August 12, 2007
Satellite TV War in Tamil Nadu, India
Three new Indian satellite TV channels with political affiliations will launch, causing turmoil among all the satellite TV channels in Tamil Nadu state, South India. The new satellite TV channels are Kalaignar TV owned by the Chief Minister’s family, Mega TV from Congressman and former Union Minister K V Thangabalu, and Congressman’s Vasanthakumar’s Vasanth TV. The new satellite TV channels are government backed.
Mega TV and Kalaignar TV will launch in August and September, 2007 and this means that all major political parties in Tamil Nadu will then have their own satellite TV channels. Opposition to the new satellite TV channels includes Jaya TV and Makkal TV, operational since 2006 and also politically backed.
All these satellite TV channels may to air opposing political views as well as other programming. The channels all want the others’ political broadcasts downplayed. Interestingly, Vasanth TV’s owner also directs Vasanth & Co, a top retail chain in the state. Satellite TV in Southern India may become an extensive venue for political and retailing messages.
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August 10, 2007
KWorld Releases Vista-ready Satellite TV-tuners
The multimedia PC company KWorld Computer, in Taiwan, has two Windows Vista-ready DVB-S TV-tuner cards available. One is designed for desktops and the other for laptops, according to current information on the company website. The Plus TV DVB-S PI210 allows a PC with a free PCI slot to receive free-to-air digital satellite broadcasts AND analog TV and FM radio. KWorld bundles the PI210 with its HyperMedia Software package, which supports such features as picture-in-picture (PIP) viewing, time-shifting, and electronic program guides (EPGs). It also allows for scheduled recording, even when the PC is not switched on. The compact Plus TV DVB-S 300U offers the same features and capabilities as the PI210, but uses USB connectivity. Both tuners come packed with a remote control for the PC.
August 5, 2007
Watching Internet TV from New Zealand
Instead of using an antenna, you can access video/audio content streamed over the Internet without waiting for downloads. There is a lot of content available, often in specialized niche subjects like cooking shows and soap operas from Mexico or China. A reasonably fast Internet connection will avoid long buffering waits.
Windows Media Player or RealPlayer works well for Internet TV, but you can download a player designed just for Internet TV. These players are frequently plug-ins for the well-known media players, but increase the ease of locating specific channels. The simple “TV” from www.tvexe.com features 300 free channels with option to purchase more. The open-source VLCplayer at www.videolan.org is another good option.
New Zealand offers a handful of Internet-only channels like Richmastery TV with 30 weekly minutes free about real estate investing. Shine TV is a free NZ religious channel. TVNZ offers substantial news and Reeltime.tv sells/rents movies and of old TV shows inexpensively.
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July 23, 2007
Satellite TV on Your Motor Yacht
How nice would this be?
Satellite Tv on your 38foot Bertram, just need the boat first!
Nice to dream though.
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March 16, 2007
Is Internet TV Illegal?
I spotted this article a few days ago and the gist of it is a2btv is trying to offer the Directv feed over your broadband and using the Slingbox, deliver Satellite TV to any computer or cell phone in your home.
They'll use Slingboxes and DirecTV accounts to help people watch DirecTV via any internet connection. From the article, it sounds like neither DirecTV or Slingbox is happy about this, and there's talk about TOS violations and such. However, it's not entirely clear why this is a problem. Everyone who should be getting paid still is getting paid. Each customer has to buy their own DirecTV account — it's just that it's installed at this company's offices, rather than at their own home. Since you need to have a separate Slingbox for each account, the company is still buying the Slingboxes. So, both DirecTV and Sling Media get their cut. The company then charges a $99/month service fee, which is pretty steep considering that the person also has to pay for a DirecTV account on top of that. Really this is only useful for people who have internet connections, want the programming that's available on DirecTV, but for some reason cannot get DirecTV — which might not be a huge market. However, it's hard to see why that should be considered a problem for any of the companies involved. This service is simply reselling their offerings, bringing it to markets that otherwise wouldn't get served.
Interesting option to get pay tv on your computer, I mean why would you bother going to all that trouble and still have to pay $99 plus per month! Don't do it, not when you can get great Internet TV services on your computer for less than the $99 per month fee and it is only a ONE OFF FEE, then you are free from all the crazy Directv or Satellite TV monthly fees!
Oliver at free satellite pc has just updated their internet TV software, so I highly recommend you take a look at the new program, it is a great product.
JC
P.S the videos are almost done for the satellite tv on pc demo, go ahead and join the group below to get them in the next few days.
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