The fourth quarter saw new fissures emerge in some corners of the digital media business, while some old fissures reemerged in others. Having held off the immediate challenge of over-the-top video,… Read more »
Many of the biggest stories in the connected consumer space occurred mostly offstage in 2012. Apple conducted behind-the-scenes discussions about rolling out new media services in 2013 and beyond. Google spent… Read more »
The digital living room was also the scene of a lot of activity in the fourth quarter. Microsoft rolled out a major upgrade to its Xbox Live platform, adding dozens of… Read more »
TV viewership is still on the rise, with the typical American watching five hours a day now, according to research by Nielsen. That hasn’t slowed the growth of online video: In… Read more »
Steve Jobs’ claim to his biographer that he had “finally cracked” the secret to building an Apple-worthy TV has had the same effect on Apple watchers that Fermat’s Last Theorem had… Read more »
The New York Times has a rare good-news story for Netflix this morning, reporting that the beleaguered streaming company has inked a deal with DreamWorks Animation to begin offering the studio’s new… Read more »