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• Intel Looks to Blend TV with the Internet

  Can an open market for services evolve at the television set? TDG has long argued that, though there are some real problems that must be addressed, taking an open approach to Internet video delivery will dominate. ... Posted Sep 23 2009, 10:53 PM by Colin Dixon with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: set-top box, platforms, Colin Dixon, Digital living room, Intel, Internet TV, Internet video delivery, open approach, IDF, Flash

• IBC: The Place to Be in Early September

  Over the years, we have found that the IBC show in Amsterdam provides a wonderful venue for catching up on the latest and greatest in the digital video world. ... Posted Sep 13 2009, 12:08 PM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: program guides, platforms, interactive media, digital media, Blu-ray, Colin Dixon, Broadband Video, Netflix, CinemaNow, online video, Miniweb, Sonic

• What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate

  When it comes to two-screen video delivery efforts, TDG has employed a very basic dichotomy: there is PC-to-TV delivery (web-based video enjoyed on the TV) and TV-to-PC delivery (made-for-TV content enjoyed on the PC). ... Posted Aug 11 2009, 05:00 AM by Michael Greeson with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: platforms, interactive media, Over-The-Top, Time Warner Cable, video delivery, Michael Greeson, Broadband Video, Comcast, quantum media, web video, 5A media, access, Web-to-TV video delivery, video content, TV-to-Web video delivery

• Shake-up in the Tier2 TelcoTV Vendor Market

  Yesterday, Surewest Communications in Roseville California announced that they would be switching their television platform to Microsoft’s Mediaroom. SureWest operates as both an ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) providing services on its twisted pair copper network, and as a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) through its fiber network. ... Posted Jul 30 2009, 03:52 AM by The Diffusion Group with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: platforms, Microsoft, H.264, Colin Dixon, Surewest Communications, advanced codec, Mediaroom

• Networking for Value to the Enterprise

  Networking for Value for the Enterprise Peggy Dau, Contributing Analyst June 23, 2009 Networking. What a loaded term. Many people have an irrational response when they hear this term. Combine that with the term “social” and the reaction is... Posted Jun 09 2009, 12:11 PM by The Diffusion Group with | with no comments Filed under: platforms, engagement, social networking, Social networks, Peggy Dau

• Web-Only Video Programming Heading for the Home TV…Finally

  For years TDG has been discussing the inevitability of web video finding its way from the “small screen” PC to the” big screen” TV. ... Posted May 26 2009, 08:04 AM by Colin Dixon with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: platforms, Over-The-Top, digital media, Colin Dixon, video delivery, Broadband Video, video streaming, web video, content providers

• Can Blockbuster Be Saved?

  One of the most powerful brands in home video and a stalwart industry player once capable of bending the will of Hollywood studios may be on its last breath. The language could not have been clearer, with auditors stating that there is “substantial doubt about [Blockbuster’s] ability to continue as a going concern.” TDG made similar comments about the future of Blockbuster and brick-and-mortar movie rental stores – some five years ago. ... Posted Apr 13 2009, 09:32 AM by Andy Tarczon with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: DVD, platforms, movie rentals, digital media, video delivery, Blockbuster, Broadband Video, Netflix, video streaming, Andy Tarczon, game consoles, quantum media, DVD mail-order