Wi-Fi TV over Satellite at The Wireless Weblog

Televisionpoint.com today picks up on the recent announcement that Wi-Fi TV Inc. is offering a new distribution platform called InterSat, which uses both satellite and Internet delivery technologies in tandem. The idea is to make content accessible on as wide a range of devices as possible.To clarify: they're not talking about this kind of Wi-Fi TV -- it's more about making television, movies and similar content easily accessible over the [...] Read More


Introducing Wok TV at The Wireless Weblog

On the ISP-Wireless list, Robert Canary links to a New Zealand Herald story about a new TV station in North Otago that's using a $10 kitchen wok to replace a $20,000 commercial transmitter. "Volunteer Ken Jones designed the wok transmitter in his spare time last year when he wanted to provide wireless broadband to his Ardgowan home," the article states. Jones and his friend Murray Bobbette determined that the curved face of [...] Read More


Cable and Satellite TV Providers Entering the Mobile Space at The Wireless Weblog

By way of the Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times' Matt Richtel and Ken Belson note that with Time Warner, Comcast, Cox Communications, EchoStar and DirecTV bidding on radio spectrum this week, cable and satellite TV providers are vying to enter the wireless phone space. "Though the cable and satellite companies declined to discuss their strategies, many analysts expect them to buy at least enough spectrum to build networks that [...] Read More


DirectTV Portable Satellite TV Box at The Gadgets Weblog

Looks like someone finally invented a device that allows you to watch Satellite TV anywhere. directtv's Portable Satellite TV Box has a satellite receiver with LCD so you can watch it from anyplace. I should probably mention that DirectTV's Portable Satellite TV Box weighs in at about 26 pounds, which may have you re-think the word "portable". It does come with a remote and is powered by AC Power, DC [...] Read More


TiVo and Direct TV Stike New Deal at The Digital TV Weblog

It appears that TiVo is in the process of getting away from content service offerings and is focusing more on their DVR units by renewing their relationship with cable satellite TV provider, Direct TV. According to a recent Reuters article, TiVo is developing a new digital video recorder for satellite TV provider DirecTV with the hopes of boosting the number of subscribers using their service. Due to an 'intellectual property [...] Read More