Microsoft continues moving towards the fall release of live PayTV via the XBOX Live platform. While June saw the official announcement that such video services would come to the platform this fall, few details were available. This week saw momentum finally picking up as the platform was revealed to be...

Business Insider this week asked a question that raised a bit of ire (or at least should have): " When will Kindles be free? " Vexing for sure to hardware folk that could not imagine giving away such an elegant device; if anything, it should command a premium. Software folk are also put off...

Internet Features are the Norm for New TV Devices New TDG Research Forecasts Explosive Growth in Net-to-TV Connectivity Frisco, TX (June 2, 2011) – According to The Diffusion Group (TDG), the number of households that will be using over-the-top (OTT) video services will grow from 106 million in...

Comcast’s Musings on Multi-Screen at Seachange Summit Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory May 3, 2011 I had the good fortune to participate in a couple of conferences in New York last week. Today, I want to share with you a few things I learned at the Seachange International Summit entitled “...

As reported this week in Ad Age , Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes was asked by interviewer Charlie Rose what he now thought of Netflix, which had just reported record subscribers and earnings. As THR reported, Bewkes said: "With fondness. I have a fondness for subscription television, and Netflix is...

Decoupling the Network from the Service Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory April 29, 2011 I spent two days this week at a couple of conferences in New York City. The first was Light Reading’s “Cable’s Next-Gen Video Strategies,” the second was Seachange International’s...

Decoupling the Network from the Service Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory April 29, 2011 I spent two days this week at a couple of conferences in New York City. The first was Light Reading’s “Cable’s Next-Gen Video Strategies,” the second was Seachange International’s...