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F1 HD confirmed

Formula 1’s move to HD television coverage in 2011 has been officially confirmed by Formula One Management (FOM). All TV channels that have rights to the sport will receive an HD feed. FOM has invested in equipment that is good enough to ensure that it can download the data to broadcasters at a rate of […]

January 12, 2011

Eisner makes web TV for AOL

Michael D. Eisner‘s Web studio, Vuguru, will produce half a dozen scripted Web video series for AOL.  “We feel like we are building the future of great high-quality video content,” said Tim Armstrong, the chief executive of AOL. Eisner said the partnership was proof that “story-telling series, emotional series” were coming to the fore on […]

November 10, 2010

BBC: more hypertext and more money

The BBC is to invest more in R&D for online TV and is appointing specialist in Internet standards to work with Future Media & Technology. The BBC says the move demonstrates its commitment to HTML 5 use in video – it has received criticism that the use of Flash in the iPlayer shows a lack […]

August 27, 2010