Digital video

Albert Square may look convincing enough on your old TV set ...

Dec 12 2007:

High-definition TV means a sharper, clearer picture for viewers. It also makes it easy for them to spot details that used to be invisible - from flimsy cardboard sets to the hairs on a celebrity's chin. By Stephen Armstrong

Downloads give Amazon jungle fever

Dec 11 2007:

Amazon is a paragon of e-commerce. So why does it get downloading so wrong, asks Cory Doctorow

Dating moves from the PC to the mobile

Dec 6 2007:

Victor Keegan: Social networks typically put you in touch with friends or friends of friends. Dating sites let you meet strangers anywhere on earth with whom you might share a passion. Never before has it been possible to trawl so many people to discover the person of your destiny

Technophile

Nov 29 2007:

Charles Arthur: Digital media players are the way forward, and the Solwise 1120W works well if you ignore the manual

FAQ TV on demand

Nov 28 2007:

Why have the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 teamed up? What will they offer? And what will happen to their existing services?

The digital embrace: rival broadcasters unite to avoid fate of music industry

Nov 28 2007:

Britain's biggest broadcasters have united to unveil a video-on-demand service to take on the US media giants and the bedroom pirates alike. By Owen Gibson

Broadcasters to launch joint VoD service

Nov 27 2007:

BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV are to launch a video-on-demand service offering more than 10,000 hours of TV programming. By Mark Sweney

VoD: Five left on the sidelines

Nov 27 2007:

The UK's main terrestrial broadcasters have banded together to reshape the delivery of on-demand programming - but they have left Channel Five sidelined. By Mark Sweney

Downloaded BBC programmes should be forever

Nov 27 2007:

Cory Doctorow: TV licence payers deserve the right to keep the programmes they download from the internet

What's all the hoo-hah over hulu.com about?

Nov 1 2007:

NBC announced the launch of its site after its agreement with Apple to distribute TV shows via iTunes fell apart back in August. So what's the catch?

'There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow'

Oct 25 2007:

Online video delivery service Joost has finally gone live. Kate Bulkley asks Mike Volpi if can it get the technology, the business and the content right?

Will Hollywood kill the web-only stars?

Oct 16 2007:

The "new indie" internet media has become the industry standard, writes Casey McKinnon

Plain old DVD format is still holding off HD's attacks

Oct 11 2007:

Charles Arthur: The film 300 was released for sale in the UK in all three disc formats - plain old DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray. And I got the sales figures.