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Industry Calendar

May 2012
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City and Regional Magazine Assoc.
CRMA 2012 Annual Conference
Las Vegas, NV
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28
Memorial Day
Holiday
June 2012
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Association of Alternative Newsmedia
AAN's 35th Annual Convention
Detroit, MI
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BIA/Kelsey
Mobile Local Media San Francisco
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Independence Day
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Net Essentials

Apple Rumor Mill Makes Millions As iTV ‘Confirmed’
PaidContent, May 14, 2012, 8:18 AM EDT
Foxconn Chief Confirms The Apple iTV
TechCrunch, May 11, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT
Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn, today confirmed the massive manufacturing company is making preparations for an Apple television set called iTV. Link | Add comment
LG To Launch Google TV In U.S. In Late May
Reuters, May 7, 2012, 7:18 AM EDT
LG Electronics plans to launch Internet-enabled TV based on Google's platform in the United States in the week of May 21, as the firm seeks to gain a larger share of the emerging Internet TV market, a senior LG executive said today. The move reflects an aggressive push by the duo to defend against a potential threat from Apple. Link | Add comment
Connected TVs Offer New Distribution Option
MediaPost, May 3, 2012, 2:20 PM EDT
Not long ago, video creators looking for wide distribution on TV sets had few options beyond going door to door begging cable companies for what's known as a hunting license. Now, however, there is another emerging option. Smart and connected TVs and other over-the-top options offer a chance to cut a deal with a Yahoo, Roku or Samsung and launch a content portal via an app or widget. Link | Add comment
LG Set To Roll Out Google TV Models In May
PaidContent, May 3, 2012, 7:35 AM EDT
ABI Research
Study: 21% Have A TV Connected To Web
NetNewsCheck, Apr 30, 2012, 8:32 AM EDT
About 27 million U.S. households have either an Internet-ready TV or other Web-connected CE device connected to their home network, according to a new ABI Research study. Full Story | Add comment
Boxee Has Only 200K Users
GigaOM, Apr 13, 2012, 8:21 AM EDT
Leichtman Research Group Study
More Homes Connecting TVs To Internet
MediaPost, Apr 10, 2012, 10:20 AM EDT
Convergence may be going mainstream. New research shows that 38% of U.S. homes have at least one TV set connected to the Internet through a gaming console, Blu-ray player, newfangled TV model or other mode. Link | Add comment
Seattle's KOMO Rolls Out Connected TV Apps
TVNewsCheck, Apr 6, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT
Using a new ad platform for connected TV from Accelerated Media, Fisher Interactive Network can insert national and local ads and also feature second screen ad capabilities in tablets and mobile devices. Link | Add comment
Apple TV Set Said To Be Coming In 2013
CNET, Mar 29, 2012, 8:05 AM EDT
A research group says that the long-awaited television set is in the works but most likely won't debut until next year. Link | Add comment
Apple TV Is Prize In Hon Hai's Sharp Gamble
Reuters, Mar 28, 2012, 8:25 AM EDT
It promises to revolutionise television in the way the iPad did computing, and the chance to make Apple Inc's much-anticipated smart TV could explain Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry's bold move to buy into 100-year-old Japanese firm Sharp. Link | Add comment
Guardian Launches Google TV App In U.S.
NetNewsCheck, Mar 21, 2012, 2:48 PM EDT
U.K. newspaper The Guardian today launched the beta version of its app for Google TV in the United States, the paper announced today. "Our app is a significant move forward for our strategy to open up journalism to a global audience through digital media," the Guardian said in the post announcing the new app. The newspaper said it will be rolling out apps for other connected TVs soon.
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Report: 100M Internet-Connected TVs By '16
Los Angeles Times, Mar 21, 2012, 7:35 AM EDT
A new report from researcher NPD In-Stat predicts that 100 million homes in North America and Western Europe will own television sets that blend traditional programs with Internet content by 2016. These new hybrid devices, capable of displaying interactive content related to TV shows, are a bid to hold the viewer's attention in a device-cluttered world. Link | Add comment
What's New With The Updated Apple TV
Engadget, Mar 8, 2012, 8:02 AM EST
Apple yesterday also announced updates to its Apple TV connected set-top box, Engadget breaks down what's different with the newest version. Link | Add comment
BBC: iPads Drive More iPlayer Use Than TVs
Lost Remote, Mar 2, 2012, 3:13 PM EST
BBC's Daniel Danker said the network's video platform, iPlayer, gets four times as much traffic from its iPad app than from its connected TV apps — even though there are twice as many connected TV app installs. Link | Add comment
Apple Throws Weight Around In TV Talks
New York Post, Mar 2, 2012, 7:13 AM EST
While Apple harbors big TV ambitions, it's having a tough time getting media companies to play along. Apple is pushing ahead with plans to launch a streaming TV service by Christmas — despite making little headway in its negotiations with content providers. Link | Add comment
Yahoo Sets Tab Features For Connected TVs
Beet.tv, Mar 1, 2012, 3:16 PM EST
With more than 1 million monthly users, Yahoo is aiming to expand the reach of its connected TVs this year and is planning to roll out several new features, including tablet features that will let viewers watching videos on their mobile devices "flip" them up to connected TVs for viewing there. Play video. Link | Add comment
Adobe Launches Video Ad-Serving Suite
MediaPost, Feb 27, 2012, 7:55 AM EST
Adobe Systems will release a suite of products today that claims to change the way videos and ads are delivered across iPads, Android tablets, Internet-connected TVs and other devices from one platform. Link | Add comment
YouTube To Put All Content On All Platforms
All Things Digital, Feb 15, 2012, 8:12 AM EST
YouTube is now insisting on the ability to play all videos from content “partners” — video owners that share ad revenue with the site — on all platforms, including mobile phones and connected TVs. Link | Add comment
ITV Denies Warning Apple Away From 'iTV' Name
The Verge, Feb 14, 2012, 7:01 AM EST
ITV Warns Apple Not To Brand New Offer 'iTV'
Telegraph, Feb 13, 2012, 3:06 PM EST
U.K. broadcaster ITV has written to Apple to warn the computer giant not to follow the pattern it has established with the iPod, iPhone and iPad and use "iTV" as the moniker for its upcoming connected television offering. Link | Add comment
Google TV Releases YouTube Update
MediaPost, Feb 13, 2012, 11:18 AM EST
Google said Sunday it began releasing an update to the YouTube channel on Google TV, making it faster and easier to find content. The update is available through an app in Android Market. Link | Add comment
Rumor: Apple TV Could Use Voice, Gesture Control
The Globe and Mail, Feb 7, 2012, 8:24 AM EST
Manufacturing Concerns Delaying Apple TV
DigiTimes, Feb 3, 2012, 12:05 PM EST
The chance is low for Apple to launch so-called iTV products in the second quarter of 2012 as there are no signs indicating that Sharp is ready to ship IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) panels to Apple, according to industry sources. Link | Add comment
Apple Talks To Parts Suppliers For Smart TV
TVBR, Feb 2, 2012, 8:28 AM EST
More evidence Apple is gearing up to launch its new Apple TV connected television set. It has contacted at least one major Asian supplier about purchasing television display components, according to Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster. He told investors on Tuesday that he had recently spoken to a "major TV component supplier" that Apple had contacted "regarding various capabilities of their television display components." Link | Add comment
Analyst Finds More Evidence Of Coming Apple TV
Forbes, Feb 1, 2012, 11:11 AM EST
Connected TVs
Boxee Starts Shipping Boxee Live TV
NY Convergence, Jan 27, 2012, 10:24 AM EST
Futuresource Consulting Survey
Net-Connected TV Fuels 3DTV Popularity
MediaPost, Jan 20, 2012, 12:06 PM EST
CES 2012
Connected TVs On Pace For A Big Year
New Media Minute, Jan 13, 2012, 3:00 PM EST
With consumer electronics companies such as Samsung and LG rolling out new connected TV partnerships and programmers launching a myriad of new apps for TVs, 2012 looks to be a big year for connected televisions. Link | Add comment
CES 2012
Smart TVs: Next Tech War Is In Living Room
The Washington Post, Jan 13, 2012, 8:24 AM EST
The world's top television makers are trying to sell CES crowds on a whole new approach to TV, one that connects the device to the world in a similar way to smartphones and PCs. Link | Add comment
Report: Google, LG In Talks On TV Service
Bloomberg, Jan 13, 2012, 8:16 AM EST
Google is considering giving LG Electronics first access to the next version of its Google TV software so the Korean company can build a compatible set, according to two people with knowledge of the project. Link | Add comment
Will 2012 Be The Year Of The Smart TV?
