You also have access to the programming guide, and a full remote control for familiar navigation.
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Pac-12 Now also features an electronic programming guide and gives fans the ability to share what they watch with their social networks.
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As for the remote, it looks to be a straightforward number pad navigator with a programming guide, all steering your TV through infrared.
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Despite all this turmoil, the company maintains it's still well positioned to sell programming guide technology to TV services and set-top box makers.
Sony has also included a service it calls iPEG, for Internet Electronic Program Guide, which provides access to an Internet-based TV programming guide.
The bulletin also provides links to parallel programming guide.
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News of the delay sent Gemstar stock plummeting to lows it hadn't seen since 1999, since it will likely make potential programming guide partners hold off from doing any new deals with the company.
Mr. Sneeden mentioned the TV SideView app, an electronic programming guide with voice activation that's available from the Play Store and takes advantage of the Tablet Z's built-in IR blaster -- he also pointed out that Sony's Music Unlimited and Walkman Player apps will be fully integrated by summer.
Besides obviously needing a CableCard-ready TV set (most new digital HDTVs have to have CableCard slots), there are a few downsides, like you can't access your cable company's onscreen programming guide and you can't order pay-per-view or video-on-demand programming (at least not using your remote), but the real deal killer for us is that you won't be able to use it with a digital video recorder.
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