Scientific Atlanta Grows From DVR Sales at The Digital TV Weblog

Much of the news in advertising and digital television revolves around the impact of the digital video recorder (DVR). Here is the financial report of just one (albeit a large one) manufacturer. Note that at the bottom of their quarterly statistics, SA added almost half as many DVR's as TiVo has total in non-directtv households! Digital TV equipment provider, Scientific-Atlanta, has released financial results for its fiscal third quarter: � Sales totaled [...] Read More


DVD sales slow at The Digital TV Weblog

We recently witnessed DreamWorks animation and Pixar Animation Studios having to adjust their earnings estimates when Shrek 2 and The Incredibles sold fewer DVDs than the companies had predicted. Their stock prices plunged on the news. The studios have been able to bank on revenue from sales and rentals of DVDs, which have accounted for 60% of the entertainment companies' bottom lines, compared to just 20% taken in ticket sales. Now, [...] Read More


Scientific-Atlanta targets IPTV at The Digital TV Weblog

Scientific-Atlanta has interest to expand its focus beyond its core cable customer base to target the emerging market for IPTV. Just in June alone, I spotted three press releases of some importance. Here they are: SA signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of advanced encoders that will be compatible with the Microsoft� TV Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Edition software platform. As a result of the agreement, broadband network operators [...] Read More


INSIGHTS into Growing Your Business at Bizinformer

Welcome to Accel Sales Partners who have created a new blog called Insights. In their first post they speak about identifying a process for growing your business instead of exclusively relying on the networks of sales Representatives. We are witnessing more companies, especially smaller to mid-sized firms, embracing a commercialization process as a means to create new business. A process approach recognizes all the steps necessary to acquire new business beginning [...] Read More


GM Tallies Mixed Sales Figures For November at carzz.org

By Gunnar Heinrich Despite reporting three consecutive months of sales growth - which stood as a breath of fresh air for those concerned about the General's welfare - GM's overall sales slid sharply in November. GM's PR people chalked the losses up to "reductions in daily rental sales and softening industry demand." Overall US sales did, in fact, slip by 11% from November of last year. And needless to say, GM's sales [...] Read More