Digital media. Paid content. The movie and entertainment business.
There’s a lot going on. Here’s some of the more interesting
news and opinion we’ve found.
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IPTV
to drive VOD business models? |
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Source: Advanced-Television.com -- 2 July
2007
IPTV operators are in a strong position to drive the evolution
of VOD business models, according to a study by Pyramid Research.
As the latest entrants to the pay-TV market, IPTV operators
are pursuing the VOD opportunity aggressively and are increasingly
banking on VOD to enhance the TV experience. |
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Television
Asia's Executive News |
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Source: Television Asia's Executive News
-- 21 May 2007
TOP STORIES:
1.China key for Zee TV
2.US$3.5 billion deal for 75% of Endemol NV
3.imbX2007 takes on Digital Convergence
4.Viacom and Septeni launch free mobile site in Japan
5.Oprah switches to Hallmark in Asia as Star World welcomes
The May Lee Show
6.Eddie McGuire vacates CEO job at Nine Network |
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Video
on demand will be a 'must have' for telcos, says Ovum |
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Source: Ovum -- 16 May 2007
Video on demand (VoD) revenues will reach $12.7 billion worldwide
in 2011, making it one of the fastest-growing digital content
services over the forecast period, predicts Ovum, the analyst
and consulting company. Starting from a base of $2.7 billion
in 2007, Ovum expects to see more telcos across the globe launching
their on-demand content propositions, moving themselves into
content distribution. |
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NCTA:
Cable “Just Scratching Surface” of VOD |
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Source: By Mark Robichaux -- Broadcasting
& Cable, 5/7/2007 3:15:00 PM
The nation’s largest cable operators say they are “just
scratching the surface” of video-on-demand and promised
to offer a cavalcade of new products to allow viewers more control
over their TV schedule. |
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New
Australian VOD Service VOLT Challanges BitTorrent, Current VOD
Providers |
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Source: Hitwise | 24 April 2007
The recent launch of Anytime
on VOLT, a video-on-demand service from Anytime and Fairfax
Digital grabbed the attention of Australian Internet users. |
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European
IPTV market booms - Subscriber total to double in 2007 |
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Source: Variety | 04 April 2007
LONDON — The European market for IPTV will double in 2007,
according to media analysts Screen Digest. |
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Australian
carriers, content providers combine for VoD service |
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Source: Comm Days | 29 March 2007
iiNet, Intel and Pipe Networks have teamed with video on-demand
player Anytime and Fairfax Digital, to launch an on demand service
branded Volt. Volt will deliver films, TV, music and premium
game content leveraging Anytime's existing relationships Sony,
Universal, Warner Bros., ICON and Becker. |
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Fairfax
iiNet in VoD move |
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Source: Computer Daily News | 29 March
2007
PERTH - Perth ISP iiNet yesterday put the final gloss on a stellar
week when it announced a video-on-demand agreement with Fairfax
Digital and Singapore's Anytime group. |
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Slow
speed no barrier to entry |
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Source: The Australian Financial Review
| 29 March 2007
A new partnership has entered the crowded home entertainment
space with a movie download service.
Singapore-based ANYTIME teamed up with online news and classified
provider Fairfax Digital and internet service provided iiNet
to launch the service, which will deliver movies over the internet.
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Fairfax
Media turns revenue spotlight to movies via internet |
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Source: The Age | 29 March 2007
FAIRFAX Media's internet division has signalled its intention
to end its reliance on news and classifieds-related revenue
by launching a paid movie-download service.
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Fairfax
looks to bigger picture |
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Source: SMH | 29 March 2007
FAIRFAX Media is getting into the movie business, with the expected
launch today of a new video-on-demand service in partnership
with Singapore company Anytime.
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Fairfax
bets on online video |
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Source: The Australian | 29 March 2007
FAIRFAX Media has inked an alliance with Macquarie Bank-backed
online video provider Anytime, but rivals believe widespread
adoption of the technology is five years away.
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Gates
predicts internet will revolutionise TV |
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Source: The Age | 29 March 2007
The internet is set to revolutionise television within five
years, due to an explosion of online video content and the merging
of PCs and TV sets, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said.
