Medion has unveiled a super-cheap PC equipped with both Blu-ray and HD DVD drives. What’s more the Medion Akoya MD8828 will sell forfor less than £630. Available now at Aldi, the MD8828 offers a comprehensive specification making it a tempting digital entertainment centre for the modern home. For more details click here.
Japanese state broadcaster NHK will begin to offer downloads of its TV programmes next April for the first time. Viewers will be able to catch up on the last seven days of broadcasting through the service. The move has prompted a rewrite of Japanese broadcast law, which currently prohibits such a service. While the service will be free, it may be restricted to those paying NHK receiving fees.
BT Vision is to screen Barclays Premier League football as part of its BT Vision Sport service. This service allows fans to catch-up with more matches in full than any other service and for just £4 a month. Fans will be able to choose from Premier League matches hours after the action on VOD. Viewers can also combine the service with a package of live English and Scottish matches from Setanta Sports for only £12 a month.
BT Vision Sport is aimed at fans who have BT Total Broadband but who are unwilling, or unable, to pay high TV sports subscriptions. The “near live” service includes 242 Premier League matches per season and up to 125 Coca Cola League and Carling Cup games. Fans can also access Setanta Sports’ live action which includes 46 Premier League matches from England and 60 from Scotland (including all the old firm derbies) as well as action from other European football leagues, US PGA tour golf, Nascar and Magners League rugby. BT Vision also offers a library of classic sporting action and documentaries available on demand and supplied by sporting giants ESPN and IMG.
Viewers can pay £1.99 to watch one of the 242 near-live matches - the first time full Barclays Premier League matches have been available without a TV subscription - or they can choose a subscription which includes all the near-live action for £4 a month. Those who want Setanta’s live action in addition to BT’s 242 near live matches can get this through a £12 “Total” package which delivers 75 per cent of all Barclays Premier League matches in full.
Ian Livingston, BT Retail CEO said: “This is a great day for sports fans. Fans can now follow their team for less than a pound a week. Why pay sky-high prices now there’s an alternative?” (more…)
Samsung, STMicroelectronics and Metalink plan to develop a revolutionary set-top box, which supports high-definition (HD) TV quality based on 802.11n wireless IPTV standard. The announcement, made at the CeBIT show in Hanover, is specifically designed for the delivery of HD IPTV over wireless LAN. It is equipped with the STi7109 chipset providing the HD video decoding technology from STMicroelectronics , and Metalink ’s 802.11n WLAN Plus Ô chipset enabl ing the wireless delivery of multiple HD video streams throughout the home. (more…)
