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Digital TV now in 90% of UK homes

Just like Blue Ray.  Digital is already being superseeded by; on demand programming provided through the internet.  Think i-player!

Anyway:

Almost 90% of British homes are using digital TV, reveal figures from Ofcom.

The latest statistics on take-up of digital TV in the UK suggest that 18 million households, 89.2%, have a DTV receiver.

Digital video recorders, that can store, pause, or rewind live TV, are also proving popular.

Ofcom reports that about one million were sold in the first three months of 2009, taking the total in UK homes to 8.9 million.

Digital switch over, PA

What excites me is that; 'at last', the internet is merging with TV.  Look at some of my earlier posts about Abobe Flash becoming inherent on all set top boxes...exciting times

YouTube Mobile Uploads Up 400% Since iPhone 3GS Launch


If there was any question about the significance of the iPhone 3GS’s impressive video functionality, here’s your answer: YouTube reports that in the six days since the iPhone 3GS was released last week, the number of mobile uploads has increased by a whopping 400%. For a single phone model to have such a major impact on the site is simply phenomenal.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/25/youtube-mobile-uploads-up-400-since-ipho...

 

Jobsy's Back!

Apple boss Steve Jobs received a liver transplant about two months ago and is expected to return to work later this month, a US newspaper has reported.

The Wall Street Journal said the Apple chief executive would be returning to his job on schedule, but may initially work part-time.

Neither Mr Jobs nor a company spokeswoman confirmed the report, the newspaper said.

Mr Jobs ceased his normal management role more than five months ago.

In January, he announced that he was being treated for a "hormone imbalance", and had been losing weight throughout 2008.

 

 

 

 

Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history

Its media breakdown.  Everyone in the world can give opinions and Point of View from their mobile...

http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make...

While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.