Three Myths About Internet TV
Posted on March 9, 2009
If you would like to identify three myths about Internet-Video-to-the-TV, this audio is for you.
First Myth. Although some consumers are connecting laptop computers to their TVs in order to get Internet Video on the sets, the phenomenon is inconsequential to the mass market.
This is a myth for two reasons. Read more…
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Internet TV - Video or Mixed Media?
Posted on March 5, 2009
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Getting Internet connectivity at the TV is not merely about Internet Video. It’s about getting mixed media on the television.
It’s a common mistake to think of Internet access at the TV as being “all about” getting Internet Video. Confessedly, that’s a big part of it, but it’s not the whole story. Once the TV is connected to the Internet users will want unlimited access so that they can consume a wide mix of media including video, text, graphics, audio, podcasts, and animation. Read more…
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Is Napsterization of Video at Hand?
Posted on March 4, 2009
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If you are curious to know whether the video industry is at the threshold of “Napsterization” much like the record label business was ten years ago, this video is for you.
It is hard to believe that it was fully ten years ago that Shawn Fanning unleashed Napster P2P software that forever changed the record label business. Napster demonstrated beyond any doubt that the Internet was going to become the natural distribution platform for all Digital Media files. In order to prosper, or even survive, the established business models would have to adapt. It was obvious that the record label industry was the “canary in the coal mine” and that ultimately there would be a day of reckoning for the video producer as well.
That day of reckoning has arrived for two reasons. Read more…
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Browser-Centric TV Sets
Posted on March 2, 2009
If you would like to learn about a company that makes browser-centric semiconductor chips enabling televisions to visit any Website and display any Internet Video, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Gordie Campbell who is the CEO of Personal Web Systems. During a 30-year career he pioneered many technological innovations including the first Ethernet chip, the first electronically erasable microcomputer, the first PC-on-a-chip, and the invention of the chipset upon which today’s PCs are based. Read more…
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