Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV. Show all posts

Apple TV Sales 1 Million

Apple has announced sales figures for the second gen Apple TV. This week it is expected that sales will hit 1 million. The Apple TV went on sale in September of this year which means it hit the 1M mark in about 4 months.When compared to the first generation Apple TV, the sales are much better. This is partly due to the newer model having a far better price point than the original.

 

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Microsoft TV Coming Soon

A report from the Seattle Times claims that Microsoft plans to unveil a version of Windows created specifically for internet connected TVS and set top boxes at CES.

Believed to be a direct competitor with the Apple TV and Google TV, Brier Dudley reports the company plans to show off a stripped down version of Windows tailored for internet connected TVs and set top boxes. Of course we expect Microsoft to partner with hardware manufacturers and provide only the OS for the devices in question.

 

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Sony and Google Combination makes Internet TV

If you think a fastest internet connection and a TV with great picture clarity are the best things you can have there’s a surprise for you. Google and Sony have teamed up to provide us with a combined and better version of the two most useful inventions in the field of technology.


Yes! It is true, Sony powered by Google has created an Internet Television where you can update your Facebook status while viewing your favorite show on the same screen. Isn’t that amazing? Well…. That’s not it! This unique gadget has a toolbar which varies its size with changes from TV to internet. While its unusually large to match the TV it is quite normal when it comes to the internet.

 

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MTV Debut Events


 MTV debuts Aug. 1,1981 with a clip of the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star." The channel confirms the concept of cable niche programming, reshapes music marketing and becomes a symbol of youth culture. The first MTV VJs are Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn. The channel ends the year with 2.1 million subscribing households.



"I Want My MTV" ad campaign arrives March 1 featuring Pete Townshend, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger, Adam Ant, Pat Benatar, the Police and David Bowie. The MTV logo debuts, and its promotional clip of astronauts planting a MTV flag on the moon is one of the year's most enduring TV images.

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