TDG Opinions

January 2009 - Posts

• Retailers and Over-the-Top Video Services: Missed Opportunity?

  In the fight for video service supremacy – a battleground where TV shows and movies are available on-demand; in which an open broadband connection is a more powerful conduit than a cable TV connection; where new technologies are commoditizing the ability to deliver content; and where virtually any device connected to the TV can become the set-top box (if not the TV itself) – the very definition of a “service provider” is being altered.... Posted Jan 22 2009, 12:42 AM by Andy Tarczon with no comments Filed under: OTT, Andy Tarczon, service providers, retailers, bestbuy, walmart, wal-mart, Circuit City, Best Buy

• Building the Discovery Experience

  For many of us, the annual CES pilgrimage is now complete and we are now interpreting the overload of spin. How stupendous was the event, really? What new products were actually buzz-worthy? The answer is hardly a secret, especially to those who have been attending CES for an eternity.... Posted Jan 19 2009, 12:35 PM by Andy Tarczon with no comments Filed under: Andy Tarczon, discovery, CES