The smart TV market will grow from 67 million units shipped in 2012 to 134 million shipped in 2015. As it expands, a simultaneous transition to higher-speed Wi-Fi connections based on… Read more »
The proponents of G.hn should be excited. After all, the new triple-wire home networking standard is inching ever closer to market, what with ITU approval of the specification last year, the… Read more »
The clear winner of the home networking wars of the last few years has undoubtedly been Wi-Fi. The sheer number of Wi-Fi embedded devices, from laptops to smartphones, is being increasingly… Read more »
This week, In-Stat (see disclosure) predicted the market for residential gateways — devices combining a home networking router and broadband access modem — would reach 50 million by 2015. But doesn’t mean… Read more »
Today Boxee announced a $16.5 million C series of funding, which the company plans to grow its headcount and also to eventually launch a second generation box. The company made a… Read more »
You can’t blame the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) for sounding the alarm that Google’s support — and suggested recommendations — for AllVid would be tantamount to giving away the… Read more »
There will also be opportunities for existing and new companies to provide new services to consumers and small businesses based on video chat communications. Read more »
It’s a bit of an arcane topic, but a significant one: Networked video tuners. Imagine have one set-top box with four tuners that can share your cable content with any device… Read more »
Wi-Fi home networks are no longer the sole domain of the tech-savvy, while more and more non-PC devices — be they game consoles or iPod touches — are connecting to the… Read more »
With a new product and new name, Rovi is perhaps one of the best-positioned companies to provide software, metadata and guide support to the various hardware and service providers looking to… Read more »