All posts by Jeff Hyatt

By Paul Sweeting Efforts to crackdown on online piracy by taking legal action against individual web sites that facilitate it are often likened to a game of Whac-a-Mole -- an endl... More

The Obama Administration issued a statement Monday strongly endorsing consumers' right to unlock their cell phones that could hold broad implications for the use of digital rights ... More

Jargon Technologies announced the launch of JargonTalk 2.0, a cross-platform technology that enables advanced interactive applications which run on a multitude of devices. Building... More

By Paul Sweeting Music streaming services like Pandora and Spotify may be yet to turn a profit but the streaming business is suddenly hot, at least for the record labels. According... More

By Paul Sweeting Sony did not actually show a PlayStation 4 console at yesterday's Future of PlayStation event in New York, or reveal the price or ship date, so the presentation c... More

Special Edition of Industry's Annual Supply Chain Event Announced for March 28 in LA DEG and MESA have announced the return of their acclaimed annual event, ESCA, the Entertainmen... More

By Paul Sweeting Mobile video exceeded 50% of the total data traffic generated by mobile devices for the first time in 2012, and will account for two-thirds of mobile data traffic... More

Dijit, the company lead by CEO Jeremy Toeman which has developed second screen apps NextGuide and Dijit Remote TV, has announced the acquisition of GoMiso, Inc, developer of the Mi... More

By Paul Sweeting A recently discovered FCC filing by Apple does not contain good news for those banking on a fully integrated iTV set in the near future. Instead, the filing descr... More

By Steven Chester Purchase of consumer media content is rapidly migrating from ownership of physical media (DVD/Blu-ray) to virtual media (files on disk/cloud storage, streaming m... More

By Paul Sweeting Netflix is partnering with YouTube to launch DIAL, a new app protocol that enables second-screen devices to discover first-screen devices on the same network and l... More

By Paul Sweeting The Motion Picture Association of America and the U.S. Justice Department say they are still reviewing the details of the new encrypted online file-locker site M... More

By Paul Sweeting January has been a brutal month for Britain's high-street media and entertainment retailers. In just the first 16 days, three major brick-and-mortar chains have e... More

By Paul Sweeting DISH Network's new "Hopper with Sling" DVR has been at the center of controversy since CES, though not for anything Dish itself did or said. Instead, controversy ... More

By Paul Sweeting With Ultra-HD TV sets costing $20,000 and up, 4K video is likely to remain out of reach to most consumers for some time yet. And it will still be a very heavy lif... More

By Paul Sweeting Microsoft has acquired home automation and digital media startup id8 Group R2 Studios for an undisclosed sum, according to the Wall Street Journal, beating out Ap... More

By Paul Sweeting Several TV manufacturers are expected to be showing off their 4K ultra-HD TV (UHDTV) prototypes next week at CES in Las Vegas, and at least a few, including Sony,... More

By Paul Sweeting Live TV streaming service Aereo remains locked in a pitched legal battle with broadcasters over the legality of its business but it could soon find itself fending... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer Following the development and launch of unique proprietary technologies such as the Saffron Secure Player in 2012, multi-platform online video delivery company... More