PaidContent, Jan 12, 2012, 8:43 AM EST
Manufacturers would have us believe that. It will certainly be when all of them start branding their connected TVs “Smart TVs” from the get-go. If that and sales of those TVs were the only way we measured the success of Smart TVs, then, yes, 2012 is going to be the year of the Smart TV. But will they actually be Smart TVs? That remains to be seen. Link | Add comment
CES 2012
In CES Buzz, Connected TVs Gain On Tablets
MediaPost, Jan 6, 2012, 7:50 AM EST
While tablets are still generating a great deal of the pre-CES chatter, connected TVs — specifically talk of efforts by Apple, which doesn't even attend the show — are garnering much more of the pre-CES attention than before. Link | Add comment
CES 2012
LG Releasing Google TV-Based Smart TV
Apple Insider, Jan 6, 2012, 7:16 AM EST
LG has taken the wraps off its first Google TV-powered television set, even as rumors of an Apple television loom over the industry. Link | Add comment
CES 2012
Apple's TV Gamble The Talk Of CES
USA Today, Jan 5, 2012, 3:42 PM EST
Despite the fact that it will not attend the Consumer Electronics Show, Apple's potential plans to produce a connected TV set have generated a lot of chatter heading into the convention. Link | Add comment
CES 2012
Mobile DTV Set For Center Stage At CES
TVNewsCheck, Jan 5, 2012, 1:04 PM EST
At next week’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, broadcasters will show off the latest developments in mobile DTV, including the app that MetroPCS will be using to market MCV's Dyle-branded service and Mobile500's new external dongle receivers that plug into iPhones and iPads and feature a virtual DVR. Other attractions for broadcasters at the exhibition will be smart connected TVs, OTT developments, voice-driven devices, tablets and ultrabooks. Link | Add comment
In 2012, Internet TVs Will Out-Box The Boxes
PaidContent, Dec 29, 2011, 8:41 AM EST
Commentary
Apple TV Must Crack The Content Code, Too
All Things Digital, Dec 29, 2011, 8:08 AM EST
John Paczkowski: "No matter how elegant the mythical Apple Television may be in its design, no matter how intuitive its interface, it won’t be worth much to anyone without great content. For an Apple Television to truly succeed it must crack the content code, as well." Link | Add comment
Report: Apple Preps For Q3 iTV Launch
DigiTimes, Dec 27, 2011, 2:32 PM EST
Apple's suppliers are preparing to ship materials the computer giant's new iTV set in the first quarter to meet Apple's goal of launching the set in the third quarter, according to a report. Link | Add comment
CNN Eyes Digital Buys To Catch Up To Fox
Bloomberg, Dec 20, 2011, 8:31 AM EST
The cable news network wants deals that could help it capitalize on the growing consumer interest in television viewing on multiple devices, according to CNN President Jim Walton. Link | Add comment
Only 14% Use Online Devices For Rented Movies
MediaPost, Dec 20, 2011, 7:37 AM EST
Apple Plots Its Television Assault
The Wall Street Journal, Dec 19, 2011, 7:30 AM EST
In recent weeks, Apple executives have discussed their vision for the future of TV with media executives at several large companies, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple is also working on its own television set that relies on wireless streaming technology to access shows, movies and other content, according to people briefed on the project. Link | Add comment
Sony Connected TVs Add Twitter Ticker, FB App
Lost Remote, Dec 2, 2011, 3:38 PM EST
Analyst: Apple TV Will Roll Out Next Year
Business Insider, Dec 1, 2011, 7:51 AM EST
Apple analyst Gene Munster at the Ignition: Future of Media conference yesterday said he believes that Apple will be ready to launch a connected TV set by the 2012 holiday season. Link | Add comment
Digital TV Research
Prediction: 551M Connected TVs By 2016
Broadcast Engineering, Nov 22, 2011, 8:53 AM EST
The number of connected TVs in consumers' homes is expected to rise from 124 million at the end of 2010 to 551 million by 2016, according to London-based Digital TV Research. Link | Add comment
Samsung In Final Talks To Launch Google TV
Reuters, Nov 22, 2011, 8:46 AM EST
Samsung Electronics is in last-stage talks with Google to roll out its Google TVs, the head of Samsung's TV division told reporters on Tuesday. Link | Add comment
TubeMogul Jumps Into Connected TV Ad Biz
MediaPost, Nov 18, 2011, 3:40 PM EST
Real-time media buying platform TubeMogul is the latest entrant into connected TV ads and is introducing tools to let marketers buy targeted video ads across Internet-capable TVs. Link | Add comment
Boxee Box $50 Live TV Dongle Due In January
Digital Trends, Nov 17, 2011, 11:26 AM EST
Sony Considers Internet Rival To Cable TV
NetNewsCheck, Nov 16, 2011, 7:10 AM EST
Sony Corp. is considering launching an Internet-based alternative to cable TV service, people familiar with the situation tell The Wall Street Journal. The move poses the latest threat to the cable and satellite operators that dominate pay TV. Wall Street Journal subscribers can read the story here. | Add comment
Ooyala Study
Tablet Users Spend More Time With Video
Ooyala, Nov 16, 2011, 7:00 AM EST
A new study from online video platform Ooyala found that tablet users averaged nearly 30% more viewing time per play than desktop users, and completed videos at double the desktop rate. The study also found that video plays on connected TVs and game consoles tripled during the third quarter of 2011. Link | Add comment
Logitech CEO: Google TV 'Cost Us Dearly'
The Verge, Nov 11, 2011, 3:11 PM EST
Logitech CEO Guerrino De Luca, during remarks at the company's Analyst and Investor Day, called the Christmas 2010 launch of the Logitech Revue Google TV set-top a mistake of a "gigantic nature" and said the company has "no plans to introduce another box to replace Revue." Link | Add comment
Rovi Adds Social, More To 'Connected TV' Ad Net
MediaPost, Nov 11, 2011, 11:55 AM EST
Boxee Adds Live TV Tuner
NewTeeVee, Nov 10, 2011, 3:03 PM EST
Vivid On Google TV Is HTML5, Not Native App
NewTeeVee, Nov 8, 2011, 6:48 AM EST
Review: Google TV 2.0
Brillant Interface, But Still Lacks Substance
TechCrunch, Nov 4, 2011, 2:19 PM EDT
Matt Burns on the Google TV software update launched last week: "In theory it’s great. It sounds like a great service until you use it and find the hassle isn’t compensated by any real value." Link | Add comment
Yume To Power Vid Ads On Connected TVs
Lost Remote, Nov 3, 2011, 3:29 PM EDT
Ad provider Yume has partnered with LG to become the first ad platform built into an internet-connected TV set. Link | Add comment
Hulu Plus App Is Ready For Apple TV
9 to 5 Mac, Nov 2, 2011, 6:47 AM EDT
Though the app has been ready for close to a month, it has yet to be released for apparent "political reasons": At Apple, there appears to be some consideration that the Hulu Plus app could eat into iTunes TV sales on the Apple TV. Link | Add comment
New App Brings Adult Content To Boxee
NewTeeVee, Nov 1, 2011, 8:09 AM EDT
Commentary
Apple TV Needs To Be A TV, Not Just A Box
SplatF, Oct 31, 2011, 8:01 AM EDT
Technology writer Dan Frommer on why Apple TV should be more than just a set-top box: "An Apple television may not look or work that much different than today’s TVs. But Apple’s combination of hardware design, software and platform depth, services like iCloud, a novel user interface like Siri, and the overall Apple experience could set it apart from today’s TVs." Link | Add comment
Google TV Ready To Return To The Arena
NetNewsCheck, Oct 28, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT
Google has announced an update to the Google TV software that will streamline the user interface and the service's integration with YouTube. The update is set to roll out on Sony devices next week.
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Connected TV
What’s Really Next For Apple In Television
The New York Times, Oct 27, 2011, 3:09 PM EDT
PlayJam Lands $5M For Connected TV Games
PaidContent, Oct 26, 2011, 12:06 AM EDT
Apple TV? Think Bose VideoWave, Only More Apple
All Things Digital, Oct 25, 2011, 7:58 AM EDT
Report: Apple Already Building Prototype TVs
CNNMoney.com, Oct 24, 2011, 3:43 PM EDT
In a note to clients released Monday, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster seizes on remarks attributed to Steve Jobs in the biography published overnight as "another data point" to support a thesis that the company is building a connected TV set. Link | Add comment
TechCrunch TV Launches For Connected TVs
TechCrunch, Oct 19, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
Kinect, 'Sesame Street' Build TV's Next Generation
Fast Company, Oct 18, 2011, 3:51 PM EDT
BBC Plans Mobile, Online Olympics Coverage
PaidContent, Oct 14, 2011, 12:07 PM EDT
The broadcaster wants to make its coverage, totalling 2,500 hours, available to users on the "four screens" of desktop browser, mobile, connected TV and tablet. Link | Add comment
Roku Rolls Out $49 Player, Adds HBO Go
Lost Remote, Oct 11, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
NPR Rolls Out Google TV App
NetNewsCheck, Oct 4, 2011, 3:24 PM EDT
NPR today announced the launch of Google TV Spotlight Gallery, its new app for the Google TV platform. The app includes video from NPR Music and its station partners, as well as a section called Radio Pictures, which contains video, audio slideshows and animated reports. | Add comment
YouTube Finalizing Deals To Create Channels
The Wall Street Journal, Oct 4, 2011, 2:06 PM EDT
YouTube is finalizing deals with well-known personalities and major media companies to produce content for a number of planned "channels" featuring professional-quality shows, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Google-owned online video site had dedicated more than $100 million in cash to its effort to position itself for the rise of devices that will allow viewers to watch online content on their televisions. WSJ subscribers can read the full report here. | Add comment
TV Everywhere Is Coming To Google TV
NewTeeVee, Sep 22, 2011, 8:22 AM EDT
When Google TV launches a new version later this year, Turner will launch new apps for TBS and TNT that will offer access to full-length episodes of TBS and TNT shows, as long as users log in and prove that they are pay TV subscribers. But while this type of TV Everywhere paywall could help ease the relations between TV networks and Google, it could also disappoint consumers. Link | Add comment
CNBC Gets Its Internet TV Game On
PaidContent, Sep 1, 2011, 12:36 PM EDT
