Shelly Palmer

Cablevision Launching PC to TV Service: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer February 25, 2010

Cablevision is working on bringing web video to your television. The cable provider plans on offering a new service that would wirelessly deliver web content to cable subscriber’s television’s. Dubbed PC to TV Media Relay, the service will wirelessly transmit any video content from a computer to a specific cable channel.

As Apple preps for the release of the iPad, Dell is hard at work on a tablet of its own. The Mini 5 is a 5-inch touchscreen device that will run on Google’s Android and will reportedly hit stores in the coming months. Unlike the iPad, the Mini 5 features a camera on both the front and back that will allow users to video conference over Wifi or 3G.

Nintendo is set to launch a bigger version of the DSi in the US. The new DSi XL features a larger 4.2-inch LCD screens and will retail for $190. The Nintendo DSi XL will hit US retailers on March 28th.

As the Olympic’s begin to wind down, NBC is loosening its grip on streaming the games. Rather than simply broadcast the USA-Switzerland hockey game live on NBC, the company also made the game available in real time online. The network also removed entry requirements like submitting your cable account number in order to stream the Olympics live, making it inherently easier to watch the Games online.