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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://tdgresearch.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>TDG Research</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/</link><description>TDG is a market research and advisory firm focused on the broadband video market.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)</generator><item><title>Web Video and 2012 “End of the World"</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/2500.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:01:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:2500</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2012 Q1 &lt;br /&gt;Author: Predrag Filipovic, Ph.D., Contributing Analyst&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 14&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Many fear that web video will be forever relegated to short video clips burdened with latency and poor quality experiences; that it&amp;#39;s most appropriate use is for short-form PC-centric video, not for living room entertainment. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;TDG does not believe this is the case. In fact, we believe that in 2012 the online video segment will advance such that both businesses and consumers benefit. We are optimistic as to the future of web video; an advance exemplified by three (out of several) web video technologies: MPEG-DASH, HTML5, and WebM. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2011-11-08/L7JHI" length="5489" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Filling the Video Value Gap: The Case for Broadband TV</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/2385.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:30:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:2385</guid><dc:creator>Colin Dixon</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://tdgresearch.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/images/Broadband-tv.jpg" style="float:right;" height="350" width="226" alt="" /&gt;Consumers are looking for better value from their home entertainment services. While traditional PayTV has long filled this need, its high price and inflexibility are leading many to consider alternatives.&amp;nbsp; Operators are also looking to derive more value from their networks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this paper, we discuss how these gaps can both be filled with the launch of Broadband TV services while delivering strong economic value to both consumers and operators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2011-08-31/KU8TU" length="7319" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>IP Services for Network Operators: An In-depth, Independent Review of 6 Cisco Proposed Services</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/2308.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:42:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:2308</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2011 Q2 &lt;br /&gt;Authors: Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory, TDG Research and Steve Hawley, Principal Analyst, tvstrategies&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 12&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Nobody questions the central role television plays in home entertainment&amp;mdash;and pay TV is the dominant vehicle for television broadcasting in many countries. However, pay TV providers have more competition than ever. Video delivered via the Internet is threatening all of the established pay TV providers by allowing both mainstream and alternative content providers to take programming directly to consumers, &amp;ldquo;over the top.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;To help facilitate this transition, Cisco Systems has introduced Videoscape, a solution built for delivering the next generation of TV experiences across managed and unmanaged networks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;This paper examines six opportunities Cisco Systems believes Service Providers should consider as they evaluate whether or not to integrate the Internet into their offerings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;br /&gt;1. Executive Summary&lt;br /&gt;2. Introduction&lt;br /&gt;3. Six Service Models&lt;br /&gt;4. Summary Analysis&lt;br /&gt;5. Conclusions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2011-06-24/KJGQP" length="7319" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Deriving New Value from Video Content Libraries</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/2251.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 18:28:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:2251</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2011 Q2 &lt;br /&gt;Author: Will Richmond, VideoNuze and Colin Dixon, TDG Research&lt;br /&gt;Presented by: Thought Equity Motion&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 11&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Because high-quality video is so expensive to produce, the ability to monetize and extract value from it, whether at the box office, on TV, in licensing or in other ways is essential. However, there now exists a &amp;ldquo;perfect storm&amp;rdquo; of technology that will fundamentally change the economics of the video industry. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;In this white paper, we will discuss the changing dynamic of the television experience being enabled by new technologies, how this shift is bringing archived content back into relevance, and how to monetize these otherwise stagnant libraries. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;br /&gt;1. Introduction&lt;br /&gt;2. Technology Changes Everything &lt;br /&gt;3. Video Libraries&amp;rsquo; Time Has Come&lt;br /&gt;4. Understanding the Processes for Unlocking Value&lt;br /&gt;5. Unlocking a Library - The NCAA Vault Experience&lt;br /&gt;6. Conclusion&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;List of Figures:&lt;br /&gt;Figure 1 - The Asset Digitization Process&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2011-05-02/KAGW3" length="7319" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Broadband: The Next Frontier for Service Provider PayTV</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/1969.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:42:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:1969</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2010 Q3&lt;br /&gt;Author: Colin Dixon&lt;br /&gt;Presented by: Minerva Networks&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For service operators, these are extraordinary times. In recent years, many have stepped into the world of pay television services hoping to capture significant market share and new revenues. While they have experienced some success in this endeavor, it has come at a very high cost. Constructing and managing networks capable of supporting high-quality television delivery is a costly and lengthy process that requires massive investment. At a time when other core revenues are declining, justifying such expenses is no easy task. Consequently, many video-related network upgrades have slowed or stalled completely, thus limiting the ability of operators to market video services to all customers and ultimately slowing service growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This paper will look at the advantages of BPTV and consumer attitudes toward it. We will also examine the opportunity for broadband pay TV operators (BPOs) in the market and finally look at an example of a BPO service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;br /&gt;1.0 In Brief &lt;br /&gt;2.0 Introduction&lt;br /&gt;3.0 Can Broadband Really Deliver?