CNBC is bringing video, news, stock portfolios and real-time market data to connected TVs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa via its CNBC Real-Time TV App. Link | Add comment
q&a with OMD's Robert D'Asaro
Behind The Growing Urge To Cut The Cord
Media Life, Sep 1, 2011, 12:36 PM EDT
Everyone in media agrees that cord cutting has become a big-buzz topic in recent months, with cable subscriptions dropping for the first time and more free online video content available than ever before. Robert D'Asaro, U.S. director of digital strategic alliances at OMD, talks about cutting the cord, how online video consumption is changing and why DVRs are actually somewhat limiting. Link | Add comment
Vimond Online TV Platform Adds Connected TV
TV NewsCheck, Aug 31, 2011, 7:04 AM EDT
Google TV To Launch In UK
The Telegraph, Aug 26, 2011, 8:24 AM EDT
Leichtman Research Group Study
30% Of U.S. Homes Have Net-Connected TV
MediaPost, Aug 8, 2011, 2:59 PM EDT
Internet connected TV sets are slowly growing -- now representing just 10% of all TV sets in U.S. TV homes -- with videogame consoles the biggest Web-connect TV devices. Research from the Leichtman Research Group says 23% of U.S. TV homes have videogame consoles which can get Internet video. Overall, it says 30% of U.S. TV homes at at least one Net-connected TV device. Link | Add comment
We Want TV Apps, But Only Ones We Know
MediaPost, Aug 4, 2011, 3:53 PM EDT
According to a new ethnographic study by Strategy Analytics of a dozen owners of connected TVs in the U.S. and UK, app love actually does creep up on you in the living room. Once connected TV owners started using apps, they embraced the platform, but relied heavily on apps from brands they knew. Link | Add comment
New Connected TV Set Is Powered By TiVo
Lost Remote, Aug 2, 2011, 3:09 PM EDT
Viewers Can Now Buy Shows On Apple TV
Lost Remote, Aug 2, 2011, 8:54 AM EDT
Finally. Apple TV has pushed a software update that allows viewers to buy and watch TV shows straight from iTunes. Not only that, but Apple TV will let you watch shows purchased from other devices, too. Link | Add comment
In-Stat research
Internet-Connected TV To Grow 36% By 2016
MediaPost, Jul 26, 2011, 3:23 PM EDT
New bells and whistles on Internet-connected televisions aren't going to waste, according to a new survey. Turns out they are being used regularly. Over 60% of Internet-connected TV Households use TV apps at least once per week, according to Scottsdale, Ariz. based In-Stat. New wave TVs allow consumers to connect with Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, and more. Link | Add comment
Web-Connected TVs Click With Consumers
MediaPost, Jul 1, 2011, 1:59 PM EDT
By the end of 2011, some 52 million connected TV sets will be sold globally -- from Samsung, LG and Sony versus 37 game consoles in the market from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony -- Xbox, PlayStation and Wii respectively, according to U.K.-base Informa Telecoms & Media. Link | Add comment
Netflix Users More Likely To Cut Pay-TV Cord
Broadcast Engineering, Jun 24, 2011, 1:24 PM EDT
A survey of 2,000 adult broadband users in the United States from Dallas-based media research firm the Diffusion Group has found that people who use Netflix to stream Internet video to their TV are twice as likely to cancel or cut back their cable television payment options as they were a year ago. Link | Add comment
Cord-Cutting Seen Growing In Popularity
Denver Post, Jun 9, 2011, 8:48 AM EDT
Cord-cutting -- quitting cable or satellite TV in favor of online video sources -- has become a popular move for people who want more control over their television watching. Believers say it's the dawn of a new era of more personalized entertainment choices; skeptics say it's more about saving money in a down economy. Naysayers say the hype outstrips the facts -- TV remains extremely popular. Link | Add comment
Startup Wants You To Watch TV On The iPad
All Things Digital, May 31, 2011, 7:57 AM EDT
Bamboom Labs, the latest company seeking to redistribute broadcast TV signals over the Internet, is inviting viewers in New York to become beta testers of the service. Based in Long Island City, N.Y., Bamboon proposes to serve subscribers and circumvent copyright laws that have frustrated others by assigning each sub his or her own antenna and space in the Bamboom cloud. Subs can either stream the broadcast signals to their desktops or mobile broadband devices live or record them for playback at their convenience.
Link | Add comment
Major IPTV Adoption Means $27B In Rev By 2014
MediaPost, May 20, 2011, 11:24 AM EDT
Google TV, YT Leanback Previewed At I/O
Lost Remote, May 13, 2011, 8:38 AM EDT
Google gave sneak peeks of its new Google TV, which adds apps to the service, and an updated version of YouTube Leanback optimized for TV viewing at its I/O conference this week. Link | Add comment
15% Of Roku Owners Are Cutting The Cord
Beet.tv, May 11, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
According to Roku vice president Jim Funk, 15% to 20% of Roku owners are cancelling the cord with their pay TV providers and relying solely on a broadband connection to get TV programming. Link | Add comment
Android Apps Coming To Google TV In Summer
Lost Remote, May 11, 2011, 6:33 AM EDT
What the Skype Sale Means For Social TV
Lost Remote, May 10, 2011, 3:23 PM EDT
Microsoft's $8.5 billion purchase of Skype this morning could open the door for a host of new services for Web-connected televisions. Link | Add comment
Google TV Plans Fourth Quarter Comeback
All Things Digital, May 5, 2011, 8:13 AM EDT
Google is planning to have a new version of its connected television product -- which fizzled at launch -- ready in time for the 2011 holiday season. Link | Add comment
Google TV Still Nowhere To Be Found
Mashable, Apr 29, 2011, 3:33 PM EDT
Google and its partners made a major bet on Google TV, an ambitious attempt to bridge the gap between the Web and TV worlds. But so far it has failed to pay dividends. Link | Add comment
Netflix To License More Original Programs
The Hollywood Reporter, Apr 26, 2011, 8:17 AM EDT
After acquiring first-run rights to David Fincher's House of Cards, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and CFO David Wells are trying to build a big audience for a well-produced serialized show. Link | Add comment
Yahoo's IntoNow Buy Boosts Connected TV
NewTeeVee, Apr 26, 2011, 7:33 AM EDT
Yahoo's purchase of IntoNow yetserday will give its Connected TV platform a two-screen experience, becoming an iPad companion for the platform. Link | Add comment
Live Web Fare A Big Rev Opp For Pubs
Beet.tv, Apr 22, 2011, 8:09 AM EDT
Ooyala co-founder Bismark Lepe says an increasing amount of programming will be streamed live online, affording publishers siginificant new opportunities. Link | Add comment
UK Retailer Tesco Buys Blinkbox In Web TV Effort
TechCrunch, Apr 21, 2011, 8:23 AM EDT
Bamboom Wants To Be Netflix For B'casters
NewTeeVee, Apr 15, 2011, 8:19 AM EDT
Cord cutters eager to watch broadcast TV on their connected devices will soon have a new option thanks to Bamboom, a startup that said it raised $4.5 million in seed capital. The company wants to become a Netflix equivalent for the broadcast world -- but the broadcast world may not enjoy having the company infringe on its turf. Link | Add comment
NAB 2011
Accenture Wants Piece Of OTT TV Action
Multichannel News, Apr 14, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT
The consulting firm launches a practice for delivering video to set-tops, broadband devices. Link | Add comment
NAB 2011
Connected TV Is Bigger Than The Web
TVNewsCheck, Apr 13, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT
Smart TVs will understand the viewers’ needs and choices well enough to make useful suggestions on content and services, according to experts on NAB’s Monday panel on Connected TVs. Link | Add comment
Analyst: Apple To Launch Sub Video Service
Lost Remote, Apr 12, 2011, 4:09 PM EDT
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek today predicted that Apple is working on a huge, cloud-based video service that will take on Netflix. Misek writes in his report that Apple is close to opening a massive data center in North Carolina that will power it. Link | Add comment
The Four Enemies Of Indie Internet TV
ARS Technica, Apr 12, 2011, 2:39 PM EDT
The prospects for independent online video entertainment -- video that doesn't come from one of the established outlets -- faces a few obstacles, including data caps, lack of a clear home theater standard, mergers and acquisitions and priority access. Link | Add comment
Cord Cutters Mostly Dumping Premium Nets
All Things Digital, Apr 12, 2011, 8:27 AM EDT
A new study from Accenture finds that TV watchers may not be cutting the cord entirely, instead finding Web-based alternatives for premium networks. Link | Add comment
Ooyala Launches Suite Of New Services
Fierce Online Video, Apr 12, 2011, 7:44 AM EDT
White label online video platform Ooyala is rolling out a suite of services designed to help content creators and distributors deliver rich, personalized viewing experiences directly to consumers, helping to bring more premium over-the-top content to the living room, mobile devices and the PC. Link | Add comment
Blinkx Buys Burst Media To Boost Video Ad Rates
PaidContent, Apr 8, 2011, 7:27 AM EDT
Google Plans To Add 'Channels' To YouTube
The Wall Street Journal, Apr 7, 2011, 7:52 AM EDT
Google is planning a major overhaul of YouTube as it tries to position itself for the rise of televisions that let people watch online video in their living rooms. In an effort to compete with broadcast and cable television, the site plans to highlight "channels" for specific topics on its home page. Link | Add comment
EyeTV Brings Live OTA TV To Cord Cutters
NewTeeVee, Mar 31, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT
EyeTV One, a TV tuner and DVR option that plugs into a USB port, allows cord cutters to watch and record live, over-the-air HD video streams. Link | Add comment
Connected TV
Roku XD Player Hits Best Buy Shelves
CNET, Mar 30, 2011, 8:52 AM EDT
Apple May Allow TV Sets To Tap Into AirPlay
Lost Remote, Mar 23, 2011, 3:34 PM EDT
Adobe Pass Helps Manage TV Everywhere Logins
NewTeeVee, Mar 23, 2011, 7:38 AM EDT
Business Insider Giving Away Boxee Boxes
Business Insider, Mar 22, 2011, 8:52 AM EDT
Live Sports Come To Apple TV
TechCrunch, Mar 10, 2011, 6:55 AM EST
This week's iOS 4.3 contained an unmentioned update for Apple TV: access to MLB.tv and NBA League Pass. Link | Add comment
