The back-end technology that broadcasts IPTV and broadband video. These articles discuss the technology and workings behind the platforms that bring us television over the internet including both hardware and software.
Web Video Technology
Google recently unveiled Chromecast, a $35 dongle that is able to stream content from mobile devices to your television. This is...
YouView has been delayed once more, and this latest missed target means the set-top box and related platform won’t be out...
If you believe the old adage that there is no smoke without first then the it’s a case of when rather...
It looks exactly the same, it does pretty much the same things as it did before, and even under the hood...
Roku sees a future when we will all have a Roku Streaming Stick plugged into the back of our televisions. It...
It’s well known that Apple has been planning to develop a television set for some time now. Or at least it...
If you have your Xbox 360 hooked up to the Internet, and why wouldn’t you, quite frankly, then it will update...
Roku is heading international, with its set-top boxes becoming available to buy outside of the U.S. for the first time in...
Google TV is still waiting in the wings trying to find its market. Google will hang in there waiting for consumers...
Steve Jobs revealed some vague future plans for Apple before he passed away from pancreatic cancer earlier this month. Including a...
Hollywood has finally realized the Internet is here to stay, digital content is here to stay, and piracy is here to...
Ivi TV has turned to crowd-funding in order to pay the huge legal bills it will be facing as it gets...
YouTube now has a dedicated editor built in to the site giving all users the opportunity to edit video they have...
Google TV isn’t going to be one of those many products or services Google kills off quietly after a failed trial....
Thanks to the newly-updated Android Market and Videos app you can now watch movie rentals on your smartphone. Assuming it’s not...
It wasn’t long ago when the idea of chatting face to face with video was considered futuristic and pie in the...
YouTube isn’t just the premier destination for videos of mad animals and even madder humans, although there is an abundance of...
There are multiple options for people looking to video chat online these days, from MSN Messenger to Chatroulette and everything in...
Google TV 2.0 is well on its way. And the first screenshots of the improved user interface and the Android Market...
It looks like Google is preparing to revamp and reboot Google TV. And it’s really no surprise as v1.0 hasn’t managed...
A case which has been running since all the way back in 2004, when the television business looked very different than...
Brightcove has been awarded a very broad patent for online video features. Features which are universally used by other sites and...
Call me psychic but I’m pretty sure you’ll all be aware of the royal wedding taking place on Friday morning. Prince...
Netflix has acquired first-run access to Paramount Pictures movies for subscribers to its streaming service in Canada. Unfortunately Netflix has been...
YouTube really loves us all uploading video to the site. The problem is the quality of these videos can sometimes be...
Netflix now boasts that 30 percent of its streaming content now has subtitles, and that the figure will be nearer 80%...
Round One in the battle between ivi TV and a host of TV broadcasters has gone to the latter, with a...
YouView has officially been delayed until 2012, at least. The question is whether this is the final nail in the coffin...
On paper YouView looks like being a phenomenal product. But delays in launching, an argument over technical standards, and other factors...
Smart TV sets sold well in 2010, with figures higher than previously estimated. And that trend looks set to continue right...