&lt;br /&gt;4.0 Are Consumers Ready for Broadband TV?&lt;br /&gt;5.0 Operators Are Standing By&lt;br /&gt;6.0 Conclusion&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;List of Figures:&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 1: BPTV Demand at Various Price Points&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 2: Netflix Customers Enjoy Streaming to their Television&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2010-09-15/ICFSN" length="7046" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>The Social TV Guide: Boosting VoD Revenue and Customer Engagement through Enhanced Content Discovery</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/1964.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:08:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:1964</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2010 Q3&lt;br /&gt;Author: Colin Dixon&lt;br /&gt;Presented by:&amp;nbsp;Orca Interactive&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since its introduction earlier this decade, video-on-demand (VoD) has been a great success with PayTV subscribers around the world. Comcast recently announced that, since its introduction in 2003, the on-demand system had delivered 11 billion views.&amp;nbsp; Virgin Media is also seeing customers flock to the service claiming that its 2.1 million subscribers had already used the system 200 million times in just the first four months of 2010.2 While these numbers are significant, they mask a major problem for service providers: the vast majority of on-demand views are for free content, with pay-per-view (PPV) being ignored almost completely. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This paper will look at how targeting techniques and social networking can help boost on-demand revenues for operators. Drawing on new consumer research from TDG, we will examine how these tools are faring in today&amp;rsquo;s marketplace. It also examines the impact both techniques might have an imaginary &amp;ldquo;million subscriber&amp;rdquo; PayTV operator, CommTVCo, and discuss how the company might use them to enhance the EPG experience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;br /&gt;1.0 Introduction&lt;br /&gt;2.0 Social Networks: The New Tool for Selling Content&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;3.0 What This Means for VoD Revenue&lt;br /&gt;4.0 Targeting: Good for You, Good for Your Customers &lt;br /&gt;5.0 What This Means for Revenue&lt;br /&gt;6.0 Happier Customers = Higher ARPU and Less Churn&lt;br /&gt;7.0 Summary&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;List of Figures:&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 1: Comcast&amp;rsquo;s On Demand EPG Section Highlights Recent Shows and Movies&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 2: Orca&amp;rsquo;s COMPASS Guide includes Social Features&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 3: Targeted Selling Techniques used by Amazon.com&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 4: Value of Current PayTV Service among Broadband Subscribers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2010-09-10/IBRCD" length="7046" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Containing the Costs of Multi-Screen Delivery: A Primer on Scalable Video Coding</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/1943.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:1943</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2010 Q3&lt;br /&gt;Author: Colin Dixon&lt;br /&gt;Presented&amp;nbsp;by: Seawell Networks&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 9&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;The new media world order presents many opportunities for content providers to reach viewers in new and exciting ways. But it brings challenges as well. Delivering to multiple screens is a tremendous opportunity. Keeping costs down while doing so, however, is far from easy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;This paper will look at the growth in multi-screen video distribution. It will examine the challenges faced by a fictitious online content provider, VballVolley.net, and discuss a solution to one of the major contributors to infrastructure cost growth: video file proliferation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.0 Introduction&lt;br /&gt;2.0 It&amp;rsquo;s a Multi-Screen, Multi-Network World&lt;br /&gt;3.0 Delivering to Multi-Screens Is an Expensive Business&lt;br /&gt;4.0 A New Approach: Scalable Video Coding&lt;br /&gt;5.0 Summary and Conclusion&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;List of Figures:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 1: Many Screen Resolutions and Network Speeds make Multi-Screen Delivery a Challenge&lt;br /&gt;Fig. 2: H.264 SVC saves Disk Space over H.264 AVC&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2010-07-09/HKWBB" length="7046" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Bandwidth Challenges to the Digital Home: 2010</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/1919.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:11:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:1919</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Price: $0.00&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2010 Q2&lt;br /&gt;Author: Colin Dixon&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Telecom operators seeking to enter the lucrative television market based on existing DSL technology are facing serious bandwidth problems, primarily due to the fact that High Definition Television (HDTV) is rapidly exceeding the capacity of DSL networks serving today&amp;#39;s homes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;In order to grow into their network, Telecom operators need to consider new solutions. This Market dBrief&amp;trade; will examine the criteria needed when evaluating new last-mile technologies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.0 Introduction&lt;br /&gt;2.0 Triple Play Leads the Way&lt;br /&gt;3.0 Video Bandwidth Concerns in the Telecom Network&lt;br /&gt;4.0 Telecom Operators need a New Approach to Last Mile Bandwidth&lt;br /&gt;5.0 Can Fiber Meet the Need?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2010-06-25/HH2OB" length="7047" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>PayTV versus A la Carte</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/1725.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:38:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:1725</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Price: $0.00&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2010 Q2&lt;br /&gt;Authors: Michael Greeson&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 17&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some six years ago, TDG first waded into the tete-a-tete regarding &amp;agrave; la carte services, arguing in support of the proposition. Not much has changed during these six years, at least in the U.S. In Canada, however, enlightened MSOs have recognized the necessity of adding &amp;aacute; la carte options to their service mix.