Boxee Adds Indie-Film Hub Fandor
PaidContent, Mar 9, 2011, 8:28 AM EST
Boxee Goes Overseas, Launches TV Payments
PaidContent, Mar 8, 2011, 3:29 PM EST
Apple TV Still Flying Off The Shelves At Amazon
Business Insider, Mar 7, 2011, 3:48 PM EST
The PC Persists As An Over-The-Top Device
PaidContent, Mar 2, 2011, 8:45 AM EST
While connected TV devices may be getting all the buzz lately, a new study from TDG Research found some persistence to consumers who link their laptops or desktops to their TVs as a means of viewing Internet video. One-third of adult broadband users surveyed used some form of PC-to-TV connection at least once a year, the study found. Link | Add comment
Boxee Gets $16.5M In Funds, Reveals Box 2.0 Plans
NewTeeVee, Mar 1, 2011, 8:19 AM EST
Brightcove, LG Partner To Grow Web Video To TVs
Fierce Online Video, Feb 23, 2011, 3:58 PM EST
Study: Hulu Leads Pack In Video Ad Views
Advertising Age, Feb 17, 2011, 3:01 PM EST
According to Advertising Age's new white paper "The Economics of Online Video 2011," Google's YouTube is the leader in online video views, but Hulu is tops when it comes to video ad impressions. Link | Add comment
Boxee Plans Meetup Road Trip To SXSW
Boxee Blog, Feb 16, 2011, 3:17 PM EST
Nielsen: Cord Cutting Is Not Real
NewTeeVee, Feb 16, 2011, 6:58 AM EST
Nielsen executive vice president of media product leadership Cheryl Idell in a presentation yesterday to executives at the 2011 TV Summit presented numbers that suggest that the cord-cutting phenomenon is not for real. According to Idell, the increase in broadband-only households from 2010 to 2011 has only grown from 3.6% to 4.4% of Americans with televisions. Link | Add comment
Boxee Box Adds Netflix Streaming
NetNewsCheck, Feb 14, 2011, 3:24 PM EST
Boxee CEO Avner Ronen today in a blog post announced that the company has added Netflix service to the Boxee Box. With Boxee's latest software upgrade, Netflix subscribers are now able to stream movies and TV shows directly to their televisions. | Add comment
Cable Moves To Block Google TV Revolution
ARS Technica, Feb 11, 2011, 2:48 PM EST
The FCC has been working on a new AllVid system that will mandate an industry-wide gadget that you could plug into your broadband router and connect to your cable TV provider, then watch online video and pay channels through a variety of devices. But the cable TV  industry is opposed to the system. Ars Technica's Matthew Lasar: "The Google TV revolution would turn big cable into just another player on the video market, not its central participant. Expect the cable industry to fight this version of 'tomorrow's video marketplace' with every weapon in its arsenal." Link | Add comment
Connected TV
U.S. Web-Enabled TV Growing 94% Annually
Broadcast Engineering, Feb 9, 2011, 3:30 PM EST
Neither the availability of online video content nor the adoption of OTT services will keep pace with the growth of the installed base of devices that support online video, according to new findings from research firm In-Stat. Link | Add comment
UK’s YouView IPTV Joint Venture Delayed To 2012
PaidContent, Feb 9, 2011, 7:19 AM EST
Piper Jaffray Analyst: Apple Eyes Building Web TVs
AppleInsider, Feb 7, 2011, 3:44 PM EST
Cable Companies Turn To TV Apps
NewTeeVee, Feb 3, 2011, 3:24 PM EST
During this past January’s CES, Time Warner Cable announced it was developing applications for Sony Bravia TVs, as well as Samsung devices. Comcast also showed off a Samsung TV app and announced an upcoming iPad app. The announcements served to highlight the shift in power that is occurring between consumer electronics manufacturers and traditional distributors of TV content. Link | Add comment
Blinkx Eyes Bigger Role In Web-Connected TV
Reuters, Feb 2, 2011, 8:48 AM EST
Online video search firm Blinkx is expanding to reach new customers in their living rooms with a deal to provide its technology to television makers, set-top box makers and apps developers. Link | Add comment
Boxee's Netflix Launch Delayed
NewTeeVee, Feb 2, 2011, 7:31 AM EST
In a blog post Tuesday, Boxee vice president of marketing Andrew Kippen wrote that the Netflix app is working on a Boxee Box in the company’s office, but that the company can’t release it broadly to users because it hasn’t yet satisfied Netflix’s security requirements. Link | Add comment
Al Jazeera Streaming On TV In U.S. Via Roku
LostRemote, Feb 2, 2011, 7:19 AM EST
Roku has added the live feed of Al Jazeera to its offerings. The Qatar-based news network, which has been held off U.S. cable lineups for mostly political reasons, has proven to be a worthy  news organization with its coverage of the Egypt crisis. Link | Add comment
Commentary: 'Smart' TVs
Smart TV Returned Because Of Dumb Apps
NewTeeVee, Jan 27, 2011, 4:03 PM EST
Chris Albrecht: "Here’s something I didn’t imagine when I hooked up my brand-new Vizio XVT553SV TV last week: It crashed. Again. And again. And again. The culprit? Turns out the 'smart' internet apps made my television really dumb." Link | Add comment
Ex-YouView Exec On Google TV's Failure [Video]
PaidContent, Jan 27, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
Endemol CEO: Social TV Will Be 'Huge'
LostRemote, Jan 27, 2011, 8:45 AM EST
Ynon Kreiz, CEO of the Endemol group, the world's largest independent TV production company, at the Digital, Life, Design conference in Munich, Germany, this week: "We think that social media meets television is the next big thing,” he said. “The ability to create content that will enable people to interface with each other, to connect, to recommend, to share and experience over television, is going to change the landscape of the industry." Link | Add comment
Netflix Changes Tone With Time Warner
PaidContent, Jan 27, 2011, 8:16 AM EST
One day after Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said Netflix would bid against HBO to get streaming rights to Warner Bros. films, CEO Reed Hastings softened the message a bit: "It’s certainly possible that we’d compete on an exclusive basis; we’re wiling to do that if we have to. But it makes more economic sense to share windows with pay TV." The company also announced that it finished the fourth quarter with 20 million subscribers. Link | Add comment
WealthTV Picks Level 3 For Streaming To Roku
Multichannel News, Jan 26, 2011, 3:00 PM EST
Commentary
Cable Nets Could Turn To Web TV For Second Life
Advertising Age, Jan 25, 2011, 3:27 PM EST
10 Things You Can Do With Apple TV
Business Insider, Jan 25, 2011, 3:22 PM EST
Cord Cutters Make Own Programming Choices
The Roanoke Times, Jan 24, 2011, 8:53 AM EST
Android Apps Could Hit Google TV This Spring
Lost Remote, Jan 24, 2011, 8:17 AM EST
Samsung Hits 2M TV App Downloads
LostRemote, Jan 20, 2011, 3:41 PM EST
UK Web TV Service YouView Delayed
The Next Web, Jan 20, 2011, 3:15 PM EST
Boxee Box Adds Vudu HD Movie Service
Boxee Blog, Jan 20, 2011, 2:29 PM EST
Deloitte: TV In 2011 Will Look Same As Always
PaidContent, Jan 19, 2011, 8:18 AM EST
Commentary
Comcast-NBCU Won't Help Cord Cutters
All Things Digital, Jan 19, 2011, 7:09 AM EST
The conditions imposed on the Comcast-NBC Universal merger by the FCC and DOJ will force NBC to give up its "management rights" to Hulu, which could make things more difficult for consumers who want to cut the cord with cable TV. All Things Digital's Peter Kafka: "The net result reads very much as if Comcast wanted to make sure the government didn’t force it to break its business model. And if that was the case, it got what it wanted." Link | Add comment
TV Apps Might Not Save Niche Cable Nets
NewTeeVee, Jan 18, 2011, 2:59 PM EST
Roku's announcement that it signed independent cable network WealthTV raised the question of whetherTV apps can save niche networks. Ryan Lawler: "Building a business based on TV apps won’t be easy. For one thing, the market is incredibly fragmented. WealthTV likely wants to build apps not just for Roku, but for other connected devices as well, which takes time and development resources." Link | Add comment
Roku Signs Its First Cable Network
PaidContent, Jan 18, 2011, 7:01 AM EST
Commentary
Why Smart TVs Should Be More Like PCs
SnarkMarket, Jan 14, 2011, 8:33 AM EST
Boxee Gets Integrated Into ViewSonic HDTV
Big Picture Big Sound, Jan 12, 2011, 3:48 PM EST
Review
Hulu Plus TV App Impresses
LostRemote, Jan 12, 2011, 3:31 PM EST
CES 2011
Web TV Primer: Who Is Offering What
Pocket Lint, Jan 12, 2011, 8:34 AM EST
Western Digital Unveils TV Live Hub Media Center
Big Picture Big Sound, Jan 12, 2011, 8:32 AM EST
Yahoo TV Signals Paradigm Shift For Web TV
ReadWriteWeb, Jan 12, 2011, 7:59 AM EST
Yahoo Connected TV is the first Internet TV device to bring passive and personalized Internet content to its users. With a feature the company calls "broadcast interactivity," Yahoo said it will "engage TV viewers like never before." The program is scheduled to begin sometime during the first half of 2011 with ABC, CBS, the Home Shopping Network, Showtime, Ford, Microsoft and Mattel as partners. Link | Add comment
Zach Klein Leaves Boxee To Found Startup
Business Insider, Jan 11, 2011, 2:21 PM EST
Disney, Yahoo Look at Internet TV
The Wall Street Journal, Jan 11, 2011, 6:29 AM EST
Walt Disney Co. is considering making programming from some of its television networks available on sets embedded with Yahoo's Internet-TV software. Link | Add comment
CES 2011
Hollywood Digital Czars Rain On Smart TV Parade
PaidContent, Jan 7, 2011, 8:34 AM EST
CES 2011
Yahoo TV Lures Viewers, Aids Advertisers
MediaPost, Jan 6, 2011, 2:59 PM EST
Yahoo at CES is showcasing new "enhanced" TV features that will entice viewers with extra content about the show they're watching and allow advertisers to display extra info about their products. Link | Add comment
CES 2011
Boxee Inks Deal To Sell CBS Content
The New York Times, Jan 6, 2011, 2:25 PM EST
Boxee said Thursday that it signed an agreement with CBS that will allow it to begin selling episodes from the network's programming through its software platform later this year. The arrangement is the first content deal between Boxee and a major television network. The company also said VUDU's 3D offerings will be available to Boxee Box users, and a Boxee app will soon be available on Apple's iPad Link | Add comment
CES 2011
Sony Plans IPTV Hookup With Time Warner
Multichannel News, Jan 6, 2011, 2:16 PM EST
Time Warner Cable will deliver its entire video programming lineup via Internet protocol to customers with Sony's Web-connected Bravia HDTVs this year. Link | Add comment
Tetris Plays Internet-Connected TV
MediaPost, Jan 5, 2011, 8:55 AM EST
