Filed in archive Statistics
by martino on July 31, 2006
Mediamark Research (MRI) finds that 11.2 percent of U.S. adult households have DVRs, up from 8.6 in the fall of 2005 and 3 percent in 2004. DVRs households record an average 11.3 shows per week, up...
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Here is a trend that likely we will see much more of: using iTunes to promote an upcoming new show on television. NBC wants people to tune into "Heroes" and to get them started, will offer a...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on July 31, 2006
AOL is wildly trying experiments in order to find a purpose in the new media landscape. Current owner Time Warner will outline its strategy for AOL Wednesday. There has been widespread speculation...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on July 27, 2006
Can broadband video really takeoff if lots of quality content is married with the largest Internet portal? Sounds like a plan for success. Unfortunately its been tried and the result was that $200...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on July 27, 2006
Web Site: I have new and exciting video from Farmers Almanac. Web Surfer: Great, I will waste no time in watching it. Sometimes copy just writes itself. Episode 2 (follow the link above) describes...
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I have always believed that the tipping point for digital media will occur when a viewer can easily watch any Internet-based video on their home TV's. Certainly, it cannot be much more difficult...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on July 17, 2006
The Fox network will significantly reduce its $417 million a year payment for Major League Baseball for the next seven years with a deal down to $250 million a year. There's a catch: It will only...
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from TVPredictions.com Does Rupert Murdoch's DirectTV own a U.S. Senator? asks TVPredictions.com. The Web site notes that Alaska Republican Ted Stevens is pushing "for an anti-cable TV...
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Note: this posting draws from a larger article appearing in the New York Times. The World Cup demonstrates the continuing power of live sports events to pull in the mass audiences that advertisers...
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Half the subscribers to mobile video services don't actually watch video according to "How People Use Mobile Video," a study released by Knowledge Networks. Instead, the laptop emerges...
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Filed in archive Internet TV
by martino on July 14, 2006
Presently, the cable MSO's have about 75% of U.S. household when providing television services. Leichtman Research Group is reporting that 60% of U.S. homes now connect to the Internet via...
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Microsoft has been developing its own hand-held music and video player to challenge Apple Computer's iPod and expects to have it in stores in time for the holiday season. It is supposed to have a...
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