The video industry has begun to move — haltingly but nonetheless — toward greater integration of linear and OTT services. How that integration happens, however, and on whose platform, and through… Read more »
The wireless connection between mobile devices and the TV is emerging as the high ground in the battle for control of the digital living room, and there are already several major… Read more »
The purpose of the on-screen guide has shifted too. While the main objective is still to provide information on television programming, the EPG has the potential to be a much broader… Read more »
Tablets featured prominently in the connected consumer space during the second quarter of 2012, both as a product category in their own right and as a component of broader platform strategies… Read more »
A new category of digital media has emerged in the living room: social TV. This relatively new concept can be defined as any application, website or software that allows viewers to… Read more »
The Internet is expanding the amount of available content at almost incomprehensible rates, but the difficulty of navigating through all of that content has quickly soured the TV-viewing experience. To understand… Read more »
The adoption of tablets, social media and new interfaces and the changing nature of the TV itself mean the digital living room will continue on its path of rapid change, thanks… Read more »
The case for leveraging consumers’ existing investment in TV service through DVR technology remains as strong as ever for Apple.And with last week’s TiVo Stream announcement, Apple seems to be growing… Read more »
Set-top box shipments will climb past 135 million in 2012 and will clear 150 million by 2015, according to iSuppli, which means the device has a critical presence in the living… Read more »
Apple is having a pretty good Cable Show this week, considering it isn’t there. Comcast unveiled its new X1 cable/DVR set-top box that adds smart TV-like functionality to non-connected TV sets,… Read more »