Online video content frequently gets lumped together as one big on-demand offering. After all, that is the value the Web brings. You go out and search for the content you want, and the Internet serves it up. However, there’s an interesting increase in “appointment TV” on the Web as well. For most big, live events, [...]
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The broadcast transition to digital television that finally takes place today in the US has some interesting incidental implications. If you’ve gotten through the transition itself okay, there are a few things to watch for in the aftermath. First is the dumping of old secondary TVs that have taken up space in kitchens and basements [...]
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While some of yesterday’s On Demand Summit was focused on the technical aspects of video on demand, much of it centered on business models and how VOD is being executed today. At times the mood was upbeat, with panelists citing statistics on VOD’s significant growth in recent years and its revenue potential. At other times, [...]
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There are a few themes becoming apparent during today’s On Demand Summit in Philadelphia, and one is the need to improve on-demand infrastructure. People agree that demands on VOD networks have changed, as has the competitive landscape for video delivery. From a purely technical standpoint, this means the networks must evolve with greater ingest and [...]
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Analyst Paul Kapustka of Sidecut Reports shared his latest research brief over the weekend detailing recent US WiMAX news and offering analysis of the Clearwire network rollout to date. The brief is part of a new series of Clearwire “Need to Know” (NTK) reports that the analyst firm is peddling quarterly at the ridiculously low [...]
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