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Over the past 20 years, there’s been much speculation about what the convergence of computers and TV would ultimately look like. Paul Graham says that we now know the answer: computers.
“Convergence” is turning out to essentially be “replacement.” Why did TV lose? Graham identifies four forces: 1. The Internet’s open platform fosters [...]

Pioneer may be ready to exit the TV business, but one Wall Street analyst says Apple could be preparing to storm in the front door.
Gene Munster, the managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, predicts that Apple will launch its own branded TV set in the next two years. The set, the analyst [...]

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs yesterday said that his company’s TV set-top business, Apple TV, is still just a “hobby.”

Apple TV, which now retails for $229, is a device that sends audio and video files (including high-def shows) from your PC to a High-Definition TV.
Jobs referred to Apple TV as a hobby when [...]

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Does Steve Jobs have a surprise in store for the analysts and reporters gathering in San Francisco for Let’s Rock — the dog-and-pony show Tuesday at which Apple (AAPL) is widely expected to unveil the next generation of iPods?
Peter S. Magnusson hopes he does — and what he’s wishing for is a [...]

It might seem like they’ve come full circle, but the movie injection method has gone from TV to mail to online download to
TV on demand. Netflix and LG are betting it’s going to be a hit.
They’re also betting you will want to buy yet another device for your home theater. A Wall Street Journal article [...]

Apple has signed News Corp’s 20th Century Fox studio to a new online video-on-demand service in a deal that could change the way people pay for online film content.
The agreement will allow consumers to rent the latest Fox DVD releases by downloading a digital copy from Apple’s iTunes platform for a limited time, according to [...]

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