SNL Kagan Report
7% Of households Will Cut Cord By 2014
USA Today, Jan 5, 2011, 7:35 AM EST
SNL Kagan forecasts that by 2014, about 46.3 million homes will have at least one Internet-connected TV and 7% of all households will depend on the Web instead of pay TV to watch programming. Link | Add comment
Microsoft To Introduce Windows TV At CES
LostRemote, Jan 4, 2011, 4:12 PM EST
Microsoft will introduce a stripped-down version of Windows tailored for set-top boxes and connected TVs this week at the Cosumer Electronics Show. Link | Add comment
Review
Netflix To Get Button On TV, Blu-Ray Remotes
LostRemote, Jan 4, 2011, 3:06 PM EST
Commentary
Connected TV: Not Ready For Primetime
Fortune, Jan 4, 2011, 8:49 AM EST
Jessi Hempel: "[The Web TV experience] feels a bit like the Internet circa 1998, before publishing companies embraced the Net and Google arrived to help us find and instantly consume the stuff we're looking for. What changed back then? Software, from search engines to specialized applications, helped make information more accessible -- and it will do the same for entertainment." Link | Add comment
Vizio Signs Up To Make Google TVs
Business Insider, Jan 3, 2011, 3:56 PM EST
Google today announced that Vizio will make a new line of televisions and Blu-ray players that run Google TV, which are set to ship later this year. Link | Add comment
Review: Google TV
The 'Google-ification' Of Television
MediaPost, Jan 3, 2011, 3:56 PM EST
Steve Smith: "While I wouldn't say that adding a familiar search box to the TV interface is revelatory, I can see how it accelerates an existing shift away from TV's traditional emphasis on schedule and towards a consumer-orientation towards content. You start thinking less about 'what's on' and more about 'what's accessible?' " Link | Add comment
Analyst: 28% Consider Cutting Cord In 2011
All Things Digital, Jan 3, 2011, 3:35 PM EST
JP Morgan analyst Imran Khan says cord-cutting -- or at the very least, a wave of over-the-top video -- is real and projects that 28% of cable subscribers are ready to switch to broadband video. Link | Add comment
Analyst: Apple May Release TV By End Of 2012
CNET, Jan 3, 2011, 2:54 PM EST
TV Apps Will Be In Spotlight At CES
LostRemote, Jan 3, 2011, 8:15 AM EST
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week, the biggest development in the television business will be the dramatic surge of Web-connected sets and TV apps. Link | Add comment
Samsung Announces TV App Finalists
LostRemote, Dec 28, 2010, 3:50 PM EST
A Twitter ticker, social TV guides and a drawing game are among the finalists announced today in a $500,000 contest to create the best new apps for Samsung TVs. Link | Add comment
Logitech Sees Better Reviews For Revue
The Wall Street Journal, Dec 28, 2010, 7:22 AM EST
Futurescape Forecast
40% of TVs Will Have Net Connections In 2014
MediaPost, Dec 27, 2010, 3:50 PM EST
In five years, almost 40% of televisions produced for the U.S. market will have an Internet connection. Media research publisher Futurescape says this will amount to 43 million homes out of 115.9 million overall U.S. TV homes. Link | Add comment
Logitech: Google Hasn't Ordered Revue Halt
Barron's, Dec 27, 2010, 3:22 PM EST
Logitech denies a report in DigiTimes that claimed Google asked the peripheral maker to suspend production of the Revue set-top box for Google TV. Link | Add comment
Discovery: Dish Can't Sling Content To Web
Broadcasting & Cable, Dec 23, 2010, 8:34 AM EST
Web Finally Set To Change Our TV Viewing
Technology Review, Dec 23, 2010, 7:28 AM EST
Since the mid-1990s, several efforts to bring the Web to the TV have fallen flat, suffering from myriad problems, including slow network connections, underpowered hardware, and clunky user interfaces. But now technology and an increase in TV-friendly Web content are pushing the variety of programming choices beyond cable, satellite or DVD. New devices and software from TV makers, startups such as Roku and Boxee, and giants such as Apple and Google have made it a snap to deliver online content to any set. Link | Add comment
Security Vendor: Web TV Brand Can Be Hacked
Multichannel News, Dec 22, 2010, 3:46 PM EST
Why Netflix Has and Google TV Has Not
Google Missed Value Of Hollywood Lunch
CNET, Dec 22, 2010, 3:37 PM EST
Google TV has stumbled out of the blocks because it failed to do one thing that Netflix did: build relationships with studios and programmers through traditional means. Link | Add comment
Analyst: App Store Would Boost Apple TV
AppleInsider, Dec 22, 2010, 2:53 PM EST
Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu called news of Apple TV's 1 millionth sale "positive, but fairly immaterial." Wu said he believes the addition of an App Store, allowing users to download new applications for the Apple TV, would be a catalyst for the set-top box's sales. Link | Add comment
ESPN Debuts ScoreCenter On Connected TVs
MediaPost, Dec 22, 2010, 7:23 AM EST
ESPN said it is debuting its ScoreCenter product on Internet-hooked-up sets from Samsung. The app, which can be added via the Samsung Apps store, allows fans to view a running line of updated scores of other games -- in multiple sports -- while bringing up stats from players. Link | Add comment
Review
Boxee Delivers A Disappointing Experience
San Jose Mercury News, Dec 22, 2010, 7:01 AM EST
Hulu's Fate Uncertain Under Comcast
PaidContent, Dec 21, 2010, 4:02 PM EST
Hulu's model of offering TV episodes for free online is not of much use to Comcast, which wants to monetize that same window through VOD. But Hulu has built a powerful brand, so Comcast can’t simply pull the plug on it. More likely, if Comcast keeps its stake in Hulu, it will steer it further in the direction of the Hulu Plus subscription model. Link | Add comment
Cutting the Cord
Entertaining Kids Without Cable TV
NewTeeVee, Dec 21, 2010, 3:42 PM EST
Parents have been afraid to drop their cable subscriptions for fear that they won't be able to access their kids' favorite shows. NewTeeVee offers tips for parents who want to cut the cord. Link | Add comment
Sales Of Apple TV To Top 1 Million
The Wall Street Journal, Dec 21, 2010, 3:25 PM EST
Hulu Mulls More Pay Plans, Not An IPO
The Wall Street Journal, Dec 21, 2010, 8:13 AM EST
Online video site Hulu LLC has taken off the table the idea of going public, at least for now, and may consider other financing options, people familiar with the matter said. Hulu also is mulling new subscription plans that could broaden its pay-video offerings beyond the recently introduced Hulu Plus. Link | Add comment
Boxee CEO: 'Net Still 'Discriminated Against'
NewTeeVee, Dec 20, 2010, 8:16 AM EST
Boxee CEO Avner Ronen: "The biggest issue still remains access to content. The Internet is still being discriminated against -- would love to see some affirmative action. There is no reason the Internet can not be the fourth distribution network for content." Link | Add comment
Sezmi Pulls Plug On Cable Networks
Multichannel News, Dec 20, 2010, 7:16 AM EST
Sezmi, the startup pitching a hybrid broadcast-Internet television service, is scrapping its Select Plus package that includes a bundle of 23 cable channels for $20 a month and will promote its Sezmi Select package that includes broadcast TV, video-on-demand and Internet content for $5. Link | Add comment
Google TV Delayed, Will Miss CES
The New York Times, Dec 20, 2010, 6:48 AM EST
Google has asked television makers Sony, Toshiba, LG Electronics and Sharp to delay their introductions of the Google TV Web-connected TV system so the company can refine the software. The setback means Google TV will miss next month's Consumer Electronics Show, where the TV makers were to highlight the software. Link | Add comment
CBS, Fox In No Hurry To Play On Google TV
Bloomberg, Dec 17, 2010, 2:50 PM EST
CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves and Chase Carey, the No. 2 executive at Fox parent News Corp., say after months of talks they’re in no hurry to let Google TV offer shows via the Web for free. They say there have been no lucrative offers and they aren’t sure of the search company’s intentions. Link | Add comment
Hulu To Hit $260M In Revenue This Year
CNBC, Dec 17, 2010, 2:42 PM EST
Streaming video service Hulu will generate $260 million in revenue this year, more than double the $108 million the company earned in 2009. Link | Add comment
Web TVs Could Catch NFL Sunday Ticket
Engadget, Dec 17, 2010, 6:50 AM EST
A marketing survey researching potential pricing setups for DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket may indicate that the digital version of the out-of-market games package will soon be available via currently unsupported devices including Internet connected Blu-ray players and TVs, "game machines," Apple TV, Roku and Boxee. Link | Add comment
Airfoil 4 Adds Web Video Support
MacUser, Dec 17, 2010, 6:33 AM EST
TV Couch Is Bringing TV To The Browser
The Next Web, Dec 16, 2010, 3:49 PM EST
TV Couch is readying its own soldier in the connected-TV war that doesn't require any app or set-top box -- it will run directly from a user's browser. Link | Add comment
Vuze Unveils All-In-One Video Hub 'Fanhattan'
CNET, Dec 16, 2010, 2:29 PM EST
Vuze's new entertainment discovery service, "Fanhattan," is designed to be a single point of aggregation for all of the TV and movie entertainment options available on (and off) the Web. Link | Add comment
Over-The-Top TV At Bottom Of Station Plans
TVNewsCheck, Dec 15, 2010, 3:52 PM EST
While a growing number of electronic devices are offering consumers the ability to bypass cable and satellite by delivering TV programming to their sets through broadband connections and Internet-connected TVs and other devices, TV stations aren't rushing to get on board. Station groups say OTT services are simply too new and unknown. But if growth predictions are correct and if viewers continue to cut their cable cords, stations may have to turn to OTT outlets to insure their shows are reaching consumers. Link | Add comment
Number Of Broadband Cutters Decreases
PaidContent, Dec 15, 2010, 3:35 PM EST
Yet more evidence disputing cord-cutting came Wednesday in a year-end TV-ratings report from Turner Broadcasting: the number of consumers who jettison broadband access while holding onto their cable subscriptions is decreasing. Link | Add comment
Google TV Rolls Out New Features, Voice Remote
LostRemote, Dec 15, 2010, 3:07 PM EST
Best Buy: 3D, Net-Connected TVs Selling Poorly
Multichannel News, Dec 15, 2010, 8:20 AM EST
Debate: Will The Internet Kill Off TV's Star?
