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Peter Siebert, Executive Director at the DVB Project, has acknowledged that a common standard for hybrid broadcast and broadband services is unrealistic and says choosing between DVB-GEM and CE-HTML is like comparing a BMW and Mercedes.…
Catch-up TV could be one of the major developments in mobile video as operators look to replicate the full TV experience. Meanwhile, TV can learn from the way mobile has monetized apps…
There could be an opportunity for ‘traditional’ TV middleware providers to move onto connected TVs, especially where middleware and content security is integrated. Today, new market entrants control the user interface and applications…
Nagravision claims is applications partnership with Samsung Electronics America for connected devices will give consumers access to more interactive and compelling applications on Samsung Apps, the world’s first HDTV-based application store.…
Videonet is gathering opinions on a range of Connected TV issues and would like your input. If you have time, please answer some (or all) of the questions enclosed.…
Mobile World Congress is where the TV industry can increasingly focus on multiplatform requirements and solutions. We’re going to highlight product previews and announcements here and update this page over the next week.…
IMS Research is predicting that 30% of TVs shipped globally by 2011 will be connected. The CE industry could enjoy revenue shares on content as high as 50% and content will drive device sales.…
The Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik says there is interest in HbbTV enabled connected TV services across all platforms and says teletext and catch-up TV are the major drivers for free-to-air broadcasters.…
This opinion piece is written by Michael Lantz, CEO of Accedo Broadband, who explores the impact of Connected TV on broadcasters. He suggests the main use of Connected TVs will be to watch traditional TV.…
A new position has become available in the television industry to bridge the broadcast and broadband entertainment worlds. Applicants should understand content discovery and have access to good content partners.…
The European Broadcasting Union has made it clear that broadcasters will remain in control of the content delivered to hybrid broadcast broadband devices. The requirement for HBB standardisation also requires co-existence with legacy middleware.…
Hybrid Broadcast Broadband environments will give traditional broadcasters the chance to deliver richer interactive TV and dynamic targeted advertising. But content owners need to decide who to partner with.…
The proliferation of connected televisions will not impact niche subscription Internet TV services, according to the CEO of Peer TV. “We are a rapidly growing industry and there is room for everyone,” he says.…
With Orange providing a content portal exclusively for LG Connected TV customers in France, and Philips managing its own Net TV Portal with third-party partners, Pay TV faces yet another fight for the attention of customers.…
Big brand magazines and newspapers who have started to provide online video could create a new tier of long-tail content on TV, somewhere between user-generated and premium broadcasters.…
SecureMedia provides software security for IP video delivery to set-tops, PCs and handhelds. Motorola is buying the company and the deal sets the scene for 2010, when the drive for multi-platform TV solutions will be a key industry…
TV viewing is up by about 20% since the Internet went mainstream about 10 years ago. Nielsen has provided more evidence that consumers are adding video platforms to their schedule, rather than replacing them.…
Does the rise of the CI+ standard mean the demise of the Set Top Box? Philip Hunter takes a close look at the technology to analyse whether there's any truth in this.…
Operators cannot afford to wait for the dust to settle over standards before embracing Internet content within hybrid services, and if they do the content revolution will have whistled past them.…
Transmedia storytelling: new opportunities for content creators to address digital media consumers across devices.…
Are operators still fiddling while the Internet burns their business model?…
Still Does NOT “kill off” FREE OTT Content Access…
New web TV standard HbbTV has encountered a hostile reception with some claiming it's a weaker version of what already exists. Will HbbTV thrive where other standards have struggled?…
Walt Disney Co is launching a range of free iPhone and iPod touch applications to provide kids and mums with exclusive video and interactive content…
There's three different worlds in broadcast and the communication between them is not what it should be.…
Everyone's talking about Apps but will everyone want one on their 50-inch TV screen?…
An increasing gap between battery capacity and power consumed by ever more feature-rich portable handsets and consumer devices threatens to throttle the budding mobile TV business just when other relevant technologies are falling into place…
How can we get the masses excited about Hybrid Broadband TV?…
HbbTV is the new kid on the block and after 14 or more years the industry has played around with Internet and Broadcasting and pure HTML solutions or WebTV without success; here is a look at what has…
Tandberg are introducing a new “device-aware” back-office platform to deliver content across any platform to any device…
Social TV is showing early success for FiOS customers and now Verizon turn their attentions to making money from the fad.…
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