Verizon Falls Short in STB Dust up with Cablevision
Last Friday, a U.S. International Trade Commission judge tossed claims that Verizon made against Cablevision Systems on set-top box patents. Verizon filed the complaint and suit against the cable MSO...
View ArticleCourt Rules Verizon Violated STB Patents
Last week, a federal judge ruled that Verizon must cease using two patents owned by interactive TV firm ActiveVideo Networks, issuing a permanent injunction effective May 23, 2012. In the meantime,...
View ArticleGames Consoles Are the Most Popular Way to Connect Consumers’ TVs to the...
A recent market research report by the NPD Group found that video game consoles are, and will remain, the most popular method by which consumers connect their televisions to the Internet. The report...
View ArticleA Continuing Commentary on Game Consoles as Multimedia Entertainment Hubs
Continuing on the topic of game consoles, a few weeks ago I discussed the pending release of Microsoft’s Xbox One. If you’re into game consoles, you probably already know that Sony announced the...
View ArticleSling Technology To Appear in New Set-Top
Sling Media’s content shifting technology has long been popular with consumers, and made a splash earlier this year when it was integrated into Dish Network’s Hopper set-top box. A new media gateway...
View ArticleXbox One vs. PS4: An Update
It’s been a while since I’ve touched on the topic of Xbox One and PS4 and the whole “multimedia entertainment hub“ idea. I’ve been going back and forth on which system I want to buy, but for those who...
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