Business Insider, Dec 14, 2010, 3:47 PM EST
At The Ignition Conference last week, Turner Broadcasting's Jack Wakshlag cites numbers saying the average American watches 32 hours of television a week while spending only 20 minutes on the web. Meanwhile, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has this opposing view: "If you talk to most human beings, they'll give up food and shelter before they'll give up their high-speed Internet connection."   Link | Add comment
Comcast Is Testing Combo Web-TV Set-Top
The Wall Street Journal, Dec 14, 2010, 8:40 AM EST
Comcast is testing a new set-top box that knits television and the Internet. The new system allows users to watch and search a smattering of Web video through their televisions and search across live, on-demand and recorded programming. Link | Add comment
Commentary: Cord Cutting
Why A 'Hulu For Sports' Won't Happen Soon
PBS MediaShift, Dec 14, 2010, 7:02 AM EST
Mark Glaser: "What sports fans need to cut the cord is a potential new service that I call 'Hulu for Sports,' a way for us to watch the games we want online or streamed to our TV. ... Not surprisingly, my bubble is easily burst in a world where massive TV sports contracts restrict leagues from offering up all these games online." Link | Add comment
Samsung Hits 1M TV App Downloads
LostRemote, Dec 7, 2010, 1:41 PM EST
The Nets Cord-Cutters Can't Live Without
PaidContent, Dec 7, 2010, 8:46 AM EST
A study conducted by Needham & Co. analyst Laura Martin released the results of a poll that asked respondents which TV networks they felt must be available online before they turned off their TV subscription. The Big Four broadcast networks led the pack. Link | Add comment
Virgin Unveils 1TB Web Connected Set-Top Box
Guardian, Dec 6, 2010, 8:00 AM EST
Commentary: Warning To Networks
Unbundled Distribution Of Local TV Is Here
Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, Dec 6, 2010, 7:55 AM EST
Terry Heaton: "Local broadcasting is in the midst of a perfect storm with only two opportunities for tomorrow: a successful MDTV strategy with the digital broadcasting chip in smartphones, and figuring out how to monetize local unbundled, on-demand content. Let's be real; the day is coming when program makers will distribute their stuff directly to consumers and share money with no network, and we’ve got to be ready." Link | Add comment
Amazon's Best Selling Electronics
Apple TV No. 13, Google TV No. 430 On List
Business Insider, Dec 3, 2010, 3:35 PM EST
Apple TV is leading the connected TV charge ... at Amazon.com at least. The device is No. 13 on the site's list of best-selling electronics. Here's how its competition stacks up: Roku is No. 23, the Boxee Box is No. 185 and the Logitech Revue (Google TV) is No. 430. Link | Add comment
Ronen On Web TV: 'Resistance Is Futile'
TechCrunch, Dec 3, 2010, 1:31 PM EST
Boxee CEO Avner Ronen at SAI's Ignition conference said Web TV is inevitable and declared, "Resistance is futile." Ronen, responding to the question of when will there be something worthwhile to watch online, said the goal is to get “from geeks to early adopters.” Link | Add comment
Review
Google TV Baffling To Average TV Watchers
Bloomberg, Dec 2, 2010, 2:51 PM EST
Rich Jaroslovsky: "The [Logitech] Revue and the Google Inc. software it runs don’t seem designed for normal human beings. They are too techie, aimed at people who don’t mind stumbling over an occasional 'page not found' message on their big-screen televisions or changing channels with a keyboard rather than a remote control." Link | Add comment
Hulu Plus Exceeds Expectations
Service Shows Viewers Will Pay For Web TV
All Things Digital, Dec 2, 2010, 9:19 AM EST
Hulu's premium product, Hulu Plus, chargers viewers $7.99 per month to watch the service on an iPhone, iPad or TV. According to Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, the service, which formally left its beta phase a couple of weeks ago, has “exceeded expectations” and has already hit its year-end subscriber goals. Link | Add comment
Google TV Gets Help From Kevin Bacon
PaidContent, Dec 2, 2010, 6:36 AM EST
Logitech is getting buzz from its new ad campaign featuring Kevin Bacon. In the spot, Bacon plays his own biggest fan, using the Logitech Revue to track down his hero via Google TV.
Link | Add comment
Virgin Media Launches TiVo-Powered Web TV
The Hollywood Reporter, Dec 1, 2010, 5:04 PM EST
U.K. cable TV operator Virgin Media is launching an on-demand TV, gaming and Web-enabled entertainment service powered by high-speed Internet, which is capable of standard-definition, HD and 3D services. Link | Add comment
Virgin Media's Cindy Rose:
Next-Gen Products Will Change UK TV In 2011
PaidContent, Dec 1, 2010, 3:15 PM EST
The Gift Guide For Cord Cutters
NewTeeVee, Dec 1, 2010, 6:24 AM EST
Web-connected devices such as Apple TV, Roku and Boxee have become some of the hottest home entertainment items. Just in time for the holidays, NewTeeVee presents its guide to choosing the perfect gift for cord cutter on your holiday gift list. Link | Add comment
More Than Just Google TV At Stake For Sony
PaidContent, Nov 30, 2010, 12:06 PM EST
Sony CEO and president Howard Stringer is counting on the all-in-one Google-powered Internet-connected television set to be the consumer electronics giant's next iconic product and cement his legacy with the company. Link | Add comment
Piracy Issues Keep ABC, Google TV Apart
Reuters, Nov 30, 2010, 12:06 PM EST
Disney and Google are in talks that would allow ABC's online content to be viewed on Google TV, but piracy concerns are a chief stumbling block, Disney TV president Anne Sweeney said at the Reuters Media Summit. Link | Add comment
Revision3 Launches New TV-Optimized Site
TechCrunch, Nov 23, 2010, 8:19 AM EST
Web TV network Revision3 this week formally debuted its new TV-optimized Web site and brought its full catalog of online content to multiple platforms including Google TV, Yahoo! Connected TV, Windows Media Center, AppleTV, Boxee and Roku. Link | Add comment
Connected TV
Viacom Pulls Content Off Google TV
GTV Hub, Nov 22, 2010, 8:12 AM EST
Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and other Viacom networks have blocked their content from Google TV. Users attempting to stream programming from their Web sites encounter a message saying “sorry, this content is unavailable for your device.” Link | Add comment
Google's Saluhddin Choudhary:
Google TV Streamlines Web-TV Experience
Beet.tv, Nov 22, 2010, 7:07 AM EST
Google TV product manager Saluhddin Choudhary in an interview with Beet.tv said the company recognized that many consumers were hooking laptops to their televisions, which inspired the company to "take the best parts of that experience and make it available in a mainstream consumer-ready product."   Link | Add comment
Miss California Bypasses Traditional TV
NewTeeVee, Nov 19, 2010, 3:20 PM EST
When the Miss California USA presentation kicks off tonight, viewers will be able to stream the entire three-day event live to their PCs, mobile devices and their Web-connected TVs. The pageant has opted to forgo traditional media outlets for a livestream created by Dyyno, which will be able to deliver the video to iPhone and Android mobile devices through the Justin.tv app, as well as through Dyyno’s streaming channel on Roku set-top boxes. Link | Add comment
Web 2.0 Summit
Chernin To Old Media: Watch Your Back
PaidContent, Nov 18, 2010, 7:44 AM EST
Former News Corp. president Peter Chernin on a Web 2.0 Summit panel with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said Google TV and Apple TV weren't the only ventures that could do damage to traditional media companies. Among the competitors that old media needs to be wary of: Microsoft with the XBox 360, Samsung and Sony connected TVs, Amazon and Netflix. Link | Add comment
Nielsen/CTAM Study
84% Of Web Vid Viewers Haven't Cut Cord
NetNewsCheck, Nov 16, 2010, 8:45 AM EST