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38%
using VOD by 2011 |
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Source: Joanne Oatts, Digital Spy | 12
January 2007
Research out today shows that by 2011, 435 million homes around
the world will be using video-on-demand or near-video-on-demand
services. |
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Online
Video Sales to Reach $1.5 Billion in 2007 |
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Source: STRATEGY ANALYTICS | 18 December
2006
Boston, MA - December 13, 2006 - Online sales of TV shows, movies
and other prerecorded video will become a billion-dollar business
in 2007, predicts a new report from technology research firm
Strategy Analytics. |
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VOD
spend to lag DVD…even a decade from now |
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Source: CED Magazine | 12 December 2006
Although most recent forecasts and reports point to a VOD revenue
and usage growth spurt, the category remains - and will continue
to remain - in the rear view mirror of the DVD for quite some
time. |
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ANYTIME
aims for IPO late next year |
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Source: Media Interview with Fredrick Yeung,
South China Morning Post | 7 November 2006
ANYTIME, a Singapore-based video-on-demand television channel
whose investors include Macquarie Bank Group and Warner Brothers,
aims to sell shares to the public by December next year, the
management says. |
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IPTV
potentially new growth area for SingTel |
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Source: Johnson Choo, Channel NewsAsia |
8 November 2006
SINGAPORE: SingTel says it sees internet-protocol TV (IPTV)
as a potential new growth area for the company.
The comment came one day after the telco said it had applied
for a commercial Pay TV licence in Singapore and was seeking
rights to broadcast the English Premier League. |
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IPTV/VoD:
The world that's on its way |
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Source: Alexander Cameron, Digital TX Ltd |
05 Nov 2006
Industry comment One of the most common questions operators and
analysts are asked is whether IPTV will happen, and if it does,
whether if will deliver its promise. |
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The
'Anytime, Anywhere' Online TV Trend |
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Source: Commerce Times | 28 October 2006
One out of every 10 online consumers is watching television shows
on a computer, according to a report released Wednesday. |
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Assuring
Quality of Experience for IPTV |
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Source: Xchange online | 27 October 2006
IP television has emerged as a key value proposition and differentiator
for telecommunication service providers in the ever-growing competition
with cable and satellite operators for delivery of triple-play
services. |
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Set-top
box vs the PC |
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Source: Telecomasia | 6 September 2006
Telcos making plans for video services are already aware that
there will be more to IPTV than the TV bit, as the set-top box
(STB) evolves from an interface for channel-surfing to a gateway
for value-added services, from interactive channels and shopping
to DVRs and home networking hubs that can distribute IPTV services
anywhere in the home. |
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AOL,
Intel Deliver On-Demand Video Entertainment to Intel® Viiv™
Technology-Based PCs |
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Source: HanKyung.com | 19 September 2006
Combining the powerful capabilities of the PC with the familiar
face of TV, AOL and Intel Corporation today launched the AOL Video
service for Intel? Viiv™ technology-based PCs with a goal
to create the ultimate on-demand entertainment experience. |
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VOD
market tipped to near $13bn |
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Source: Advanced-Television.com Daily News
| 15 September 2006
Taking into account the arrival of such heavyweights as Apple
and Amazon.com into the Video-on-Demand (VOD) market, iSuppli
Corp. is predicting the global VOD market will grow to nearly
$13 billion by the year 2010. |
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VOD
Market expected to reach $13 Billion by 2010 |
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Source: Digital Home - Toronto,Toronto Ontario,Canada
| 13 September 2006
Video on Demand (VOD) is a generic term traditionally used to
define a pay-per-view cable television service in which a viewer
can order a television program ... |
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Latens
Extends Its Lead In Software-Based CA |
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Source: broadcastbuyer.tv - London,UK | 13
September 2006
... of secured video services, including Pay-TV, high-definition
(HD), personal-video-recording (PVR), video-on-demand (VOD) and
subscription video-on-demand (SVOD ... |
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Video-on-demand
market to grow to nearly US$13 billion by 2010 ... |
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Source: DigiTimes - Taiwan | 13 September 2006
Amid news of technology heavyweights, such as Apple Computer and
Amazon.com, lining up their resources to address the Video-on-Demand
(VOD) market, iSuppli is ... |
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Amazon
to offer movie downloading service |
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Source: The Straits Times, Digital Life | 12
September 2006
Amazon.com unveiled last week a widely anticipated Internet service
offering movies and TV shows that can be downloaded to PCs, solidly
moving the online retailer into the nascent market. |
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Intel
buys into Anytime in S’pore |
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Source: The Business Times | 24 August 2006
In a sign that video-on-demand over the Internet, as well as IPTV
(Internet protocol TV), is coming of age, the world's biggest
chip maker, Intel Corp, has bought a significant stake in a Singapore-based
entertainment company, Anytime Pte Ltd. |
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Intel
invests in Anytime to push Viiv in Asia Pacific |
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Source: iTWire Australia | 27 August 2006
Intel Capital has invested in Asian VoD content provider, Anytime,
and intends to use the Anytime services to promote its Viiv brand
for PCs designed for home digital entertainment. |
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Telcos
queuing as Intel adds backing for Anytime |
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Source: Communications Day | 25 August 2006
Anticipating a flood of operator requests for its movie download
service, Anytime on-Demand is set to launch a direct retail consumer
pitch across Asia Pacific in a strategic investment by Intel Capital. |
