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Posts Tagged ‘Skype’

Logitech rolls out Skype-powered TV camera

While TV manufacturers increasingly build live cameras into the sets themselves, there's a growing market for attachable cameras that enable viewers to Skype with their friends and family. Logitech rolled out a new HD camera -- which looks a lot like Kinect -- which may make some people consider switching their home phone to their TV set once and for all.

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Watchitoo debuts device to bring web streams to live TV

Streaming company Watchitoo (which powered the Social TV Summit stream) has launched a device to make it easier for producers to bring multiple live web streams straight to TV. "The Watchitoo Channel Encoder 1000 is a server/hardware combination that can turn a web video stream into an HDTV-quality product by treating it like an in-studio camera feed," the company explains.

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Skype courts Comic-Con with lounge built by TV's 'West Coast Customs'

Situated about a mile from the convention center is Skype's brand new custom-built trailer where people can stop by to use Skype and lounge around. To celebrate Comic-Con, the company had West Coast Customs (WCC), the car design shop that started Pimp My Ride on MTV, build the trailer. We spoke to Skype's TV consultant Jason Kahn and WCC's Founder and CEO Ryan Friedlinghaus about social TV and their custom trailer in San Diego.

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Comcast rolling out Skype for TV with social features

These days, millions of people call their friends and family on their computers, but Skype is steadily making inroads on TV sets, too. Comcast announced today that its Skype for TV service just launched in Seattle and Boston, with eight more markets launching by the end of the week. The $9.95/month Xfinity add-on includes an HD camera, Skype adaptor and full-keyboard remote control. Once you're wired up, you can access your Skype contacts -- even import from Facebook...

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Exclusive: CBS.com launches social TV platform 'CBS Connect'

Social TV continues to mature and become the main web strategy for major TV networks. CBS.com has just launched CBS Connect, "a new social hub connecting fans with each other and CBS stars." The site will be a single destination where they will aggregate content from Twitter and Facebook across all of CBS' programming....

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Comcast to bring Skype video calls to TV

Social TV continues to mature and become the main web strategy for major TV networks. CBS.com has just launched CBS Connect, "a new social hub connecting fans with each other and CBS stars." The site will be a single destination where they will aggregate content from Twitter and Facebook across all of CBS' programming....

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Skype outage good reminder for TV newsrooms

Social TV continues to mature and become the main web strategy for major TV networks. CBS.com has just launched CBS Connect, "a new social hub connecting fans with each other and CBS stars." The site will be a single destination where they will aggregate content from Twitter and Facebook across all of CBS' programming....

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