A new Nielsen/CTAM study challenges the notion that consumers are dumping traditional TV for online video. The study found that 84% Web video viewers are watching the same amount of regularly scheduled television since they started streaming or downloading programs or movies to watch on their TV sets. Full Story | Add comment
Web 2.0 Summit
Schmidt: Google TV Can Only Help 'Dumb TV'
Paid Content, Nov 16, 2010, 7:00 AM EST
Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt responded to the chorus of criticism from TV broadcasters Monday at O’Reilly Media’s Web 2.0 Summit with the suggestion that what he referred to as “dumb TV” isn’t well-served by the industry’s defensive posture. Link | Add comment
Disney's Bob Iger Talks Digital Strategy
Los Angeles Times, Nov 12, 2010, 3:21 PM EST
Disney CEO Bob Iger refused to discuss Google TV during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday -- "we've not announced a deal with them at this point and I'm not going to say anything more specific about them." But he did talk at length about how Disney evaluates new services that bypass cable, satellite and telecommunications services to deliver video in the home. Link | Add comment
Commentary
Why Boxee Doesn’t Matter -- And Why It Does
All Things Digital, Nov 12, 2010, 3:23 PM EST
All Things Digital's Peter Kafka: "Boxee’s real plan is both clear and a bit undefined: It wants to get its software on as many devices as possible -- not just the Boxee Box but everything from Sony’s TVs to Microsoft’s Xbox 360s to Samsung’s Blu-ray players. And then it wants to build some kind of business based on advertising, consumer payments or both." Link | Add comment
Dish Network Offers Google TV At 40% Off
PCMag.com , Nov 11, 2010, 10:50 AM EST
Dish Network is rolling out the Logitech Revue Google TV set top to subscribers for $179, 40% off its $299 retail price. Users will also need to pay $4 per month for "DVR integration." Link | Add comment
Fox Says No To Google TV
CNET, Nov 11, 2010, 7:19 AM EST
News Corp. yesterday decided to block full length episodes of its programming to Google's new Web-connected television. Fox is the last of the Big Four networks to say no to Google TV. Link | Add comment
Boxee CEO Ronen Demos New Box
TechCrunch, Nov 11, 2010, 7:07 AM EST
The Boxee Box, a set-top box that delivers Web video to televisions, shipped this week. Boxee CEO Avener Ronen gave TechCrunch a preview of the device.   Link | Add comment
NHL GameCenter Live Skates To PS3, Boxee, Roku
CNET, Nov 11, 2010, 6:45 AM EST
Augmented Reality Lands In Newsrooms, Ads
PBS MediaShift, Nov 10, 2010, 3:42 PM EST
OTT TV Opens New Doors For Developers
PaidContent, Nov 10, 2010, 2:06 PM EST
Over-the-top television has created a myriad of new opportunities for distribution services but has also opened up a world of new channels for content developers such as TV games distributor PlayJam and interactive developer PushButton. Link | Add comment
Web Video Platform Finds Friend In Boxee
NetNewsCheck, Nov 10, 2010, 6:40 AM EST
Ooyala and Boxee this week announced a partnership that will allow the online video platform's publishers to distribute Web content directly to users’ living rooms via the Boxee Box. Full Story | Add comment
Boxee Jumps Into Internet TV Pool
Investors.com, Nov 10, 2010, 6:40 AM EST
Boxee's new Internet TV set-top box launches today (Nov. 10). The Boxee Box, which sells for $199, goes up against the likes of Google TV, Apple TV, Roku and TiVO. Link | Add comment
Battle For The Digital Home Conference
Nielsen's Idell: Not Many 'Cord Cutters' Yet
PaidContent, Nov 10, 2010, 6:40 AM EST
Nielsen executive VP for media product leadership Cheryl Idell told attendees at the Battle for the Digital Home conference that people aren't yet cutting the cord with their cable providers and turning entirely to online entertainment, noting that only 6% of broadband households had severed ties with cable television. Link | Add comment
Battle For The Digital Home Conference
Ronen: People Don't Want To 'Surf' TV
PaidContent, Nov 10, 2010, 6:40 AM EST
“People don’t want web browsing on their TV -- They’re interested in the content. That’s it,” Boxee CEO and co-founder Avner Ronen told the crowd at the PaidContent Entertainment: Battle for the Digital Home conference when asked about the convergence of online and TV.     connected TVs, Boxee Link | Add comment
Battle For The Digital Home Conference
Slingbox Founder Krikorian Praises Android
PaidContent, Nov 10, 2010, 6:40 AM EST
Slingbox founder Blake Krikorian praised Google's open-source Android operating system and criticized the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as an impediment to innovation during a Q&A at the "PaidContent Entertainment: Battle for the Digital Home" conference. Link | Add comment
Battle For The Digital Home Conference
Google's Queiroz: Can't TV, Web Get Along?
PaidContent, Nov 10, 2010, 6:40 AM EST
Google TV's Mario Queiroz told attendees at PaidContent Entertainment's "Battle for the Digital Home" conference that "Google TV was designed to be television and Web, not television versus Web." Link | Add comment
Discovering Content on Internet-based TV
ReadWriteWeb, Nov 9, 2010, 2:24 PM EST
Boxee Seeking $10M In Investment Round
All Things Digital, Nov 8, 2010, 12:37 PM EST
Commentary
Google Fumbles Relationship With TV Nets
Adweek, Nov 8, 2010, 9:03 AM EST
Mike Shields: "The engineers at the search goliath appear to have pulled off the double whammy of disappointing the technorati and alienating the broadcast networks -- two constituencies crucial to getting Google TV off the ground." Link | Add comment
Set-Tops Help Make Podcasters Web TV Stars
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Nov 4, 2010, 3:48 PM EDT
Roku and other Internet-connected set-top boxes are giving local podcasters such as Minnesota-based Spacevidcast an opportunity to reach mainstream television audiences. Link | Add comment
Google: Networks Misunderstood Google TV
The Canadian Press, Nov 3, 2010, 4:54 PM EDT
Google TV's lead project manager Rishi Chandra said attempts by broadcasters to seek payment for allowing their online video to be viewed through Google's new Web-connected TV platform represents a "misunderstanding" of what the service is. Link | Add comment
Review
Google TV: A First Stab At A Powerful Concept
NewTeeVee, Nov 2, 2010, 7:10 AM EDT
Box Throwdown: Apple TV vs. Google TV vs. Roku
MacWorld, Nov 1, 2010, 3:54 PM EDT
Google Yearns To Make YouTube A TV Net
New York Post, Oct 29, 2010, 4:02 PM EDT
Google is pitching YouTube not only as a popular Web destination, but as a television channel to have a place in the living room alongside broadcast networks like ABC, CBS and NBC. Link | Add comment
Review: Google TV Has Too Many Buttons
Financial Times, Oct 29, 2010, 8:28 AM EDT
Google Shifts TV Effort To YouTube Division
San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 28, 2010, 8:11 AM EDT
Shows You Can See for Free With Google TV
NewTeeVee, Oct 26, 2010, 1:15 PM EDT
A First Look At Google TV
NewTeeVee, Oct 25, 2010, 1:23 PM EDT
NewTeeVee reviews Google TV, including a look at how broadcaster content is blocked and how other sites are optimized. Link | Add comment
Commentary
Why TV Nets Blocked Google TV (Hint: Ads)
Advertising Age, Oct 22, 2010, 4:39 PM EDT
Michael Learmonth: "Once there is parity on the revenue per viewer per minute, then you will see web shows on Google TV or Boxee, and Hulu on your TV set." Link | Add comment
Commentary
Nets Block Google TV But Can’t Stop Future
NewTeeVee, Oct 22, 2010, 12:31 PM EDT
Ryan Lawler: "For broadcasters, picking a fight with Google TV, or Boxee, or holding their content back from being rentable on Apple TV TV isn’t going to change this fundamental shift in users behavior. What they need is a strategy that allows them to gracefully embrace — and monetize — the new ways that viewers are accessing their content." Link | Add comment
CBS and NBC now back on GoogleTV?
