We hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July last week! Entertainment has certainly come a long way since the first American television set emerged in 1928. In fact, MagnaGlobal predicts that more than 60 million U.S. homes will have DVRs in the next five years. Cable and streaming video technologies are continuing to spread [...]
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Amid all the discussion around Google TV’s role in the living room, one critical point is often overlooked. Above all else, the platform is a content management system. It doesn’t change or replace the value of current pay-TV subscriptions from cable and telco service providers. Pay-TV providers offer premium content supported by a well-established revenue [...]
Peter Grant has an article in today’s Wall Street Journal offering a short primer on OCAP. It’s very readable, so if you’re looking for an overview on the subject, check it out. More importantly though, the WSJ story brought up a debate on OCAP with other industry friends. Some folks wonder whether OCAP will ever [...]
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Informa Telecoms and Media predicts that the number of households with HDTV worldwide will jump from 48 million to 151 million by 2011. More importantly, however, the report’s author said that while uptake is strong, some customers are still disappointed with the HD content available on TV today. I agree more HD video would be [...]
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