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DirecTV prepping voice search app for this summer

by Mel Martin (Apr 23rd, 2013)

Help is on the way. DirecTV has been demoing a new app, due out in beta this summer, that will let you search using voice for your desired programs or movies. You can use an actor's name, a show title or just about anything that would identify a program. DirecTV has partnered with Nuance, the ...

WSJ shares more details on Apple TV

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 17th, 2012)

Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal leaked information about upcoming changes to the Apple TV. A follow-up report added details that suggest Apple may be working on a set-top television box with cloud-based DVR functions. It's a concept that is very similar to a design described in a ...

Apple's toughest nut yet: Cable operators

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 16th, 2012)

This may be Apple's trickiest move in its history. We've all been wondering for a while whether Apple really is working on a next-gen Apple TV that adds "television" (cable, really) to the box. In Walter Issacson's biography of Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder suggested that the company had ...

TUAW and MacTech interview: Elgato

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 26th, 2012)

Elgato is currently celebrating the tenth anniversary of its EyeTV product. EyeTV is now a line of hardware and a set of apps for Mac and iOS which allow you to watch and record TV. Elgato makes other products as well, like capture devices and storage. In this video, Neil Ticktin ...

NYC gets live iPad IPTV of broadcast channels with Aereo

by Michael Rose (Apr 4th, 2012)

Want to watch TV on your iPad? It's natural, healthy and it sure does seem like everyone is doing it. There are hearty hardware-supported options from companies like Elgato, and most pay TV subscription services (Time Warner Cable, Comcast, DirecTV, RCN, Dish Network etc.) have figured out a ...

Steve Jobs awarded patent for episodic TV on the Apple TV

by Chris Rawson (Jan 18th, 2012)

According to Patently Apple, Apple has been awarded a patent that it filed over five years ago related to sorting episodic TV content on the Apple TV. Steve Jobs himself is among the people credited with the patent, which on the surface merely appears to describe the sorting features already ...

Cablevision brings live TV streaming to iPhone and iPod touch

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 10th, 2011)

Cablevision has released the Optimum app for iPhone and iPod touch. The app allows Cablevision subscribers to stream live TV to an iPhones or iPod touch while in their home. What's cooler than streaming live TV is that the app even lets you watch your On Demand movies and shows on your iPod ...

TiVo app now supports iPhone, series 3 DVRs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 12th, 2011)

Tivo has finally released its DVR app for the iPhone or iPod touch, a new version that offers many of the features of its bigger iPad cousin. The iPhone version lets Tivo users manage their recording schedule, browse throughout content and control their DVR easily from their phone. The app also ...

i.TV extends to the iPad, adds Hulu integration

by Michael Rose (May 5th, 2011)

The free i.TV app for iPhone has been providing program guide and show information for TV addicts since October of 2008, and it's been improving steadily since then. With version 3, now available on the App Store, the app has gone universal and provides a full-screen iPad experience for ...

TiVo asks customers about live iPad streaming

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 9th, 2011)

As Engadget notes, TiVo has launched a survey asking current customers if they'd like to be able to "stream live TV, DVR recordings and TV shows from a cable company's On Demand library to one's iPad." The survey asks users how they would feel about about both streaming video from their TiVo while ...

DirecTV app for iPad debuts

by Mel Martin (Feb 28th, 2011)

We said it was coming, and DirecTV for iPad has now hit the App Store. The free app is a nice addition to the DirectTV service. The app can be used as a remote, it can schedule DVR recordings, and it has an easily browsable guide for locating your favorite programs and setting preferences for the ...

DirecTV announces remote control app coming soon to iPad

by Mel Martin (Feb 23rd, 2011)

We've had an iPhone app for DirecTV for quite a while now. It allows you to program your DVR directly from your smartphone, and it works well enough. Now, the satellite giant has announced an iPad app that will do the DVR programming, but also allow you to control your TV, customize the program ...

Apple patent frenzy: TV set-top box, Cinema Display, iChat, liquid metal

by Chris Rawson (Jan 6th, 2011)

According to Patently Apple, this week Apple's been granted a storm of patents. The patents include: 1. An advanced set-top box that sounds like the superhero offspring of the current Apple TV and a TiVo set. What's new and exciting in this patent is a multiple search engine implementation that ...

Elgato EyeTV HD: A review of the Mac DVR for cable and satellite HDTV

by Steven Sande (Dec 18th, 2010)

Elgato has been in the Mac video market for quite some time, developing and marketing such popular products as the Turbo.264 HD USB video compression device and various varieties of EyeTV, a tuner and digital video recorder for Mac. Eariler this year, TUAW reviewed the EyeTV Hybrid, a US$149.95 USB ...

Apple expands lawsuit against Motorola

by Sam Abuelsamid (Dec 6th, 2010)

Perhaps the only department at Apple that works longer hours than engineering these days is legal. The most recent legal dust-up in Cupertino has just expanded, as Apple has amended a patent lawsuit against Motorola to include 12 more claims. This particular fracas began in October when Motorola ...