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• Real-Time Viewing of First-Run TV Shows Declining in Relevance

  According to new research from TDG, less than half of broadband users view their favorite TV programs when initially broadcast, an astounding insight into contemporary video consumption habits and the growing irrelevance of programming schedules.... Posted Mar 29 2010, 04:56 AM by The Diffusion Group with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Broadband Media, Michael Greeson, place shifting, OTT, Over-the-Top, time-shifting, new media, multiscreen tv offerings, web connectivity, TVEverywhere, TDG Primary Research, DVR

• Cable Operator Multi-Screen Strategies Likely to Hit Pay Dirt

  TDG Validates Cable and Satellite Strategies to Offer Integrated Three-Screen Video Services. Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, DirecTV, and other Pay TV operators are in the process of building integrated multi-screen TV offerings; pushing their TV content beyond the TV to the PC and ultimately mobile devices. According to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), such offerings are likely to experience significant market demand.... Posted Mar 04 2009, 12:19 AM by The Diffusion Group with Filed under: PayTV, place-shifting, time-shifting, mobile video, cable operators, Comcast, DirecTV, three-screen, PayTV operators, Time Warner, TIme Warner Cable, multiscreen tv offerings, quantum video service

• Consumers Warming to the Concept of Integrated Three-Screen Video Services

  Recent spikes in both online and mobile video consumption – driven primarily by hardware and software innovations which make “anywhere, anytime” video viewing possible and practical – have created an opportunity for service providers to offer an integrated three-screen video service. Though hesitant to speak publicly, most U.S. operators are no doubt eyeing this opportunity – especially those with expansive facilities who can act from a position of power.... Posted Feb 02 2009, 12:30 AM by Michael Greeson with Filed under: Broadband Media, place shifting, time-shifting, three-screen

• 2006: The Year the Program Guide Begins to Get Personal

  2006 will see the emergence of a new class of video guide - the Personal Entertainment Guide or PEG. According to Program Guides at the Crossroads: The IPG Gets Personal, TDG's latest report on the evolving digital media market, the PEG will capitalize on many of the techniques pioneered on the web in the areas of search, behavior prediction, and distributed computing. The PEG will thus be more attuned to the viewer's preferences and capable of spanning a multitude of consumer devices, both stationary and portable. As a result, global licensing revenue from standard guides will decline to $356 million in 2010, while PEG licensing revenue will grow to $1.4 billion in the same time period.s... Posted Dec 10 2005, 08:19 PM by Colin Dixon with Filed under: Colin Dixon, Personal Entertainment Guide, place-shifting, time-shifting

• Aligning Content with Consumers is Key to Mastering the Mobile Video Market

  The key to success in the early mobile video services market is aligning content offerings with the needs of specific consumer segments. According to a new Market dBrief™ from The Diffusion group, Mastering Content in the Mobile Video Market, developing targeted content offerings is preferable to pushing a broad range of content intended to meet the tastes of all viewers.... Posted Oct 16 2005, 04:42 PM by The Diffusion Group with Filed under: place shifting, time-shifting, mobile video, mobile phones