NetGear, a networking products provider, has introduced the Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000), a wireless networking router designed to bring the digital media to television sets. NetGear made its introduction a week before MacWorld Expo, where Apple is expected to introduce its own wireless media router, the “iTV”. NetGear’s digital media receiver offers lets high-definition televisions […]

Digital downloads helped the music industry end 2006 on a positive note. A Nielsen SoundScan report released Thursday showed music purchases in the U.S. exceeding 1 billion units for the second straight year as downloads continued to compensate for declining CD sales. According to the report, which tracks data from more than 20,000 retail locations […]

Virgin Digital has shuttered its ailing US music service. The service had failed to make a dent in iTunes’ popularity, but the coup de gr√¢ce came with Microsoft’s decision to abandon PlaysForSure, the technology Virgin’s music store was based on. when it introduced the Zune. Virgin has contacted subscribers, offering them a free MP3 player […]

Digital music consumers listen to more music, enjoy more new music, talk more about music and attend more concerts, according to a survey released today by the Digital Media Association (DiMA). Nearly 60 percent of consumers report that they are listening to more music since they started using an online service. The 1008 consumers surveyed […]

Olympus has introduced three new DS-Series digital voice recorders, the new Olympus DS-30, DS-40 and DS-50, that are optimized for downloading, listening to and creating podcasts. The new recorders’ high sound quality is also great for listening to audio books and music, making them the all-in-one audio device. Software included with the devices is designed […]

Mopar, DaimlerChrysler’s original equipment manufacturer, has announced that it has expanded availability of its factory-engineered iPod Integration Kits for most Chrysler Group vehicles. Mopar’s iPod Integration Kit provides direct connectivity between your iPod and the vehicle’s audio sound system. The iPod attaches to a custom cable port located in the glove box. The iPod adaptor […]

A Brazilian court has ordered YouTube to be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video featuring Daniela Cicarelli, a model and ex-wife of soccer great Ronaldo. Cicarelli sued YouTube after a video of her apparently having sex in shallow water on a beach with her boyfriend Tato Malzoni was posted to the site. […]

The Web is set to become the largest video platform ever, according to ClipBlast, a video search site. ‚ÄúIn 2007, the Web will become the largest distribution platform of video ever,‚Äù said Gary Baker, founder and CEO, ClipBlast! ‚ÄúWe‚Äôre witnessing a profound transformation ‚Äì really, a series of transformations ‚Äì in how information and entertainment […]

Juniper Research is predicting that the increasing influence of mobile video enabled on 3G networks will drive the uptake of many mobile sports, leisure and information services over the next five years.¬†The global market for sports, leisure and information content (infotainment) is set to grow from its 2006 value of just under $4.2 billion to […]

Sirius Satellite Radio today announced that it ended 2006 with approximately 6,024,000 subscribers, an 82% increase over the company’s 2005 ending subscriber base, but short of its goals for the year. Based on preliminary financial data, Sirius also achieved its first ever quarter of positive free cash flow in the fourth quarter of 2006. Both […]