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This Market dBrief&amp;trade; examines three questions regarding the subject of &amp;agrave; la carte PayTV offerings in the U.S.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="180" width="184" src="http://tdgresearch.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/dBrief+Images/_2D00_choose_2D00_your_2D00_channel.jpg" style="float:right;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download today to learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What does the Canadian experience tell us about the future of &amp;agrave; la carte in the U.S.?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What do U.S. consumers have to say about &amp;agrave; la carte versus closed programming tiers?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The three principal streaming solutions available today&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What can demographic characteristics of &amp;agrave; la carte enthusiasts tell us about early demand for such services? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Weighing in on &amp;Agrave; La Carte, Five Years Later&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Must be Something In the Water&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ALA in the USA&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;But What Does the Research Say?&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Who Are These &amp;Agrave; la Carte Enthusiasts, Anyway?&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2010-05-25/H7RS7" length="-1" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>TVE vs. OTT - Are You Ready for a Throwdown?</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/577.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:46:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:577</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Price: $0.00&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2009 Q4&lt;br /&gt;Author: Michael Greeson, Colin Dixon&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 14&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="160" width="124" src="http://tdgresearch.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/dBrief+Images/TVEvsOTTxs.jpg" style="float:right;" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For those who keep up with the day-to-day business of digital video, these are interesting times. With the arrival of broadband connectivity to the TV, a host of new Internet-based video services are coming to the living room TV. TDG refers to these as &amp;quot;Over-the-Top&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;OTT&amp;quot; video services. At the same time, incumbent PayTV operators are looking to push their high-value programming beyond the TV to consumer PCs and mobile devices through the &amp;quot;TV Everywhere&amp;quot; efforts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While there is no consensus as to how this market battle will play out, there is no doubt that battle lines are being drawn and that the consumer video landscape is about to be redefined.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For over five years, TDG has kept our fingers on the pulse of digital delivery. Download today to learn:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;TV Everywhere&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Service definitions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Which carriers are in this space&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Consumer interest in TV to PC services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Consumer willingness to pay for such services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Over-The-Top&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Service definitions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Which devices consumers will be using&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Consumer interest in OTT services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Global # of OTT Households&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Introduction&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;TV Everywhere&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Over-the-Top&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;TVE vs. OTT, Different Models, Same Teleology&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Final Thoughts&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Market dBrief&amp;trade; draws its data from TDG&amp;rsquo;s new report: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://tdgresearch.com/shops/reports/broadband-enabled-tv-rise-of-the-ott-provider.aspx"&gt;Broadband-Enabled TV: Rise of the OTT Provider&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;This report analyzes the market conditions of Internet-based video services, identifies key market trends and predicts likely market developments for the period 2009 through 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2009-10-07/F3AAN" length="6935" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>The Terror of Terminology: Demystifying Broadband TV</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/570.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:09:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:570</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>
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&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;Product Category: Webinar&lt;br /&gt;Price: $0&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2009 Q3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;Presenters:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;Colin Dixon, Will Richmond&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;File Size:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Summary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;As you wade through the daily round of announcements of new over-the-top to the TV services it&amp;rsquo;s easy to get lost in the conflicting terminology used. You may find yourself wondering if Internet video and broadband video are the same thing or if broadband usage caps will render the Internet video market DOA. This webinar will throw a little light on these sometimes confusing issues and a little cold water on some of the industry&amp;rsquo;s most outlandish claims. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;Here are some of the questions we addressed in this session: 
