BroadQ News
2006 News
Fox will put TV reruns on the Internet
Reuters
“The revenue-sharing agreement allows Fox to make 60 percent of its prime-time schedule available online the morning after the shows air, the Journal reported.”
Internet TV: It's finally getting there
Business Week
“But for Internet television to become truly mainstream, two things have to happen. Viewers need a unified source of programming information, sort of a TV Guide for the Web. And most importantly, we need a way to get the programming from computers to TV sets, which is where most people want to watch it.”
BBC closer to offering TV over internet
Webuser
“BBC's director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield today said he believed that TV over the internet could revolutionise broadcasting following the trial of the BBC's Integrated Media Player (iMP).
Highfield said that research showed iMP increased the viewing of BBC programmes, extended peak-time and built loyalty.”
As Internet TV Aims at Niche Audiences, the Slivercast Is Born
New York Times
“Perhaps more interesting — and, arguably, more important — are the thousands of producers whose programming would never make it into prime time but who have very dedicated small audiences. It's a phenomenon that could be called slivercasting.
In 2004, Wired magazine popularized the phrase "the long tail" to refer to the large number of specialized offerings that in themselves appeal to a small number of people, but cumulatively represent a large market that can be easily aggregated on the Internet. Plotted on a graph along with best sellers, these specialized products trail off like a long tail that never reaches zero.
Indeed, the Internet's ability to offer an almost infinite selection is part of what makes it so appealing: people can find things that don't sell well enough to warrant shelf space in a neighborhood music store or video rental shop — think of the obscure books on Amazon.com. The ease of digital video production and the ubiquity of high-speed Internet connections are sending the long tail of video into the living rooms of the world, live and in color.”
2005 News
TV Moves to the Internet
Interactive News
“CBS News reinvented itself as a multi-platform digital network with the Web as its primary delivery point. Announcing the expansion of CBSNews.com on Tuesday, CBS said it was ‘bypassing cable television in favor of the nation's fastest-growing distribution system -- broadband.'"
The Internet and the future of TV
CNET
“A lot of the technology is in place to deliver TV content via the Internet, where content providers could bypass cable and satellite services and deliver programming directly to viewers.”
2003 News
Entertainment Networking
Smart Computing
Streaming Media Devices Turn Your PC Into An Entertainment Database
“Bon Jovi, Bach, The Beatles, Bachman Turner Overdrive. What if all their songs were immediately available at the touch of a button? What if you had a massive archive of CDs stored in one place that you could access from your living room? Well, with an entertainment-networking device (also known as a digital media receiver, or DMR), it's possible. In fact, it's more than possible—it's easy and affordable.”
Mad Catz branches out beyond controllers:
New software turns PS2 into home networking center
Video Business Online
“The GameShark Media Player, using technology licensed from independent software company BroadQ, turns a PS2 console into a controller and viewer for a remote home PC. One disc in the two-CD package turns the home PC into a file-server, which can send compressed entertainment content through a home network. The other disc enables the PS2 console to decode the compressed files and play them on a TV, so consumers can watch PC-based movies, listen to MP3s or view digital photos on a living room TV.”
GameShark Review
Popular Mechanics
“Banking on the fact that a lot of people keep movies, music and digital picture collections on their computers, the GameShark Media Player ($49.99) essentially turns your computer into a file server that streams information to your PS2. But because not everyone has a powerful home computer, all system-intensive operations, such as decoding, are left to the PS2. In a sneak preview arranged for POPULAR MECHANICS, the unusual hardware of the PS2 cranked out DivX and MPEG-4 movies, MP3s and JPEGs to our television and stereo system speakers.”
Mad Catz Now Shipping Gameshark(tm) Media Player
GameShark(tm) Media Player Enables Users to Experience Digital Media on Home Entertainment System
Press Release
“San Diego, California, September 4 , 2003 -- Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX/TSE: MCZ), the world's leading third party video game enhancement and accessories manufacturer, today announced that it has begun shipping the GameShark(tm) Media Player, enhancement software enabling users to stream music, video, and digital images from the computer to the television or home entertainment system through a PlayStation®2 (PS2) with a network adapter. Available in early September 2003, the GameShark Media Player will retail for an MSRP of $49.99.”
E3 GameShark Media Player Announcement
Press Release
“Under an exclusive distribution agreement with BroadQ, LLC, an independent software developer revolutionizing the delivery of digital entertainment for game consoles, Mad Catz will license BroadQ's QCast technology to power the GameShark Media Player. The agreement includes retail distribution rights in North and South America.”
2002 News
BroadQ's QCast Tuner: Freedom from "PC-Envy"
Online Reporter
“BroadQ isn't worried. Browning said the place for a PC is anywhere but the living room, given that most PCs are loud and ugly. She said BroadQ has the upper hand because the QCast Tuner simply connects the existing technology found in most homes. It doesn't require users to buy a new PC.”
Watch Downloaded Movies The Old Way (on the Couch)
New York Times
"Many people have taken to downloading movies, but sitting at a desk watching a movie on a computer monitor is less comfortable than sprawling on the couch in front of the TV. For those with PlayStation 2 consoles and network adapters, BroadQ has an answer: qCast, which streams movies from the computer to the PlayStation 2. The console plays them on the TV."
Software Turns PlayStation 2 into A/V Gateway
Enterprise
”Sony, which has long been pursuing a convergence strategy when it comes to home audio/visual equipment, got a boost from Austin, Tx.-based BroadQ Monday, as the software firm unveiled software which takes advantage of Sony's network adapter to turn the consumer electronics giant's PlayStation 2 game console into the gateway hub of a digital home theater system.”
PlayStation Application Weds PC to TV
BroadQ's QCast Tuner enables PS2 to play PC video, audio files on TV screen
PC World
“QCast Tuner, priced at $50, takes advantage of a newly released $40 Sony PlayStation 2 network adapter add-on that links PlayStation 2 video game consoles to the Internet for online gaming. But instead of linking PlayStations 2 to the Net, BroadQ connects to music and video files on your PC through a direct ethernet connection or via a home network router.”
QCast Tuner Review
Console Gaming Network
“Is It Worth It? If you're no stranger to watching video on your computer this is most definitely recommended especially since the ffw/rew update is free and automatically upgraded. Overall Score: 10/10”
QCast Tuner Media Player
Press Release