Tag: television
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Boxee: You had me, then you lost me
I was excited initially when I learned that Boxee, one of the myriad of companies that make smart-boxes that attach to your television set, was coming out with a new device that would incorporate an Over-The-Air (OTA) digital television receiver and a DVR. The company’s new Boxee TV promised to let you not only get free HDTV…
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Watching Mad Men à-la-carte
Like millions of people in North America, I’m looking forward to season five of Mad Men next week. But since I don’t have cable, I won’t be watching it live alone with everyone else on Sunday night. Instead I’ll wait a couple of days for it to be available on iTunes, and buy the episodes…
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Netflix: For people who love TV, not those who are cutting back
A new study by the Media Technology Monitor (MTM) is challenging some of the early worries many broadcasters had about the arrival of Netflix. When the streaming-TV service was launched, there were predictions from some business analysts that one-third of cable consumers might look to cut their cable television packages. Netflix was seen as an ideal service…
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Are Canadians giving up on TV, or giving up on complicated setups?
A Canadian Press report caught my eye last week. It was about a study into the TV viewing habits of Canadians, and it focused on a small group that has apparently turned its back on television. Canadians who shun TV tend to be young and well educated, commute by walking or public transit and prefer…
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Mountain Lion: The Good and the Bad
Apple has released a preview of some of the new features in it’s latest Mac operating system upgrade, OS X Mountain Lion. Of the more than 100 new features it includes, two really stand out for me. One could make it easier to tame some information overload, while the other will contribute to it. AirPlay…
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Cut Back on TV: Lose Weight
My wife and I have both lost weight recently. We thought it was because our toddler keeps us more active (and eating healthier foods). It might be because we just aren’t watching as much TV as we used to. Researchers at the University of Vermont tracked the TV viewing habits of a small group of…
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TV à la carte
I cancelled my cable TV subscription in 2009, and I haven’t looked back since. I credit all of this to Battlestar Galactica. I made my decision to cancel my cable subscription once the science fiction series ended it’s run on TV. I’d been following the show faithfully since the original TV pilot (not to mention…
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