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the difference between broadband and Internet video?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What are the main home networking technologies and which is best for video?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How much bandwidth is really consumed watching Internet video and will usage caps kill the emerging market to the television?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Will the PayTV operator TV Everywhere service really deliver on its namesake promise and will it break net-neutrality in the process?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Can you really deliver a TV service over the Internet?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style3"&gt;Co-presented by Will Richmond of VideoNuze and TDG&amp;#39;s Colin Dixon, Senior Partner, Advisory, this webinar will help answer some of the industry&amp;#39;s lingering questions on the future of the broadband media home and its consumers.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="style3"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2009-09-25/F0WN1" length="6799" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Over-the-Top, Cord-Cutting and the Consumer</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/522.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:52:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:522</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Price: $0.00&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2009 Q3&lt;br /&gt;Author: Michael Greeson&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the rapid uptake of web-based video and dramatic improvements in the quality of online video delivery, it was inevitable that innovative companies would look beyond the PC and instead turn their attention to delivering online video directly to the living room TV, bypassing or going &amp;quot;Over-the-Top&amp;quot; of incumbent PayTV providers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Market dBrief will present TDG&amp;rsquo;s latest primary consumer research on consumer interest in OTT video services, one which goes beyond the &amp;quot;cord cutter&amp;quot; label and identifies four different OTT segments: Replacers, Supplementers, Optimals, and Non-OTT Consumers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The OTT Market Space - Emergence&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The OTT market Space - Evolution&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Shift to Embedded Web Support&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Profiling PayTV Service Subscribers - A Snapshot&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;PayTV Service Subscriptions&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Final Thoughts&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Market dBrief&amp;trade; draws its data from TDG&amp;rsquo;s new report: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://tdgresearch.com/shops/reports/over-the-top-broadband-enthusiasts-who-are-they-what-drives-them-and-what-do-they-want.aspx"&gt;Over-the-Top Broadband Enthusiasts &amp;ndash; Who Are They, What Drives Them, and What Do They Want?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; This report identifies four non-overlapping OTT-dependent segments (Replacers, Supplementers, Optimals, and Non-OTT Consumers) and analyzes the characteristics that define and distinguish each segment, including demographics, psychographics, TV viewing and subscription habits, technology dispositions, interest in alternative TV services, and a host of other characteristics. The data reveals an emerging market comprised of very different consumer segments with different motivations and service expectations.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2009-07-15/EC9B8" length="7003" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Online Video: Threats and Opportunities for PayTV Operators</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/484.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 22:38:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:484</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Price: $0.00&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2009 Q2&lt;br /&gt;Author: Colin Dixon&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 12&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;With the rapid uptake of online video and dramatic improvements in the quality of delivery fueled by innovations in advanced, adaptive codecs from the likes of Move Networks and Microsoft, it was inevitable that some online video distributors would look beyond PC delivery and instead turn their attention to delivering online video &amp;ldquo;over-the-top&amp;rdquo; (OTT) of incumbent PayTV services and directly to the television. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taken from the larger report, &lt;i&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://tdgresearch.com/shops/broadband_media_reports/pay-tv-service-providers-and-online-video-delivery-how-soon-is-now.aspx"&gt;Pay TV Service Providers and Online Video Delivery: How Soon is Now?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, this paper discusses consumer interest in, and price sensitivity to, an OTT service, and how operators can benefit by embracing web delivery methods, improving their offerings and expanding their audience. This paper also looks at how companies like Netflix are using OTT to their advantage.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Perspective 1 Online Video as a Competitive Threat &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Online Video Delivery &amp;ndash; Show Me the Money!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; An Example of Today&amp;rsquo;s OTT Services: Netflix and Video Streaming&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Perspective 2 PayTV Operators Are Standing By to Launch Their &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Own Online TV Services&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Conclusions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2009-05-20/DDM4M" length="7005" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Wild About Widgets – Differentiating Video Platforms in the Age of Internet TV</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/477.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:24:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:477</guid><dc:creator>The Diffusion Group</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p style="text-align:justify;"&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;Price: $0.00&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2009 Q2&lt;br /&gt;Author: Michael Greeson&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Internet is finally coming to the TV &amp;ndash; this time for real and forever. It is no longer a possibility; it is an inevitability. The question for CE OEMs, then, is not &amp;ldquo;if?&amp;rdquo; to embed Internet connectivity in new video platforms, but &amp;ldquo;in what form?&amp;rdquo; to do so. