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Is The Virtual DVR A “Real” DVR?

June 8, 2006 by Jim Connelly

Is a networked storage device an actual storage device? Does it still count as “your” storage if there isn’t a physical box in your home?

These are the questions that may be decided — at least for the DVR — by the suits and countersuits surrounding Cablevision’s decision to create a network DVR. This functionality will allow users to record and save programs on their servers, as opposed to the current model of storing the programs on various TiVo-ish devices.

A veritible who’s who of heavyweight content providers are up in arms — they feel that the simple fact that there is no physical box for file storage means that this service is akin to “Video on Demand,” and therefore violates their sacrosanct copyrights.

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Filed Under: Copyright, Hardware, Services, Television Tagged With: cablevision, DVR, video-on-demand

The Perpetual Campaign Ad

April 30, 2006 by Jim Connelly

Is there anything on TV more infuriating than the political ad? If you agree with the candidate or issue, then you really don’t need to see it, and if you disagree, then you end up tallying all of the distortions of your reality that you see in the spot.

Each time an election draws near, I often wish that the fast-forward could go a little bit faster, or that I didn’t watch things like the World Series in real time, as I get pounded over and over with shoddily-produced, unhumorous ads that all look and sound alike.

However, as is often the case, what pisses off the consumers is seen as good news for the executives, so it is that Cable ad executives are looking forward to the plethora of spots that will plague the rest of us.

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Filed Under: Services, Television Tagged With: Advertising, cable, Comcast, video-on-demand

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