As broadband connectivity spreads around the world, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) is beginning to reshape the industry. In 2007, the number of households using telco/IPTV services grew to over 14 million worldwide (Parks Associates, April 2008). That number is expected to grow to more than 80 million households by ...

At the 2008 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco the future was clear: visual computing. From games to television, from large systems to handhelds, the demand on hardware and software platforms will be to run large amounts of data more efficiently with less power. Some of the breakthroughs to bring ...

What would your response be to this scenario: you’re watching television and you forget that it’s being distributed to you on the Internet. Who won? TV or the Web? James McQuivey covers television and media technologies for Forrester Research. He spoke with PodTech’s Jason Lopez about the current state of ...

If anyone is in a position to say something about emerging technologies to bring us entertainment, we couldn’t have done any better than to get Shelly Palmer’s comments. His resume is too long for this post but knowing that he’s managing director of Advanced Media Ventures Group and president of ...

During iHollywood Forum’s Hollywood Goes Green conference, Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car joined Greg “Gadget” Abbott, founder of Electric Motors, Dave Barthmuss, GM’s Group Manager for Western Region Environment & Energy Communications and Dale Wiley, CEO and ...

WeatherBug, the leading provider of weather information services, manages and operates a proprietary network of over 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations and more than 1,000 cameras that are strategically placed at schools, public safety facilities and television stations throughout the U.S. Tamir Melamed, VP of engineering talks to the

Brazillian educational broadcasting organization Canal Futura was one of the Microsoft Education Awards Laureates at this year’s Tech Museum Awards, presented by Applied Materials, Inc. Canal Futura uses technology to augment Brazil’s education system, which faces challenges like poverty as well as many different cultures and languages spread ...

Why is it that when raw-food health gurus go on national television, talking about all the wonderful soups, rich entrees, and magical desserts you can have on a raw food diet, so often they end up handing over to the excited and anticipating host a glass full of green glop? ...

Link TV is a non-profit, independent satellite television station in the US. The station reaches 1 out of 4 homes with a television and was founded to air international and culturally diverse programs like the well known Mosaic: World News from the Middle East.

At their recent launch in New York City, HP Total Care took the spotlight, announcing a program designed to ease IT challenges for the full lifecycle of an HP purchase. HP Total Care’s aim is to provide before, during and after- purchase support, making it easier for companies ...

The nation’s first Secretary of Homeland Security went public today with his new global security consulting business, which focuses on everything from special event security to cyber security and technology integration.

This is the Ridge Global corporate video that I produced for him under the banner of Red Team Productions - ...

The HP Personal Systems Group recently unveiled its 2008 product line at a celebrity-studded event at Skylight Studios, in Manhattan (and yes, that’s “personal” as in, The Computer is Personal Again). In addition to HP’s new iPAQ handheld communications devices, its MediaSmart PC and MediaSmart Server, and a ...

Ken Burns was at the Telluride Film Festival last weekend, where I spoke with him on the street, before he came to San Francisco for a special screening of his new series, The War, this weekend at the Letterman Digital Arts Center. “The War” airs on ...

This week on the Vloggies Show, Irina talks to David Prager of Revision3 about the emerging online video market and the convergence of television and the Internet.

The Hibernauts is starting to get some good attention from the press. They say that they are influenced by bands like Pixies, Flaming Lips, Velvet Underground, The Kinks, The Turtles, Doves, Grandaddy, The Zombies, The Beatles, Rolling Stones with Brian Jones, The Who, The Cure, MC5, The Beach Boys, ...

Topping this week’s round-up is the investments received by Telisma and Komli.

Silicon Valley-based Telisma received $50 million in funding. The investors include NewPath Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, CMEA Ventures, JAFCO Asia and other strategic investors.

Komli received its first round of funding from DFJ and Helion Ventures. However, Komli did ...

One of the important trends enabled by Web 2.0 is the mashup. Increasingly, Web applications are made available to 3rd parties, permitting them to develop layered applets on top of the underlying application. This example from www.programmableweb.com involves Google Maps.

Dominating this week’s round-up are investment and merger and acquisition news.

Topping the investment this week is SKS Microfinance that received $11.5 million in investments. The investment round was led by Sequoia Capital. Other investors include Unitus Equity Fund, Vinod Khosla, Ravi Reddy, Odyssey Capital, SIDBI.

Mumbai-based Games2win received $5 million ...

Of the 50 percent of consumers who own HD televisions that are not watching HD programming, half of them don’t even realize that they aren’t seeing the HD quality they paid for. In this second installment of a conversation with Bruce Leichtman, of Leichtman Research Group, we discuss the ...

Research shows that half of the consumers who purchased high definition TVs do not watch HD programming. Bruce Leichtman, Leichtman Research Group, explains how the different types of digital and high-definition televisions are contributing to the confusion. This is the first in a two-part series.

NETGEAR has announced its new Digital Entertainer HD. It’s the next step in bridging the barrier between your television and the digital media on your computer. Listen to this conversation with Jamison Ching of NETGEAR, as he outlines all the cool features of this wireless device, which allows you to use your TV to watch movies in high-def, listen to music, stream Internet content, and more.

Mobile technology isn’t just cool; it’s essential for today’s small business. Our experts separate the hype from the hard truth when it comes to getting business done securely on the road. Join Anita Campbell, founder of Small Business Trends and small business thought-leader; Jeff Zbar, “The Chief Home Officer” and nationally-recognized expert in living the home-office lifestyle; and Pamela Baker, technology guru for Success Magazine, as they share their insights into making mobile technology pay off for you.

This podcast was commissioned by Success Magazine.

YouTube recently licensed music and vintage television programs (shows like “I Spy” and “My Favorite Martian”) from Digital Music Group. Internet viewers will be able to watch and hear these shows as advertising-supported programming at YouTube. Mitch Koulouris of Digital Music Group spoke with us about the deal.

David Hornik is a general partner at August Capital. As early-stage investors in companies like Microsoft, August knows what makes great companies, and Hornik serves as its social media expert. He sits on six boards including Six Apart. Hornik was also the first VC to blog and to ...