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The challenge is to identify the right solutions to enhance the living room TV experience without introducing unwarranted complexity. OEMs must be wary of inexpensive solutions that do not have the horsepower or headroom to support the types of web-based TV applications that consumers demand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Market dBrief will present TDG&amp;rsquo;s latest primary consumer research regarding consumer demand for Internet-enabled TV platforms, as well as discuss the advantages of a widget-based approach in delivering such experiences. It will also identify the benefits that OEMs can expect when offering a widget-based interface within their video platforms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Setting the Stage &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Consumer Electronics in the Internet Age &amp;ndash; Competitive Realities &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Shift to Embedded Web Support &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Identifying the Right Solution &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Right Interface &amp;ndash; the Widget Toolbar &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Right Applications &amp;ndash; More than Just On-Demand Information &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; New Revenue Opportunities&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Right Solution &amp;ndash; A Powerful Media Processor&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Conclusion&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Funding for this research provided by Intel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more reading on widgets, and their potential to PayTV providers, view &lt;a href="http://asktdg.com/media/p/476.aspx"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Using Widgets to Monetize Web-Enabled TV &amp;ndash; The Service Provider&amp;rsquo;s Perspective&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2009-05-15/D589Y" length="7023" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Game Consoles and the Emerging Over-the-Top Video Opportunity</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/271.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:39:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:271</guid><dc:creator>Michael Greeson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;There is little doubt that broadband video is a reality.&amp;nbsp; Rather than trying to give an exhaustive overview of the different methods of delivering online video to the TV &amp;lsquo;Over-the-Top&amp;rsquo; of incumbent PayTV closed networks and proprietary set-top boxes (what TDG has coined OTT), this Market dBrief&amp;trade; will examine broadband video and explore why, of the many OTT platforms and solutions hitting the market, next-generation game consoles are uniquely positioned for success.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://asktdg.com/shops/broadband_media_reports/console-vendors-and-ott-delivery-let-the-games-begin.aspx"&gt;Report: Console Vendors&amp;nbsp;and OTT&amp;nbsp;Delivery - &lt;br /&gt;Let the Games Begin!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Emerging digital technologies are shaking the foundations of the media business, altering the mediums, the messages, and the models that have long dominated this important social and cultural space. Content creators, publishers, programmers, network operators, and service providers are finding it difficult to understand how and why their long-established &amp;ldquo;chain of being&amp;rdquo; is eroding. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This lack of perspective is due to the absence of a coherent theoretical backdrop by which companies can make sense of these changes; a condition which undermines strategic development, induces myopic tactical behavior, and ultimately leaves companies &amp;ldquo;behind the curve.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TDG&amp;rsquo;s president and principal analyst, Michael Greeson, offers a unique interpretive framework for understanding the impact of various &amp;ldquo;new media&amp;rdquo; phenomenon&amp;mdash;such as the digitization of media content, the shift to non-linear media, and the implications of the &amp;ldquo;any time, any place, any content&amp;rdquo; paradigm&amp;mdash;using as a backdrop key tenets of relativity and quantum theory to provide a fascinating and unusual interpretative analysis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style16" style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;ldquo;Relativity and quantum theory fueled a legitimate intellectual revolution impacting disciplines far beyond the physical sciences, including philosophy, literary criticism, the social sciences, and even business theory. Why? Because the core concepts have proven surprisingly useful for understanding a variety of phenomena, even today&amp;rsquo;s media universe: a world of experiences no longer confined by absolute time or space; in which user motives and context more strongly determine the nature of the experience than the creator or distributor.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2008-08-18/1ADFJ" length="-1" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>The Little Book of Broadband Video</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/240.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:02:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:240</guid><dc:creator>Michael Greeson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why Call it &amp;ldquo;The Little Book?&amp;quot; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The growing confluence of broadband, home networks, and connected devices made it clear that consumers were putting the pieces in place to support the digital lifestyle. At that time, however, most broadband-enabled home networks were limited to PC and peripheral connectivity with the majority of use focused on data-centric activities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Since that time, a variety of new devices and services have surfaced to seamlessly extend the broadband connection and home network into the realm of digital entertainment. Specifically, new solutions are aiming to extend this digital infrastructure beyond the PC and into the home entertainment system. It will be years before this model of entertainment distribution goes mainstream, but the pieces are now in place for the &amp;quot;over-the-top&amp;quot; model of content delivery to gain a solid foothold.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Little Book of Broadband Video is a collection of 10 key insights regarding this rapidly evolving market. We hope that our unique perspective helps you gain a more concise picture of the broadband video landscape and spark some deeper thought by all involved in this market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a busy executive, your time is precious.&amp;nbsp; TDG&amp;rsquo;s reports are designed with that in mind, each focused on getting to the point and going beyond the fluff and puff of those other reports that spend chapters stating the obvious.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;Over the Top&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; Really That Important?&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Definitely.&amp;nbsp; Whether you call it convergence, New TV, Over the Top, or any other name, broadband video models will forever change the television landscape.&amp;nbsp; How will you compete in this new market?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2008-06-27/LS6E" length="4417" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Taming the Explosion in CE Software Complexity</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/239.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:53:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:239</guid><dc:creator>Colin Dixon</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>
