Last week, I talked about the success PBS is having reconnecting with its audience through the new PBS.org website and various applications for mobile devices. Monday, the BBC in the UK upped-the-ante and announced the availability of a new version of the BBC iPlayer optimized for a television set. This...

Project Canvas - Free-to-Air Savior or Internet Killer? Colin Dixon, Practicing Manager, Broadband Media March 2, 2009 What do you get when you cross broadcast television with the Internet? Is the joint offering like the Internet, open and unregulated, or like broadcast TV, strictly controlled and heavily...

September 18, 2007 As I sit here on the plane returning to the U.S. after a most enjoyable IBC, I find myself thinking about the state of the digital media industry as reflected in the show's conference sessions and exhibit halls. More IBC, Broadband TV, Colin Dixon, IPTV,

September 14, 2007 Up until the very last pre-show panel session at IBC, I felt trapped in "IPTV-land." Speaker after speaker lambasted the open Internet as a medium "not fit for quality video streaming" and argued that only new TelcoTV networks had sufficient QoS... More