The second quarter of 2011 was a fast-paced one for the connected consumer segment, with every sector of the digital media landscape — music, e-books, online video and gaming — experiencing significant events… Read more »
Just a year or two ago, the world of TV manufacturers was focused on transitioning from the tired horse of HD to the fresh legs of 3D. Then TV OEMs realized… Read more »
Blame cord cutting, at least in part, for the drop in cable subscriber numbers in 2010. Looking towards 2011, we expect this trend could gather further steam thanks to bundled subscription… Read more »
The cable industry had a decade to get interactive TV right, but I think it’s too late. Apple, Google, Boxee and a million-man army of developers is on the march; in… Read more »
Paid TV apps are expected to grow from 1 million downloads in 2010 to over 270 million by 2015, making up around 25% of overall app downloads. Most of these apps… Read more »
TV apps — interactive, web-like applications meant to “enhance” the TV viewing experience by supplementing programming content with additional material and activities — are evolving quickly from a novelty feature on… Read more »
It is anticipated that the number of TV apps downloaded to Internet-connected app-enabled TVs will reach upwards of 965 million by 2015 from just 3.7 million in 2010. The increase will… Read more »
Before the launch of Apple’s App store, the mobile application marketplace reminded me of a state-run grocery store I saw in Eastern Berlin in September 1989: colorless and half-empty, offering up… Read more »