Digital video

Internet snippets lure new wave of fans as slapstick becomes cool

The success of the Slapstick 2008 festival is tribute to the enduring popularity of silent movie humour. By Steven Morris

Apple pushes film rentals and takes to Air

Jan 17 2008:

Steve Jobs wowed the faithful at Macworld with hardware updates, software tweaks and an almost wire-free size zero laptop

Toshiba loses ground in high-definition DVD battle

Jan 7 2008:

Major movie studios ditch Toshiba's HD-DVD format in favour of Blu-ray

Cheap technology rocks

Jan 4 2008:

Joel Cox, bass guitarist of Good Shoes, says some of the best music he has made has been with cheap equipment

The writers, not the internet, will decide who wins their strike

Jan 3 2008:

If anyone thought there's no money to be made from internet content, the Writers Guild of America strike refutes that idea once and for all, says Seth Finkelstein

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