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&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Consumer expectations regarding the functionality and utility of electronic devices have changed dramatically over the last several years. From digital cameras to televisions, from PCs to mobile phones, users are demanding more of these devices than at any time before. These demands, however, extend far beyond the reliability and performance of core functionalities. Increasingly, purchase decisions are made on the basis of value-added or secondary features (implying such features can no longer be relegated to secondary status). CE software engineers must balance the need to design products that excel at their category-specific functions, yet support a growing number of applications and connectivity features (all while trying balance cost and complexity). &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="style2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Market dBrief&amp;trade; examines these challenges, as well as how external software component vendors can be a key part of the solution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;Introduction&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Explosion in Connectivity&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Developer&amp;rsquo;s Challenge&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Build or Buy?&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Selecting the Right Partner&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Domain Expertise&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Standards-Based Solution&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Built-in Operability Across a Wide Range of Devices&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hardware &amp;amp; OS Compatibility&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Test Support&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Conclusion&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2008-08-14/19OU9" length="4415" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>The Business Dynamics of PayTV Versus Internet TV</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/238.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:48:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:238</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Description &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt;Online video is a burgeoning, hot growth sector, yet the advertising market that supports it is confusing, even to the veterans of the traditional programming fields.As the revenue structure unravels, PayTV Operators face a looming competitor, one no longer dependent on monthly subscriber fees.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt;With the business model of television undergoing a massive transformation, broadband penetration growing, and video production and delivery business becoming more and more affordable, there are few barriers launching a video-based broadband content business.TDG&amp;rsquo;s latest Market dBrief,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt; &lt;a href="http://asktdg.com/shops/broadband_media_reports/online-tv-and-the-future-of-digital-video-advertising.aspx"&gt;The Business Dynamics of PayTV versus Internet TV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt;, discusses the state of the online video advertising market as it stands today and where the growth will come tomorrow. This dBrief serves as an excellent primer to the basics of understanding this often perplexing area, and is taken from the larger report, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;Online TV and the Future of Digital Video Advertising.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style5" style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="style5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;The Times, They are a Changing&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Beneficiary?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style5" style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;The Viewer&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Impact of Broadband Video Ad Sends&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The End of PayTV?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style5" style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;Not so Much&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Big Four on the Move&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The PayTV Operator&amp;rsquo;s Conundrum&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Committed, but Available for Experiment&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Window of Opportunity Opens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2008-07-09/N0ZP" length="4573" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>The Emergence of Broadband Television</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/234.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:37:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:234</guid><dc:creator>Colin Dixon</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>
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&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;Price: $0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;Release Date: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;Author: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style2"&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;Pages: 8&lt;br /&gt;Figures: 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style4"&gt;TDG Full Report:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://asktdg.com/shops/broadband_media_reports/broadband-video-redefining-the-television-experience.aspx"&gt;Broadband Video: Redefining the Television Experience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style4"&gt;As the Internet finds its way to the primary home TV, consumers are looking to the Internet for content, much of which will be available on-demand and specifically suited to their tastes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This topic paper provides an overview of the various types of Internet video now available and describes how Internet video will soon find its way from the PC monitor to TV screen. It also discusses several of the methods to help &amp;#39;bridge&amp;#39; the gap between home broadband connection and television set. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;A larger view is found in the report, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://asktdg.com/shops/broadband_media_reports/broadband-video-redefining-the-television-experience.aspx"&gt;Broadband Video: Redefining the Television Experience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;. It explores in detail how many broadband-enabled televisions will actually be connected to the Internet and used to receive broadband video. Further, the report discusses the types of video services that will be launched from the Internet targeting the television and includes specific revenue estimates for these services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Market dBrief&amp;trade; Excerpt: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style4"&gt;With the recent flood of Internet-based video content, it is fair to say that the transition of open video delivery is well underway. Put another way, the incumbent PayTV operators and major broadcasters are losing their grip on the types of video programming to which consumers have access - a sure sign of what we call &amp;#39;the democratization of video delivery.