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DISH Addition; 3D; Disney Watching
DISH Adds: Boosting its movie offerings, DISH has added The 3 from EPIX to its line-up. The channel is dedicated to popular films from the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s to present and is available to those subscribing to America's Top 250 and above. --- On the tech side, PC Magazine awarded DISH's ViP922 SlingLoaded DVR its Editors' Choice kudos, citing an easy-to-use interface, 1 TB of integrated storage, smartphone integration and more.
3D: According to IMS Research, more than 50 broadcasters and pay-TV operators will be offering 3D services by the end of this year. By the end of 2014, says the firm, 9% of households globally will have a 3D TV set, with U.S. penetration hitting 40% of TV households. --- The CEA and ESPN will host a weekend of 3D events and demonstrations at select retail stores during National 3D Demo Days Sept. 10-12.
NYT Discovers Satellite: Hallelujah! Or, more likely, hosannas to some PR folks. The New York Times has discovered satellite A story yesterday featured new broadband-by-satellite technologies, unserved markets and a cold shoulder in broadband grants. You can find it here.
Programming: According to a study conducted by the AP and Univision, U.S. Hispanics who speak mostly Spanish prefer Spanish-language TV and radio. Who'd have thunk?
Is Disney Watching You? According to a lawsuit filed last week, some very big companies are watching you (and your kids) on the web. Illegally, of course. Among those named are Disney, Warner Bros. Records and Demand Media all of whom allegedly used software developed by Clearspring Technologies to follow users wherever they went across the web. This is hardly the first such suit involving software firms and media companies and the news is likely to get bigger and nastier as new technologies – such as those used to "respawn" deleted cookies – come to light.
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