TracVision M1, a New In-motion Satellite TV System

KVH Industries, a provider of in-motion satellite TV and communication systems, has released the new TracVision M1 at the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show. KVH’s new, ultra-compact 12.5″ TracVision M1 antenna lets boat owners enjoy hundreds of channels of high-quality satellite TV programming from DIRECTV while at the dock, sailing, or cruising around the continental U.S. and coastal...

Tivo Wins Out Over Dish Network

Dish Network may finally have to pay up after losing a federal court decision today. The Court of Appeals ruled that Dish Network, formerly Echostar Communications Inc, infringed on Tivo’s patent on DVR technology. Interestingly, the court ruled partially in favor of Dish Network, in that it overturned a lower court’s ruling that Dish had infringed on the hardware elements of the patent....

Bell ExpressVu launched its new 9242 HD PVR

Bell ExpressVu is replacing its dual-tuner 9200 HD PVR with a new model: the 9242, which adds five hours more of high-definition recording, and 20 additional hours of standard definition recording. Like its predecessor, the 9242 allows ExpressVu customers to view one program while simultaneously recording up to two others. One program can also be viewed in one room, while a second is being recording...

Dish Networks Loses Satellite TV Subscribers but Grows Profits

Satellite TV provider Dish Network traded up more than 20 percent in Monday’s trading on better than expected profits and the loss of fewer subscribers than analysts forecast. The stock had fallen by nearly half over the past year as the company loses customers to rival satellite TV company, DirecTV Group. Dish continued to lose subscribers, 94,000 this quarter, though fewer than the average...

Sea Tel Cobham releases new antenna system

Sea Tel Cobham has released the DTV04 HD antenna system. The DTV04 HD is a three-axis marine stabilized antenna system that is compatible with DIRECTV’s Ka-Band satellites. It can deliver three Ku-Band satellites (101W, 110W, and 119W) and 2 Ka-Band satellites (99W and 103W) simultaneously with one antenna system. The new system is built on Sea Tel’s stabilized 04 series pedestal and features...

AT&T slowly begins rollout of CruiseCast in-car satellite TV service

AT&T’s entrance into the satellite radio/video market (dubbed AT&T CruiseCast) has soft-launched at select retail outlets, representing a delay from the company’s original plans for a full launch in March, according to a report from TWICE. Still despite the delay, the company is targeting a hard-launch date in early June, although no actual date has been set, said company president...

TiVo releases big new DVR

Noted: Pioneering DVR company TiVo has updated its devices but many in the industry are saying Ho Hum. The new TiVo Premiere adds a wider-screen menu to fit HDTVs better and also offers shortcuts and a powerful search function that hunts down videos on YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand or Blockbuster On Demand. And there’s a nifty remote with a QWERTY keyboard inside. But other then that,...

Lawsuit by Arkansas woman against DirecTV

A lawsuit filed by an Arkansas woman against the nation’s largest satellite television operator has been moved to federal court. The lawsuit was moved at the request of DirecTV and now is pending before U.S. District Judge Harry Barnes in federal court in Texarkana. But Jo Murray of Texarkana, a plaintiff, wants the case moved back to Miller County Circuit Court. The lawsuit alleges that DirecTV...

How to get the most out of your high definition TV

If you recently bought a TV, chances are, it’s an HDTV. Whether you know a lot about this technology or nothing at all, you have likely heard people raving about the lifelike detail of an HD picture. It’s true: the future of television is high definition. The only problem is that many people who currently own HDTVs are not actually seeing shows in high definition. Are you one of them? HD...

RIM and TiVo Buddy Up – BlackBerry Becomes DVR Remote

BlackBerry users will soon be able to remotely control their TiVo boxes on their handsets thanks to a new partnership. BlackBerry manufacturer RIM and TiVo manufacturer TiVo have teamed up to offer what sounds like SlingBoxesque mobile entertainment on RIM phones. The new relationship brings TiVo and RIM together to develop a variety of mobile entertainment services that marry RIM’s leading...