TDG Opinions

April 2010 - Posts

• Broadcasters To Create National Mobile TV Network

  n a press release last week at the NAB convention in Las Vegas, Belo Corp., Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps Co., Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television Inc., ION Television, Media General Inc., Meredith Corp., NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations Inc., and Raycom Media announced plans to form a new U.S. mobile video service. Using existing broadcast spectrum, the service would allow member companies to provide a full range of video content to mobile devices. These broadcasters are also members of the Open Mobile Video Coalition, which includes more than 800 TV stations and has been working for years to establish a single national mobile TV standard. But delivering broadcast TV programs to handsets is already being done in the U.S. and with very limited success. Is there reason to believe this new approach will be more successful?... Posted Apr 27 2010, 06:30 AM by Brian Platts with no comments Filed under: iPhone, NAB, mobile DTV, FLO TV, MobileTV, Tivizen, Open Mobile Video Coalition, Brian Platts

• Netflix: Wii, NAB, HBO, and Revisiting Serial Monogamy

  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 ignore the fact that it is also the computer room, the library, the kids’ playroom, and has a dusty stair climber in the corner.... Posted Apr 16 2010, 12:56 PM by Andy Tarczon with no comments Filed under: Blockbuster, Netflix, Andy Tarczon, Wii, CES, HBO, NAB

• What the iPad and Its Ilk Could Mean for Home Computing

  The iPad has no doubt kindled a spark among personal computing futurists (pun unintended but interesting), though few recognize what widespread diffusion of these platforms may mean for average consumers, especially in the home. This essay is not about the pros and cons of the iPad platform per se, nor about the mobile possibilities. Instead, it centers on the impact that rapid diffusion of easy-to-use, widget-based tablets will have on the future of in-home computing. And they will have an impact….... Posted Apr 14 2010, 06:35 AM by Michael Greeson with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Michael Greeson, Apple, OpenPeak, Home Computing, Creston, Tablet, iPad

• FCC Loses on Appeal

  The US Court of Appeals in DC today ruled in favor of Comcast’s assertion that the FCC lacks authority to enforce rules relating to Net Neutrality. The particular case in question was Comcast’s “network management” practices in controlling peer-to-peer activities of users of its broadband network. The FCC told Comcast that they couldn’t discriminate against a particular application in this way and Comcast found other ways to achieve their management goals. ... Posted Apr 06 2010, 03:13 PM by Colin Dixon with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Colin Dixon, Comcast, FCC, US Court of Appeals, Net Neutrality, peer-to-peer

• 3D TV Another Case of Irrational Exuberance?

  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 hailed 3D TV as the next great home technology. Since then the hype has been building to feverish levels with expectations of big sales in 2010 and beyond. So should you be preparing to bring your video product or service into the 3D era? Will next year be the year of 3D mobile video?... Posted Apr 06 2010, 11:01 AM by Colin Dixon with no comments Filed under: Colin Dixon, Comcast, CES, Samsung, consumer electronics, 3D TV, Quixel Research

• 2,190 Days Later…

  In today’s economy the hot term is entrepreneurship –individuals having the will, the drive, the desire, and ultimately accepting the risk of succeeding or failing. It is about creating the small businesses that are the economic backbone of our country. And while I write these lofty ambitions, it’s still hard for me to believe that yesterday marked six years since Michael Greeson and I took that challenge and created The Diffusion Group. ... Posted Apr 05 2010, 03:28 PM by Andy Tarczon with no comments Filed under: Colin Dixon, Michael Greeson, Andy Tarczon, logos, TDG, history of company