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• 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

• Coach Potatoes Thrown for a Loop

  One of the problems that has plagued my ability to watch web video on my TV is the mouse. When I’m slumped on my sofa watching video on the new Hulu client or on abc.com it really is a pain to have to sit up, find a flat surface and navigate to the next video with a regular wireless mouse. Well, it looks like I just found a cool alternative that allows me to remain in my recumbent posture while I hunt for the next show to watch.... Posted Jun 15 2009, 01:30 PM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: Colin Dixon, web video, mouse, gyroscopics, Freespace® technology, TV pointers

• 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

• Challenges in the Global On-line Video Industry

  Another week and another panel to moderate! This one was at the Future of Television Forum West in LA put on by Ned Sherman and Digital Mediawire. The subject for this panel was “Online Video: Global Opportunities and Challenges” although I have to say we leaned pretty heavily on the challenges. This was a big panel for its allotted 50 minutes and we covered a lot of ground. ... Posted Mar 26 2009, 03:58 AM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: Colin Dixon, video delivery, content, web video, Future of Television Forum West, metadata, online video

• How Not to Watch Web Video on the TV

  My nomination for bone-head product of the week goes to Western Digital for the WD TV HD Media Player. This little set-top box, which sells for $129.99, sits under your TV consuming one of your precious HDMI TV ports. You plug in any USB drive, although it’s targeted at Western Digitals own MyBook line, and you can immediately access any media on the drive through the TV.... Posted Mar 02 2009, 11:46 AM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: interactive media, home networking, Colin Dixon, video delivery, web video, Western Digital, web media

• Moving On Up or Just Moving On? The Changes at Move Networks

  There has been much speculation over the last few days regarding what’s really going on at Move Networks. Reports of layoffs and worse abound in the blogosphere; this despite the fact that Move has become a gold standard of sorts for high-quality web video delivery. ... Posted Feb 17 2009, 08:04 AM by Colin Dixon with | with no comments Filed under: OTT, Over-The-Top, next-generation video, Colin Dixon, video delivery, video streaming, Andy Tarczon, Streaming Media, web video, Move Networks

• 2009 Predictions

  2009 will be a turning point for the delivery of web video to the television. By the end of the year, some 40 million households around the world will be regularly watching web video on their televisions and, as a consequence, watching less regular broadcast television. These OTT or net-to-TV video services will begin siphoning revenue from traditional PayTV services in the form of movie rentals, premium channel subscriptions and, last but not least, advertising revenue.... Posted Dec 23 2008, 12:24 PM by Andy Tarczon with | with no comments Filed under: OTT, set-top box, Andy Tarczon, 2009 Predictions, web video