online Fancast XFINITY TV offering is no slouch either, with 1,500 movies from cable and 5,500 movies on the site for rent or purchase. The first areas to see the expanded offerings will be Washington D.C. and Philadelphia before rolling out elsewhere. Of course that's all great, but we're going to slot a redesigned 16x9 UI and multiroom capabilities slightly above more VOD possibilities on the interest scale for now.Continue reading Comcast's HD VOD selections continue to approach infinity, or at least 3,000
Comcast's HD VOD selections continue to approach infinity, or at least 3,000 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 11 May 2010 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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