Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory January 13, 2012 For the UltraViolet standard to really take off with consumers, every device they might want to watch movies and shows on needs to support the format. Unfortunately, there was a distinct lack of devices at CES 2012 sporting an UltraViolet logo. Disappointing...

Bill Niemeyer, Senior Analyst January 13, 2012 I've been monitoring CES this week from the safety of my bunker some 500 miles away. While the event always creates lots of noise, I haven't noticed much in the way of real 'news' this year. This is not to say that the advancement of OTT...

CES: New HDTV Buyers 50% More Likely to Buy Net-Capable Sets Over 3D January 11, 2012 (FRISCO, TX) - According to new research from TDG, 56% of broadband households are to varying degrees likely to purchase a new TV in the next six months. TDG expects that close to 25% of broadband households will indeed...

Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory January 13, 2011 I’m not quite sure what happened to the humble “Internet-enabled TV” at CES this year. For some reason, all the TV manufacturers decided these sets were not just “connected’ but had somehow become “smart.”...

Bill Niemeyer, Senior Analyst January 6, 2011 As CES 2011 gets underway this week in Las Vegas, the biggest news in product introductions may well be the ones that aren't going to happen. Missing in action will be a number of previously expected Google TV partner launches. Does this, and the streaming...

Netflix: Wii, NAB, HBO, and Revisiting Serial Monogamy Andy Tarczon, Founding Parter April 16, 2010 I’m enjoying a late start to my morning, rationalizing it by spending time in the LifeLab – my fancy term for the big broadband and home media testing center that sits above my garage. We’ll...

3D TV Another Case of Irrational Exuberance? Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory April 6, 2010 At CES in 2009, 3D movies were introduced to great fanfare. The format was supposed to draw us all back to the theaters and in at least one case, Avatar, this clearly happened. One year later and CES 2010...