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By Neil Hughes Published: 08:19 AM EST (05:19 AM PST) Apple has shown interest in building a new, simplified remote control that would automatically control a variety of devices while reducing setup and frustration for the user. The concept was revealed this week in a new patent application discovered by AppleInsider .
Apple's universal remote concept hints at future television set
It began with a concept video. Commissioned by film industry giant Technicolor and created in 2010 by Ziba , it depicted a day in the life of two people, living in a fictional future where the tools to manage our many screens of content made sense. "It was a visioneering piece," says Ryan Coulter, creative director at Ziba.
Ziba Jumps Into Race For A Great Web TV Interface, With M-Go | Co.Design
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It’s great to watch Mashable , ReadWriteWeb and more proclaim that social TV has been one of 2011′s top trends. That’s why we focused Lost Remote exclusively on social TV nearly a year ago. Now that we’re heading into 2012, we believe that social TV is much greater than a trend: it’s nothing short of a revolution in the TV industry. We’ve mapped out 12 of our predictions for next year based on emerging behavior we’re seeing in the social TV space. A couple, admittedly, are educated guesses, but that’s what makes it entertaining. To the list:
12 predictions for social TV in 2012
In a wide-ranging interview, Daniel Danker, the BBC's General Manager, Programmes and On Demand, tells VOD Professional about how the BBC technology teams operate internally, what their best practices are and how the iPlayer has developed for televisions, tablets, computers and mobiles. KANJI : Hi Daniel. So what's your typical day like at the BBC?
Being Daniel Danker
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Summary Remember the giant, interactive touch screen that detective John Anderton used to fight pre-crime in the movie, Minority Report? Remember how crazy and far-fetched that concept seemed at the time? And that was only 2002! Fast forward to present-day, and you will find the new Mill Touch at the center at our Mill New York office.Anthony Rose, who rose to prominence by re-launching the BBC iPlayer and went on to become the chief technology officer of YouView, is now betting on a new startup to bring social recommendation to television. He has re-emerged as the co-founder and chief technology officer of tBone TV, and he has attracted some of the software team from YouView to work with him. He left YouView, the joint venture between the BBC and other broadcasters and broadband service providers, after just eight months in December 2010. An Accenture consultant replaced him as head of technical delivery, as it became increasingly apparent that the launch of the YouView platform was behind schedule.
tBone TV coming to connected television
Steve Clayton and Flora Goldthwaite give us an exclusive tour of The Microsoft Home . The Microsoft Home, located on the Redmond campus in the Executive Briefing Center, is an envisioning of the family home in the very near future where connected experiences and devices take their next logical steps and beyond. First opened in 1994, The Microsoft Home is maintained by a group of researchers under Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie, and is updated regularly .
Microsoft Campus Tours - The Microsoft Home | Microsoft Campus Tours | Channel 9
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Yahoo buys social TV startup IntoNow - People's Daily Online
Yahoo Inc. on Monday announced that it has acquired IntoNow, a startup company whose technology can let users almost instantly recognize TV content and share favorite programs with their friends. IntoNow has built a technology platform that can automatically identify live television content and any previously aired U.S.- based television programming in the past five years. It also offers an application for iPhone and other devices running Apple's iOS operating system, which can help users connect and engage with their friends around the shows they love. With the application, users can find out what their friends are watching and engage in discussion through their favorite social networks, or discover what shows they have in common with others and which of them are on air right now.
It's not just ADD-addled teenagers stabbing at their smartphones while "watching" TV anymore -- it's all of us. (What does refreshing my Twitter feed do to improve my experience of watching 30 Rock ? Don't ask.)
GOAB iPad App Brings TV Watching Into the Internet Age | Co.Design
The aim of Project Canvas is to define a set of standards for set-top boxes that will allow integration of web and TV. Although, it isn’t clear exactly what the standards will consist of and what Project Canvas’ vision of IPTV really is. Set-top box manufacturers such as Thomson , Humax and Cisco are involved and have committed to share intellectual property relating to Canvas with the rest of their industry. Content providers such as ITV, Channel 4 and 5 are enrolled within the organisational structure of Canvas itself, as are broadband providers such as BT, TalkTalk and Carphone Warehouse. Google has also voiced clear support during public consultation.
Apps for telly | Made by Many
As General Manager for Homepage, News, Sport, Weather, Knowledge & Learning, Children's, and Search products on the web and mobile, I've an increasing interest in emerging IP platforms. It was in this capacity I talked to industry at IPTV World Forum today, building on Executive Editor of BBC Online Roly Keating's address to the DTG earlier this month , by exploring how core BBC Online products could be re-imagined for connected TV. Like Mobile, IPTV will be an expression of BBC Online. You'll be familiar with the headlines of our recent Putting Quality First announcements and the impact on BBC Online: a 25% reduction in budget, but for the first time a single strategic vision for the service comprising ten distinctive 'products', aligned to our editorial priorities.
BBC - BBC Internet Blog: Opportunities for BBC News Online in IPTV
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What is buzz? Buzz is what's being said about a programme. We've built a tool that finds where on blogs, Twitter and other online communities people are discussing BBC programmes, and presents links to them on the relevant programme page. If people are talking about a programme, a section called 'Buzz about this programme' appears on its programme page. Clicking on the links in that section will take you to online conversations about that programme. If you want to see more buzz about that programme, you can do so by visiting the programme's dedicated buzz page by clicking on the 'See all buzz for this programme' link in the buzz section.
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our tvs need a fixin' : greg kepler's blog : : the barbarian group
I’ve found that with more channels and more “stuff” crammed into our TV’s that it’s getting more annoying to perform the simple acting of just watching TV. Even though there is a ton of innovation happening, I think think that there is a lot that can be learned from what the innovators in the interactive industry are doing that would make it all even better, afterall TV is an interactive experience now. The real problem isn’t the actual TVs, it’s the user experience that comes with it, which of course comes from the content providers. No one has really figured out how best to get us the content that we want in as efficient a way as we want/need it. Problem #1 – Navigationsecond screen
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