by Ardrich
January 28, 2011 in News Roundup
An augmented reality app has been tested on a TV quiz show in Germany, The Next Web reports.
Earlier this week, Science TV show Galileo used an augmented reality app Junaio to create an interactive quiz experience for viewers.
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March 31, 2010 in News Roundup
A 30-second ad slot in the final episode of the popular TV series ‘Lost’ is currently going for around $900,000, the AdAge reports.
According to the article, the pricing has gone up 400% on last year’s $213,536 for a 30-second spot and is not far under the price for an ad slot in the Oscars broadcast.
The hefty cost is said to demonstrate advertisers’ increasing interest in what’s being called ‘event programming’. As people are turning to online on-demand services to watch shows in their own time, it has become much more difficult for advertisers to assemble a large crowd to which they can show their adverts.
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March 25, 2010 in Events
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So what’s this event about, then? A chance to mingle and make friends in an informal environment. It’s an event for established people who work in film, tv, advertising and digital.
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March 25, 2010 in News Roundup
The gaming giant Nintendo announced earlier this week plans to release a hand-held gaming device that will provide 3D images without the need for glasses.
The new device, dubbed ‘Nintendo 3DS’, hasn’t been given an exact release date but the excited gamers will get a sneak peak in June at the annual video games show in Los Angeles.
The 3D hype is set to take off this year with full speed. Following the huge success of films, such as Avatar and Alice in the Wonderland in cinemas, the technology is now ready to be introduced on TV screens.
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March 19, 2010 in News Roundup
Internet giant Google has built a prototype set-top box to bring the web to TV screens, the New York Times reports.
Dubbed ‘Google TV’, the project is being carried out in collaboration with Intel and Sony. It’s believed to have been underway for several months but none of the companies have yet publicly commented on the reports.
by admin
January 28, 2010 in News Roundup
Celebrating twenty years of the internet, ‘The Virtual Revolution’ explores how the web is continuing to reshape our lives.
The four-part series kicks off on Saturday 30 January focusing on the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia and YouTube; tracing “an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit”.
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November 20, 2009 in News Roundup
Sony has unveiled plans to rapidly boost its 3D product range over the next year, launching TV, Blu-ray and gaming products with the technology.
The entertainment company said it would launch 3D-related products for the home, including TV, Blu-ray Disc players/recorders and 3D gaming on PlayStation3.
It has a target revenue from 3D-related products of more than one trillion yen by 2013.
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November 15, 2009 in News Roundup
Almost 30,000 people across the UK still tune into their favourite programmes on black and white TV sets.
The figures were released by TV Licensing to mark the 40th anniversary of the first colour transmissions on BBC1 and ITV.
The 28,000 black and white licence holders included 1,950 in Scotland.
The figures showed the black and white sets have not yet been consigned to history despite the rise of flat-screens and the iPlayer.
