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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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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The iDeal iPod
Posted on February 26, 2009
Suppose the iPod Touch had a fully functioning browser along with Bluetooth connectivity.
Such a device could connect to a flat-panel TV and display HD video on the TV screen. The on-board WiFi of the Touch would connect to the home network and thence to the Internet. Thus users could watch any Internet Video instead of only those at websites providing applications at the Apps Store. Bluetooth would enable a remote keyboard and mouse to provide a lean-back viewing experience 15 – 20 feet distant from the TV screen. Read more…
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Internet Video Viewership Statistics
Posted on February 17, 2009
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If you would like quantified estimates of the growth of Internet Video and market share statistics, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Will Richmond who is the Editor of VideoNuze.com. His website is one of the leading sources of information about broadband video. Read more…
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Boxee Improves on Apple
Posted on February 11, 2009
If you would like to learn how to use a simple remote with Apple devices to watch Internet Video on TV without being limited to iTunes content, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Avner Ronen who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Boxee. His company provides free software enabling Apple computers (and Apple TV) to display Internet Video on televisions using an interface only requiring the six-button remote that Apple itself manufactures. Read more…
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Netflix “Watch Now” Fame Misses Bigger Point
Posted on February 9, 2009
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If you would like to learn how the recent publicity surrounding Netflix’s “Watch Now” Internet-Video-to-the-TV initiative misses a bigger truth about Third Generation Television, this video is for you.
Confessedly, Netflix is doing an outstanding job to make the company a major winner as Internet-Video-to-the-TV gains momentum. First, they purchased the rights to stream 12,000 movie titles enabling subscribers to watch them (nearly) instantly. Second, they contracted with important appliance manufacturers to embed the service in their devices. Examples include Microsoft’s Xbox, certain TiVo models, Blu-ray players from LG and Samsung, and ultimately even TVs from LG and Vizio. Read more…
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What Should Verizon Do?
Posted on February 5, 2009
If you would like to learn how Verizon can better compete with the CATV industry in Third Generation Television, this audio program is for you.
Verizon is attempting to compete against the CATV industry with a futile “me too” offering. Specifically, their focus is on a “Triple Play” of (1) telephony, (2) video and (3) Internet access services. Yet motivating the consumer to abandon an incumbent service for a new one requires that the alternative be demonstratively superior. For example, Flash memory replaced disc drives in iPods because solid-state chips make the unit far more rugged. That’s significant to consumers who are prone to dropping the devices. Read more…
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