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Anytime
set for A-P expansion |
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Source: Advanced Television | 25 August 2006
Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation, has
secured investment in Asia Pacific VoD service Anytime, a move
that will accelerate the availability of on-demand entertainment
to homes via the Internet. |
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Anytime
Secures Financing, Preps New Broadband Platform |
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Source: World Screen | 24 August 2006
Intel Capital’s investment in Asian on-demand channel Anytime
paves the way to the launch of Anytime TV, an on-demand broadband
platform that delivers Hollywood movies, TV shows, games and music
videos straight to homes across Asia Pacific. |
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IPTV
may boost SingTel's fight against StarHub triple play |
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Source: The Business Times | 30 August 2006
A NEW report on the Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) market
says that if SingTel launches its own IPTV services, it will allow
the telco to better compete against StarHub's aggressive triple-play
strategy of offering pay TV, broadband as well as mobile services
to customers here. |
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Demand
for digital TV content seen surging |
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Source: INQ7 | 2 August 2006
DEMAND for digital TV content is expected to surge, and whoever
can best provide Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) will dominate
the market, an official of router specialist Juniper Networks
Ltd. said. |
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Plotting
the future of broadband |
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Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 31 July
2006
By the year 2010, most Australians should have access to high-speed
broadband connections of 10 megabits per second or more, enabling
them to download high-definition video content, said Australia's
national internet industry body. |
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Reprogramming
television |
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Source: Bangkokpost | 26 July 2006
Television delivered over the Internet promises a more interactive
experience GenxAcademy managing director Pongprom Snitwong Na
Ayudhaya checks his computer at a Genxchannel station at PALA
and Install Asia 2006 last week at Siam Paragon, where Genxchannel
IPTV was demonstrated. |
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DVD
deal lets films go from Web to TV |
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Source: Los Angeles Times | 19 July 2006
Hollywood studios will cross a significant technological
and psychological frontier today when they offer the first downloadable
movies that can be legally burned onto a DVD. |
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How will IPTV change TV viewing? |
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Source: Indiatimes Infotech | 10 July 2006
Instead of being bombarded with over a 100 channels, you will
get content that you opt to receive with a much richer experience.Additionally,
people who were separated geographically can watch a movie together,
while chatting and exchanging files simultaneously. |
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How
to access Video-on-demand services |
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Source: ITWeek | 04 July 2006
Video on demand (VOD) gives you access to a library of new and
old programmes, movies and sporting events, all held on your digital
TV provider’s network. You choose a programme using an on-screen
menu, and watch at your leisure. |
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Broadcasters
hope to copy the iTunes effect |
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Source: Guardian Unlimited | 22 June 2006
The new market for video downloads is expected to take off within
the year. Video-on-demand hopes to do for broadcasting what iTunes
did for the record industry. In a VoD world, armchair viewers
tap into a vast onscreen catalogue and download the film or TV
programme of their choice, which can be stored on a hard drive
or set-top box, burned on to a disc or rented. |
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PwC:
Net to fuel industry |
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Source: The Hollywood Reporter.com | 21 June
2006
Online ads, access spending lead 6.6% growth to '10. NEW YORK
-- Led by surging growth in the online sector, global entertainment
and media will expand into a $1.83 trillion industry in 2010,
up from an estimated $1.33 trillion last year, making for a compound
annual growth rate of 6.6%, according to an annual study from
PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
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IPTV:
Expanding the content, engaging the viewer |
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Source: Indian Television Dot Com | 20 June
2006
SINGAPORE: Television broadcasting is now far more challenging
than conventional terrestrial cable and satellite delivery. With
the influx of multiple services and delivery platforms like HD,
VOD, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), interactive and multimedia
services, consumers are now exposed to a whole new world of entertainment!
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India
to hit top IPTV slot in Asia Pacific by 2015: Kagan Research |
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Source: Indian Television Dot Com | 20 June
2006
SINGAPORE: So what if IPTV is still taking baby steps in India?
Come 2015 and India is going to be the third most happening market
for IPTV in the Asia Pacific region in terms of the number of
households that will have the service, just behind China and Japan,
according to projections by Kagan Research. |
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Consumers
"prefer local telco for triple-play" |
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Source: Advanced-Television.com | 15 June 2006
A study of more than 1,500 US pay-TV households regarding interest
in TV and bundled services offered from their ‘local’
telephone provider has revealed that telcos are ahead of cable
operators when it comes to a preferred bundled service provide. |
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BBC
interactive World Cup scores early success |
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Source: Advanced-Television.com | 15 June 2006
Almost two million viewers are reported to have accessed interactive
satellite options watching BBC’s World Cup coverage on the
Sky digital satellite platform over the first three days of the
World Cup. |
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Can
IPTV keep its promise? New study says yes |
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Source: Reed Business Information | 14 June
2006
Forecasts for IPTV are enthusiastic, with $55 billion in
revenue expected for the digital convergence of services and products
in the IPTV space through 2010, according to a Deloitte TMT report.
