Dish Network announced in a press release today that they will add local high definition programming via satellite transmission to four new markets: Austin Texas, Flint Michigan, Orlando and West Palm Beach Florida. Previously these markets did not have the local network broadcasts available in high definition. Dish subscribers were able to get programming in [...]
Comcast is experimenting with a new cable set-top box that uses a camera and recognition techniques to see who is in the room, bring up their “viewer profile,” and tailor ads to them. Although Winston Smith would shudder, the Department of Homeland Security is probably giddy with excitement. read more | digg story
There is a lot of controversy an misunderstanding about the regulation requirement for the television broadcast stations to switch to digital TV. Only about 11% of television viewers actually still get broadcast airwave TV. Most subscribe to Satellite or Cable, and many don’t get television broadcast at all but instead spend there television time with [...]
For years cable companies had no competition. If you wanted cable channels, you got service through them. It didn’t matter if they had outages. If you had a constant fuzzy picture, they might come out and service your lines, at your expense, and their time table. It didn’t matter, because you had no other choice. [...]
As an avid BYU sports fan this is music to my ears. The Mountain West Conference created an interesting TV deal a few years ago with a new channel, the .MTN, where virtually every major sporting event from the participating schools: BYU, UTAH, TCU, Wyoming, Colorado State, New Mexico, Air Force, UNLV, and San Diego State [...]
The question always arises, “Why does my Cable bill keep going up”,The answer is, because we’re willing to pay for it.When small Dish satellite hit the market a decade ago this finally created competitions for Cable TV companies that had a virtual monopoly on the television industry. This forced Cable companies to get better customer [...]