&amp;#39;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style6"&gt;&lt;a href="http://asktdg.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/dBrief+Images/EmergenceofBBTVimgLarge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img height="284" width="395" src="http://asktdg.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/dBrief+Images/EmergenceofBBTVim.jpg" alt="The Emergence of Broadband Television" class="style7" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style4"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Table of Contents&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;1.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Foreward&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Democratizing Video Delivery&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 3.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bridging the Gap: Connecting the Television to Broadband&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 4.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; After-word&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;List of Figures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;Figure 1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Broadband Video for Television&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Figure 2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mix of Broadband-Enabling Mediums for the TV in 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2008-11-30/B1C1N" length="4405" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item><item><title>Mastering the Metadata Menace: How Metadata Mismanagement is Slowing the Delivery of Digital Services to the Set-Top-Box</title><link>http://tdgresearch.com/media/p/233.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:30:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">2e403ad2-531f-4c36-b0ca-d3e81ed232fb:233</guid><dc:creator>Colin Dixon</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>
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&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="style1"&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;Product Category: Market dBrief&amp;trade;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;Price: $0&lt;br /&gt;Release Date: 2006 Q2&lt;br /&gt;Author: Colin Dixon &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style5"&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pages: 14&lt;br /&gt;Figures: 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="style1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="style3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;Summary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style2"&gt;This Market dBrief&amp;trade; looks at the challenges of delivering advanced services to the Set-top box (STB). Specifically covered are the challenges within the current Interactive Program (IPG) and application environment, the increasing amount of metadata, and how various solutions are seeking to solve this problem (and often falling short). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style4"&gt;&lt;a href="http://tdgresearch.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/dBrief+Images/Managing_2D00_Metadata_2D00_LG.jpg" title="Penetration of New STBs in an Existing Operator System"&gt;&lt;img src="http://tdgresearch.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/dBrief+Images/Managing_2D00_Metadata.jpg" alt="Mastering the Metadata Menace" class="style5" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="style2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;From the Report: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style2"&gt;After many years of relative stability in delivering television services to the home, today&amp;#39;s PayTV operators now face some of the most significant challenges of their tenure - both from a technological and business perspective. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style2"&gt;With the &amp;quot;heavy-lifting&amp;quot; of network upgrades virtually complete in cable and fully underway in Telco and satellite, operators are now focused on leveraging these high-bandwidth architectures to roll out new digital services to their customers - services such as Video-on-Demand (VOD), Personal Video Recording (PVR) and Voice over IP. However, there remains a significant and virtually intractable problem that Multiple-Service Operators (MSOs) must address (and soon): delivering applications for the in-home Set-top Box. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="style2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Table of Contents &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Introduction&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Evolving STB Application Environment&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2.1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Early Days&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2.2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Today&amp;#39;s STB Application Environment&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 3.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Today&amp;#39;s Metadata Management Challenge&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 3.1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; IPG Architecture &amp;amp; Metadata Management&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 3.2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Impact of Application Metadata &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mismanagement&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 4.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; New STB Technologies Fall Short as Metadata Management &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Solutions&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 4.1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Middleware&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 4.2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; New STBs&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 4.3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Embedded CE Databases&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 5.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Taming the Metadata Management Beast&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 6.0&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Conclusion&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;List of Figures&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="style2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Figure 1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Basic Architecture of an IPG&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Figure 2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; IPG Metadata Sources&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Figure 3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Penetration of New STBs in an Existing Operator &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; System &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www2.tdgresearch.com/l/284/2008-11-30/B1C1Y" length="4397" type="text/html; charset=utf-8" /></item></channel></rss>
