VH1 is the latest cable programmer to launch an iPhone application, with the news today that it’s rolling out celebrity photos and show clips this month to the popular cell phone. VH1’s effort follows iPhone app introductions earlier this week by cable networks TNT, Sci Fi and A&E. The iPhone App...
Sci Fi Channel has unveiled a “Battlestar Galactica” Cylon Detector application for the Apple App Store. The Cylon Detector app lets users take new or stored pictures and “scan” them. The subject’s face will appear in a “Battlestar” scene with a “Cylon” or “Human” verdict, which then can be sent to a...
Nickelodeon is launching a series of iPhone and iTouch applications based on its popular shows “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Dora the Explorer” and “iCarly.” Users will be challenged to match shapes, count numbers and practice the alphabet through a “Dora the Explorer” application game launching in March...
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The intuitive displays and Web connectivity of the iPhone are influencing the design of television sets. Some of the biggest and flashiest TV displays at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week seemed to channel the spirit of the iPhone, and the new gadgets reflect another step toward the...
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The time may have come to deliver a eulogy for MacWorld. For years, lines have stretched for blocks around the Moscone Center in San Francisco in early January as legions of Apple faithful wait for one man—Steve Jobs. But that ends this week. Because when MacWorld kicks off today, the show will be without...
Sharp Releases TVs With Built-In Blu-ray Recorder Sharp has released the Aquos DX, a flat-screen LCD TV that comes with a Blu-ray recorder/player built in, technology blog Gizmodo reported. The recorder allows a user to record television directly onto a Blu-ray disc. Ranging from 26-inch to 52-inch models...
In the new NBC Universal-Apple deal announced today, NBC said, it obtained the pricing flexibility it has been demanding from iTunes for the last year. That’s what J.B. Perrette, president of digital distribution at NBC Universal, told TelevisionWeek during a phone interview after an Apple event in San...
Apple and NBC ended their yearlong spat today. Shows from NBC and some of its cable networks will return to Apple’s iTunes store, one full year after NBC defected from Apple in a public dispute over pricing. Apple CEO Steve Jobs made the announcement today in San Francisco at an Apple event . The shows...