Roku pins TV's future on Internet streaming

Anthony Wood's invention of the digital video recorder in the 1990s helped reshape the way couch potatoes watch TV, but he says the DVR is already headed down the road to obsolescence. So for the past decade, Wood, 46,...

VITEC Announces Focus FS-P250 Proxy Recorder for Panasonic AG-HPX250 AVC-Intra Camera

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video solutions, today enhanced the P2 production workflow with the introduction of the Focus FS-P250 Proxy Recorder. The Focus FS-P250 Proxy Recorder records H.264 proxy clips in parallel with the high-resolution clips of the Panasonic AG-HPX250 P2 HD handheld camcorder.

Study: Online Streaming Cannibalizes Traditional Television Viewership — Sometimes

With kids channel Nickelodeon suddenly experiencing double-digit ratings drops in the fourth quarter last year, a debate began swirling as to whether streaming of the Viacom-owned channel’s shows on Netflix was dispersing its audience. That discussion has broadened quite a bit in recent months. Last week, for example, The New York Times pondered whether the most recent viewership declines [...]

Is Online Streaming Shrinking Traditional-T.V. Numbers?

Is Online Streaming Shrinking Traditional-T.V. Numbers?

15 Current Technologies A Child Born Today Will Never Use

From the moment that I found out my wife was pregnant with our first child, a son, I’ve thought of his development in terms of tech. When pregnancy sites described our six-week-old fetus as the size of a “lentil,” I referred to him as the length of an RFID chip. When the doctor said he had reached 1.3 pounds, I told all my friends that my son was the size of an iPad. When he was born this week ...