Last week I mentioned some of the features AT&T has publicly committed to roll out with U-Verse. Compare those features to the new Verizon FiOS interface (see above) and a few interactive services Time Warner Cable is promising, and it’s clear we’re moving into the world of widget TV. Here are the new features Time [...]
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Big news day. First Microsoft’s demo of Surface Computing and then… Steve Jobs announced this afternoon at All Things Digital that consumers will soon be able to stream YouTube videos to their TV screens with Apple TV. I have to give credit where credit is due. Despite the fact that I’m not particularly interested in [...]
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Most of us get our broadband connections by calling the local cable or telecom provider and signing up for whatever services we’ve decided we need. However, in some planned communities the situation is a little different. Developers looking to lure homeowners understand the importance of using luxury amenities as bait. Features might include a pool, [...]
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OneTRAK cited an Ipsos Insight report on Friday that found Americans would rather watch television on a TV screen than a computer. In fact, even among active adult viewers of online video, the percentage of TV watched on a computer screen was just 11%. The study goes on to say that there is interest, however, [...]
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Motorola often uses a bandwidth calculator with its operator customers to determine what bandwidth they need to deliver to subscriber homes. The calculations involve numbers like service uptake percentages and concurrency rates (i.e. the number of concurrently active subscribers expected). If you’re not into that level of detail, consider instead the chart below (click [...]
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