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Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.

By Jay Alabaster | 24 May, 2012 10:15

Tags: consumer electronics, Components, business issues, sharp, sony

ACM user conference seeks the magic in user interfaces

Echoing the words of science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, former YouTube user experience director Margaret Gould Stewart advised an audience of design researchers to think about creating magical experiences for their users.

By Nick Barber and Joab Jackson | 08 May, 2012 03:33

Tags: youtube, popular science, Instagram

Open Source Spotlight: iSpy Connect

It's hard to imagine that a Texas police agency, Chinese airport security and thousands of small business owners share much in common. But they do share at least one thing: An interest in iSpy Connect, a free, feature-rich open source video surveillance application that's compatible with standard consumer webcams and IP cameras.

By Rohan Pearce | 04 May, 2012 11:29

Tags: video software, open source, multimedia software, multimedia

Mozart on the mousepad

If you like the idea of going to an orchestra concert but hate the thought of having to watch flesh-and-blood musicians perform (two words: spit valve), an event called SLEO may have you covered.

By Jon Gold | 05 April, 2012 01:39

Tags: Carnegie Mellon University, hardware systems, laptops, software, Symposium on Laptop Ensembles and Orchestras, youtube

iiNet joins Optus in streaming TV fight

iiNet has come out swinging against proposed plans by the Federal Government to prohibit internet companies from streaming pre-recorded TV content to mobile devices.

By Hamish Barwick | 14 March, 2012 16:32

Tags: iinet, optus, Optus TV Now

More Australians switch on IPTV: Study

More than 300,000 Australian households have changed channels to subscription IPTV which could pose challenges for operators such as Foxtel, according to a new study by analyst firm, Telsyte.

By Hamish Barwick | 07 February, 2012 11:52

Tags: foxtel, IPTV, national broadband network, optus, Telstra

ACMA calls for discussion on the future of digital free-to-air TV

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is calling for submissions on the future of free-to-air television after the transition to digital television is complete.

By Hamish Barwick | 23 January, 2012 11:58

Tags: Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), digital tv switchover, free to air

New interfaces challenge touch

Touchscreens could be extinct if researchers pioneering new human-computer interfaces have anything to say about it. From brain-controlled machines to gesture-driven devices, there's a range of technologies in development that may find their way into everyday electronic devices.

By Nick Barber | 16 November, 2011 05:07

Tags: Components, displays, Input-Output, Laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing, MIT Media Lab, popular science, Texas A&M University, University of British Columbia

Aussie filmmakers to premiere local film on ABC iView

While many Aussie filmmakers are still struggling to reach a local audience who are often disengaged with traditional mediums of broadcasting, one new series has used Web generated content in an attempt to overcome such challenges.

By Lisa Banks | 09 August, 2011 14:30

Tags: ABC iView, bittorrent, Web TV

Telstra switches on Foxtel for T-Box

Delivering on an announcement earlier this year, Telstra T-Box owners will be able to subscribe to Foxtel pay TV from the end of the month without the need for a separate device.

By Rodney Gedda | 20 June, 2011 10:39

Tags: foxtel, IPTV, T-Box, television, Telstra, Telstra BigPond

Prime to digitise media archives

Television and radio broadcaster Prime Media has embarked on a digitisation project for its content over the next seven years.

By Rodney Gedda | 15 June, 2011 14:01

Tags: archiving, DAMsmart, digital video, Prime Media, television

FetchTV adopts WebKit, goes open source

Australian internet protocol television (IPTV) offering FetchTV is set to adopt YouTube and ABC iView streaming in coming months as part of the startup’s switch to open source protocols.

By James Hutchinson | 18 May, 2011 08:30

Tags: ABC iView, FetchTV, IPTV, Scott Lorson

FetchTV signs Optus for mobile move

Australia’s second largest telco will move the popular FetchTV service to smartphones and tablets in the second half of 2011, in a partnership that garners the fourth local contract for the internet protocol television (IPTV) provider.

By TechWorld staff | 09 May, 2011 14:55

Tags: FetchTV, IPTV, optus

600 a week tune in satellite TV amid digital switch

During the switch to digital-only television, applications for satellite TV smart card activations are being processed at a rate of up to 600 every week indicating the move away from analog is not only to terrestrial broadcasts, but also to satellite.

By Rodney Gedda | 09 May, 2011 12:14

Tags: Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), digital tv, digital tv switchover, satellite, Senator Stephen Conroy

Regional Victoria switched to digital-only TV

Another milestone in Australia’s transition to digital-only television broadcasts has passed with regional Victoria's remaining analog signals now switched off.

By Rodney Gedda | 05 May, 2011 12:22

Tags: Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), digital tv, digital tv switchover, Senator Stephen Conroy, State of Victoria

Regional QLD to go digital by December

The Federal Government has announced the digital switchover date for regional Queensland, with the switch to digital-only television to occur on the 6 December this year.

By Chloe Herrick | 03 May, 2011 12:20

Tags: Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), digital tv, digital tv switchover, queensland, Senator Stephen Conroy

Google changes Video migration plans

Google has reversed its decision to shut down the ability to play back clips stored in its Video service.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 26 April, 2011 04:08

Tags: Google, internet, Internet-based applications and services, video

Cisco cuts costs of Umi home videoconferencing

Cisco Systems acted to make its Umi home videoconferencing platform more affordable on Monday, slashing the service cost to $US99 per year and announcing a $399 product for slower Internet connections as well as free Mac and PC clients.

By Stephen Lawson | 08 March, 2011 07:25

Tags: Cisco Systems, consumer electronics, internet, Internet-based applications and services, video

Flexible screens on the way for E-readers

Flexible screens as thin as a piece of paper may be available for e-readers by early next year thanks to a project from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and licensee AU Optronics, one of the world's largest LCD screen makers.

By Dan Nystedt | 24 November, 2010 14:06

Tags: AU Optronics, Components, displays, Industrial Technology Research Institute, lg display, Samsung Electronics

Amazon goes Hollywood with new online movie studio

Amazon.com is getting into the movie business by opening Amazon Studios, with the goal of using the Internet to put fresh movies on the big screen.

By Dan Nystedt | 18 November, 2010 04:26

Tags: amazon.com, Amazon Web Services, internet

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