iPhone and iPod Touch TV -- the Skinny on i.TV's TV and Movie Guide

i.TV helps you to discover entertainment options by providing up-to-date information on television shows and movies. You can also see the feedback and information provided by other i.TV users who utilize i.TV’s community-focused features, such as writing reviews and giving star ratings.




In addition, i.TV allows you to directly access entertainment such as television previews and movie trailers through your iPhone or iPod touch.

Here are the details, point by point:

1. i.TV is a free download from the iTunes App Store.
2. There is no subscription fee.
3. You can sort and filter by location, media type, genre, TV provider, channel, ratings,
reviews and friend recommendations.
4. You can not watch TV, as the i.TV iPhone application does not currently support streaming television.
5. You can not watch watch trailers and previews.
6. Currently, i.TV is only for iPhone and iPod touch.
7. They have plans to provide i.TV functionality on their website too, at: www.i.tv.
8. Other people can see reviews you write if you make them publicly shared.
9. You can select the level of ratings, like TV14 or PG-13. i.TV has additional filters to hide anything you don't want to show or watch.

I had no trouble downloading and synching it to my iPhone. Now I just need time to write reviews…

Criss Angel Levitates on LiveDigital ... Sort of

Courtesy by A&E as posted by Suzyqnsd

LiveDigital is the “rich media” offshoot of Oversee.net, a technology-driven media company. It enables you to not only host and share content, but also broadcast hundreds of channels of high-quality programmed entertainment. Launched in 2006, it claims to webcast hundreds of thousands of videos daily in over 50 countries.

Interestingly, even a year and half later, the site logo still says “beta….”

Not so interestingly, their embed code sometimes doesn’t work … so that’s what the beta is for!





Here is a direct link, if you still want to see Criss’s stunt. Also, you have to sign up to watch in high-def - now that’s another bummer!

So why is this worth my digital ink?

If you upload your videos and create a channel, you can add ads and select which ones will appear on your channel, as well as specifically where advertisements will be displayed.

With “Ad Picker,” channel programmers (as they call you) are able to select from six different ad placements and several different ad types, including leader boards (728 X 90), squares (300 X 250) and banners (468 X 60). Alternatively, you can opt to allow LiveDigital to automatically choose advertising for each placement. They have partnered with several advertising networks to provide hundreds of advertisements across 27 categories ranging from dating to travel.

The top 25 channels are guaranteed to receive a minimum of $200, with the remaining money split among those channels according to their respective ratings. For example, if a channel receives 80% of all traffic on LiveDigital, you (the channel programmer) would be eligible to receive $16,000.

Cybercast credit: LiveDigital