Posts Tagged ‘television’
Google, Intel & Sony to announce ‘Smart »
Google, Intel and Sony are expected to join forces to offer a new 'Smart TV' service, according to the Financial Times. The partnership will be focused on creating internet-enabled set-top boxes and is expected to be confirmed at Google's I/O conference, which kicks off in San Francisco tomorrow. Television with internet connectivity has ...Read On »
FX now available on Chorus/NTL »
Cable provider Chorus/NTL has made the FX channel available to its digital TV customers. FX, which is owned by Fox International, will be broadcast on channel 126 of the company's platform. The channel has been available to Sky Ireland customers for some time now and includes The Wire and True Blood in its roster of programming. The channel ...Read On »
Feature: Ten trends for 2010 »
February is already upon us but as fast as the months seem to go, the tech world moves ten times faster. As January has already suggested, 2010 is shaping up to be an interesting techy year. Here Adam Maguire lists the ten tech trends that are likely to catch people's attention in the months ahead Computing in tablet-form Apple's big ...Read On »
Chorus/NTL plans to move into mobile »
Cable company Chorus/NTL is in the early stages of a planned entry into the mobile phone market in Ireland. The company’s chief executive Robert Dunn said they were still at an “explorative stage” but he saw it as an important market for the company to have a presence in. Mr Dunn also indicated that any launch would be as a mobile ...Read On »
Sky to launch 3D service in 2010 »
Sky Ireland will launch a 3D TV service within the next year according to Brian Lotz, the company's director of product design & development. The pay TV company will roll out a 3D channel on its Sky Digital platform during 2010, with the initial focus being on getting the service into pubs. 3D video has become popular again in recent ...Read On »
Feature: Five tips for tech shopping this Christmas »
Christmas shopping can be stressful, especially when you're buying tech for someone else. Did you get the right device? Is it powerful enough? Will it be replaced by something better tomorrow? To make the load a little lighter, here are five tips to keep in mind when you're tech shopping in the coming weeks. 1)Don't be intimidated by ...Read On »
Blurring the line between platforms »
Recent manoeuvres in the telecoms industry in Ireland has marked the expanding choice of so-called 'triple-play' services however with such stiff competition the race is on to push things to the next level into the arena of 'quad-play'. Triple-play services can technically mean any combination of three services and is generally used in the ...Read On »
