Intel Media won’t be watching you, after all: TV service ditches controversial camera
Intel Media is testing its yet-to-be-launched TV service with 2500 people, and decided to ditch one of its most controversial features.
Intel Media is testing its yet-to-be-launched TV service with 2500 people, and decided to ditch one of its most controversial features.
Intel has been secretly preparing to launch its TV service under the OnCue brand, and has registered for related trademarks around the world.
Apple’s long-rumored Apple TV has yet to materialize – and one reason for the delay may be that cable companies have been engaging in anti-competitive behavior.
Intel Media is without a VP of Engineering after parting ways with a key executive that joined the company after playing a big role in Microsoft’s Mediaroom efforts.
Intel registered a trademark for Intel inside and out last week, which seems to be connected to its TV plans – and which turns out to be virtually identical to another mark registered in secrecy last year.
Intel has been super-secretive about its TV service until this week, but the service is already been tested in hundreds of homes.
Intel’s TV service is real, and will launch later this year. The service will include live and catch-up TV, but also cable-like bundles.
No, Intel won’t be announcing its TV service at CES. But the company is definitely getting closer to revealing what it’s been working on, and a number of juicy new the details about the project, which has been developed stealthily, do sound intriguing