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09/01/2010
Akamai Confirms They Are Delivering Apple's Live Stream
I've just spoke to someone at Akamai who has confirmed that they are delivering today's live stream of Steve Jobs's keynote. While there was a lot of talk about Apple delivering this event from their new data center in North Carolina, that's not happening, not yet at least. Apple will be bringing a lot of their content delivery in-house, but...
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08/31/2010
EPIX Launches "Live Interactive Forum", Giving Away Free Trial To EpixHD.com
EPIX just announced the launch of EPIX Live, a new online forum powered by Clipsync that allows fans to interact with their favorite artists via thirty-minute Q&A sessions. EPIX's press release says that, "viewers can submit and have questions answered in real time, interact, share and comment with one another and broadcast their participation to their friends via integrations with...
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08/31/2010
SlingBox Is Still The Ultimate "TV Everywhere" Device, And I'm Giving One Away
With all the fragmentation amongst device manufactures and content providers, I still think the one device to beat in this market is the SlingBox. With a Slingbox, you can access your full linear TV lineup wherever you go from your computer or mobile device. And with a dedicated SlingBox app for the iPad to be released shortly, for TV Everywhere,...
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08/26/2010
MPEG LA Says H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Life, For Content That Is Free
With all the talk of Apple devices, the Flash platform and the H.264 codec, there has been a lot of speculation in the industry on what MPEG LA planned to do when their current H.264 licensing terms expired in 2015. Today, MPEG LA put part of that speculation to rest as they have announced that they will not charge royalties...
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08/26/2010
Updated: Cisco To Acquire Extend Media In Deal Worth $80M
This morning, Cisco announced that it intends to acquire privately held Extend Media with the deal expected to close in the first half of Cisco's fiscal year 2011. Someone inside Cisco's Service Provider Video Technology Group, who didn't want to be named, told me that Cisco valued Extend Media at "around $40M". Cisco's PR department declined to comment on that...
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