Meanwhile, Multimedia Research Group predicts there will be nearly
37 million IPTV subscribers by 2009. Other key findings of the
NMRC report include: Online video interest is growing and the
strongest market potential for IPTV is among younger consumers. |
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IPTV
And WiMax To Have Huge Economic Impact, Panelists Predict
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Source: InformationWeek | 13 June 2006
By 2009, expect IPTV content from companies like GM and Wal-Mart,
along with WiMax-ready laptops and mobile devices, panelists say. |
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Disney:
VOD starting to impact rental |
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Source: Video Business (subscription) | 13
June 2006
Increased video-on-demand offerings through cable companies and
online are starting to cut into the video rental business, Walt
Disney Co. senior VP and chief financial officer Tom Staggs told
analysts at the Deutsche Bank Telecom and Media Conference Tuesday. |
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Studios
Open VOD Window For Tie-ins |
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Source: Brandweek Magazine, NY | 15 May 2006
For years, movie studios have pitched theatrical and DVD releases
as opportunities for marketing tie-ins. Now, there's a new occasion:
video-on-demand releases. |
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IPTV
equipment, service revenue to soar |
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Source: IT News Australia | 5 May 2006
Off to a relatively slow start of US$400 million in 2005, IPTV
equipment sales are expected to roar ahead in the coming years,
topping US$6 billion in 2009, Infonetics Research said Thursday.
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Time
Warner Grabs Big Q1 Profits, Cable Nets Miss The Mark |
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Source: MediaPost Publications | 4 May 2006
TW Cable tallied a 17 percent EBITDA, with revenue rising
15 percent to $2.58 billion on greater demand for digital video,
digital video recorder, digital telephone, and subscription video-on-demand
services. Parsons told analysts the cable results prove that the
"triple play" package of selling digital video, high-speed Internet,
and telephone service is working. |
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Internet
Video Gets Boost from New Technology |
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Source: XTVWorld.com | 4 May 2006
Media convergence continues apace, as all forms of media
combine to form one interrelated continuum. Content owners are
increasingly opening the doors to their vast storehouses of digital
content, generating a multitude of new audiences for startups
and old media giants alike. Mainstream media moguls are finding
fresh audiences for their movies and TV shows; players in participatory
online communications are finding new venues for their messages.
It’s all combining to form a Web-based Renaissance. In this
innovative climate, Internet TV is one of the hottest new trends,
driving the need for better compression technologies. |
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IPTV
Pumping Energy Into Home Networking |
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Source: IQ Online | 2 May 2006
In addition Heavy Reading believes that the sea change in
home networking, driven by IPTV, will open up competition for
vendors, leading to opportunities for silicon and system companies
alike. |
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GM's
Lazar: Cable Execs Need to Move to VOD, Broadband
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Source: MediaBuyerPlanner | 2 May 2006
General Motors' executive director of advertising and marketing
operations Betsy Lazar warned attendees of the Cabletelevision
Advertising Bureaus Cable Sales Management Conference - which
began Sunday and wraps up today - that in order to stay abreast
with consumers switching to digital media, planners and ad clients
should change their course "with a great sense of urgency," writes
MediaWeek. |
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What
makes IPTV such a big deal? |
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Source: IT Week | 1 May 2006
IPTV has the potential to offer users the ability to watch
whatever they want, whenever they want, and by using 3G mobiles,
wherever they want. The current interest in mobile TV trials indicates
that this is how many people want to watch TV. |
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Comcast
profit more than triples on gains, higher video demand |
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Source: AFX News | 27 April 2006
CHICAGO (AFX) -- Comcast Corp. shares advanced Thursday after
the largest U.S. cable television operator said its first-quarter
profit more than tripled on investment gains and increased demand
for digital video, broadband and phone services. Comcast earned
$466 million, or 22 cents a share, compared with $143 million,
or 6 cents, in the year-earlier quarter. |
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Upfront
on Video On Demand |
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Source: Multichannel News | 24 April 2006
In what was billed as the first upfront presentation to promote
video on demand, Comcast Corp. executives made a case Friday that
downloads are continuing to boom and it’s time for advertisers
to exploit numerous opportunities to get involved. |
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