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KDDI's Linux-based Au Box IP STB converts, sends media to mobiles

by Darren Murph posted Sep 29th 2008 at 10:44AM


Now here's a peculiar one. Japan's KDDI has just introduced a Motorola-built IP STB that converts and transmits TV, multimedia and web-based content from the home to a user's cellphone. The Au Box is a fairly multifaceted beast, boasting a built-in DVD drive for ripping CDs, dual USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet jack, AV ins / outs and a Linux-based OS that can handle basic PC-like tasks. The box is designed for subscribers who own a mobile but not a full-fledged computer, and while details are scarce on the technology behind it, we're really digging the home content-to-mobile premise. Best of all, the set-top-box will only cost KDDI customers around $3 per month when it launches on November 1st. Say, Motorola -- have you ran this thing by any US carriers?

[Via Linux Devices]

i-concert's 24/7 HD concert network hits France IPTV

by Richard Lawler posted Jun 22nd 2006 at 7:08PM

French ADSL provider Free has partnered with i-concerts to create a 24/7 high definition concert network, i-concerts HD. Beyond the IPTV channel, they also feature i-concerts Jukebox for VOD access, although it is not clear if that content will be HD or not. The network launched yesterday, and will feature content from all genres, including performers such as Beyoncé, Seal, Radiohead, James Brown, and Gorillaz. The IPTV rollout is happening much faster in Europe compared to the US, in fact the i-concert network is already available to Belgian subscribers over IPTV and in France direct to a PC.  As telephone companies expand IPTV offerings here, hopefully we'll see more options for high def programming like this become available.




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