Fortune, Oct 22, 2010, 12:31 PM EDT
It appears that the networks are letting some content through to GoogleTV users. Link | Add comment
NetNewsCheck Adds Connected TVs Section
NetNewsCheck.com, Oct 22, 2010, 9:25 AM EDT
As if the onslaught of tablets and eReaders and iPads weren't enough, not to mention burgeoning mobile marketing, Internet-connected TVs are surfing another wave of innovation this year. NetNewsCheck.com has collected top coverage on Net TVs into one convention location. Full Story | Add comment
Networks Block Web Shows From Google TV
Wall Street Journal, Oct 22, 2010, 7:35 AM EDT
ABC, CBS and NBC are blocking TV programming on their websites from being viewable on Google Inc.'s new Web-TV service, exposing the rift that remains between the technology giant and some of the media compan Link | Add comment
Google TV: Early Reviews Start Rolling In
NetNewsCheck roundup, Oct 22, 2010, 7:35 AM EDT
From "it's complicated," to "I may never leave the sofa again." Full Story | Add comment
Commentary
Why Net-TVs Will Be About Content, Not Apps
Mashable, Oct 21, 2010, 4:19 PM EDT
Jeremy Toeman: "Understand the psychology of the couch. It is the one location where people want to be entertained, often passively. ... When they kick back on the couch, the last thing they want to see is a list of unread e-mails and a loading screen." Link | Add comment
Commentary
The Kinect Will Completely Change Our Lives
Forrester, Oct 20, 2010, 4:44 PM EDT
James McQuivey: "It is a transformative change in the user experience, the interposition of a new and dramatically natural way to interact -- not just with TV, not just with computers -- but with every machine that we will conceive of in the future." Full Story | Add comment
10 issues for the next 10 years
The Future Of TV & The Digital Living Room
Both Sides Of The Table, Oct 20, 2010, 4:44 PM EDT
Venture capitalist Mark Suster offers 10 broad trends, including: Keep your eyes on the second screen,  content bundling, and YouTube meets the television. Link | Add comment
Our Take

Maybe something's in the water, but today saw 3 excellent thought pieces on possible paths for the future of what we call television. We highly recommend reading each, and at least one of us at NetNewsCheck thinks Kinect's interactive experience will be as game-changing as the Internet has been.

Boxee Net-TV Box Will Ship Nov. 10
Gizmodo, Oct 20, 2010, 1:19 PM EDT
Apple Has Sold Over 250,000 New Apple TVs
TechCrunch, Oct 19, 2010, 9:09 AM EDT
YouTube Leanback Adds Ads For Google TV
All Things Digital, Oct 18, 2010, 7:19 AM EDT
With Google TV hitting stores this week, YouTube has updated the Leanback version of the site, designed for couch-bound surfers. Among the changes: Leanback will now start showing you the pre-roll and overlay ads that you’re used to seeing on regular YouTube.
Link | Add comment
Google TV: What You Need To Know (FAQ)
CNET, Oct 14, 2010, 3:58 PM EDT
Commentary
Boomers Fuel The Boom In Tablets & Net TVs
Fierce Online Video, Oct 14, 2010, 8:07 AM EDT
On Sale Saturday
Sony Unveils Its Web-Surfing Google TVs
Associated Press, Oct 13, 2010, 9:13 AM EDT
Sony Corp.'s lineup of sleek televisions boasting Google Inc.'s Web-surfing system will go on sale Saturday, with prices set  $200 to $400 higher than comparable TVs without the highly touted software. Full Story | Add comment
Gartner Updates Hype Cycle: Tablets, Net TV
Gartner, Oct 11, 2010, 7:49 AM EDT
Vevo Plus Google TV: What MTV Used To Be
CNET, Oct 8, 2010, 10:40 AM EDT
10 Apple TV Apps We Can't Wait To Use
Business Insider, Oct 8, 2010, 10:40 AM EDT
Commentary
Did Apple Just Win Round 1 Over Google TV?
Business Insider, Oct 7, 2010, 4:25 PM EDT
Dan Frommer: "No one really needs either of these systems yet. And most people have no idea that they'd even want the web on their TV sets ... Because of the simpler message and lower price tag ($99 is within impulse-purchase range, while $300 is not) ...  Apple has won this early first round. Link | Add comment
Sony’s Google TV Sets Get Sized And Priced
CrunchGear, Oct 7, 2010, 8:15 AM EDT
Apple TV For Places, Not Just People?
Apple Blog, Oct 6, 2010, 10:31 AM EDT
Logitech Debuts Its Google TV, Priced At $299
NewTeeVee, Oct 6, 2010, 4:10 PM EDT
Apple TV Reportedly Sells Out In Many Stores
Tech Trader Daily, Oct 6, 2010, 2:18 PM EDT
Comparison Chart
Google TV Apps Vs. Apple TV, Roku & Boxee
NewTeeVee, Oct 4, 2010, 4:45 PM EDT
A handy scorecard that shows you which apps are currently set for which Internet TV boxes Link | Add comment
Watch the video
Google TV Ramps Up Minisite, Apps, Partners
CrunchGear, Oct 4, 2010, 4:45 PM EDT
A new minisite for Google TV explains the pending settop box, including the presence of apps for Pandora, Chrome, Twitter, Amazon and Android Gallery and TV-optimized sites from major TV networks such as HBO, TNT, TBS and CNN.  
Link | Add comment
Our Take

If you don't read any other industry stories today, take the time to watch the promo video about what Google TV will do. It's a believable pitch that there's a new platform afoot.

Further Proof Apps Are Coming For Apple TV
NewTeeVee, Sep 30, 2010, 7:36 AM EDT
Networks Split On Apple TV Rentals
Wall Street Journal, Sep 24, 2010, 8:34 AM EDT
Roku Takes On Apple TV With $60 Net-TV Box
Technologizer, Sep 23, 2010, 7:33 AM EDT
Dell Considers Internet TVs, Google TV
PC World, Sep 23, 2010, 7:21 AM EDT
Commentary
Can Google TV Prosper Where Apple Failed?
Seeking Alpha, Sep 22, 2010, 7:41 AM EDT
Microsoft: Kinect To 'Blow Away' iPad Sales
Business Insider, Sep 20, 2010, 12:30 PM EDT
Sezmi Raises $17.3m For Internet-TV Box
Multichannel News, Sep 20, 2010, 8:31 AM EDT
10 Tips For Making A Great Google TV Site
Stage Two, Sep 17, 2010, 8:57 AM EDT
No. 7: Use The Entire Screen. Photos, videos and other content should be big and bold. Information and content needs to fill the entire screen as much as possible. Link | Add comment
Google TV: One Screen To Rule Them All?
Wired, Sep 7, 2010, 4:31 AM EDT
“Once you have Google television, you’re going to be very busy,” CEO Eric Schmidt promised. “It’s going to ruin your evening.”

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In Pictures: Google TV On A Sony Internet TV
TechRadar, Sep 3, 2010, 7:37 AM EDT
Sony's demonstration of its new Internet TV with Google TV at IFA focuses on delivering 'websites on your TV' and bringing new TV content to your screen. Link | Add comment
Samsung Tries To Woo TV App Developers
CNET, Sep 1, 2010, 12:04 PM EDT
Difference Between Apple TV & Google TV
Business Insider, Sep 1, 2010, 4:46 PM EDT
As Apple announced a revamped big-screen product today, the difference is clean: Google wants to turn your TV into a computer. Apple says people specifically don't want computers on their TV. The battle is on this November. Who's going to win?    Link | Add comment
Remember 3-Screen Marketing? Now It's 6
Advertising Age, Aug 25, 2010, 4:32 PM EDT
While it's clear most brands are not all that comfy with the notion of three screens today, the bad news is that it's about to blow wide open to six screens. Here's what's joining TV, PC and mobile.
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Piper Jaffray forecast
With Internet TVs, $5b For Video Ads By 2014
MediaPost, Aug 17, 2010, 11:59 AM EDT
Connected TVs and set-top devices could ultimately drive online video ads and marketing content budgets. The online video ad segment should grow at a 39% compounded annual growth rate  during the next five years, becoming a more than $5 billion market by 2014, estimates analyst firm Piper Jaffray. Link | Add comment
Samsung Issues $500,000 TV App Challenge
Television Broadcast, Aug 16, 2010, 7:59 AM EDT
Samsung is offering $500,000 for the best new apps for its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players. Link | Add comment
Forecast: Internet TVs Will Outsell 3D TVs
PaidContent, Jul 28, 2010, 10:30 AM EDT
Worldwide, iSuppli reckons 27.7 million internet-enabled TVs will ship this year, against just 4.2 million 3D TVs. Link | Add comment
Yahoo TV, Google TV Use Different Scripts
Investors.com, Jul 13, 2010, 9:16 AM EDT
Yahoo has an 18-month lead in rolling out its Yahoo Connected TV service. Google unveiled Google TV in May, but won't debut the service until this fall. Link | Add comment
Sezmi Adds Net-TV Box To 10 More Markets
NewTeeVee, Jun 18, 2010, 7:18 AM EDT
Commentary
Why Google TV Is Bigger Than You Think
PaidContent, Jun 10, 2010, 3:50 PM EDT
Forrester analyst James McQuivey: "Google TV will be a persistent interface that resides on your TV, giving you access to search functions any time you’re watching TV, not just when you switch the input. It’s a critical difference that makes Google TV unique compared to all previous attempts to “Webitize” the TV." Link | Add comment
Commentary
5 Reasons Consumers Won't Use Google TV
Advertising Age, May 27, 2010, 7:03 AM EDT
Ellen Dudar: "People love TV and they love the internet, but they love them for very different reasons." Link | Add comment
How To Design A Web App For Google TV
ReadWriteWeb, May 21, 2010, 12:27 PM EDT
Although deeper, technical details are still forthcoming, developers interested in this new platform can now follow the guidelines put forth by Google here on the Google TV developer site. These are essentially style suggestions for building TV-enabled web apps for any TV platform, not just Google's. Link | Add comment
Google TV: Next Big Thing? The Pros & Cons
PaidContent, May 21, 2010, 9:19 AM EDT
Anyone remember Intel Viiv? Web TV? Joost? Yahoo Connected Life? Paul Allen’s Wired World? The myriad set-top boxes and streaming devices? Apple TV? Digeo? They were either ahead of their time, not ready for prime time, or in some cases, not worth the time. Link | Add comment
Commentary
Net TV's Economic Threat To Local TV News
Newsosaur, May 21, 2010, 9:19 AM EDT
Al Mutter prepares for FCC workshop, part 2: "As broadcast audiences shrink, ad revenues will tumble. As revenues recede and profit margins are challenged, it is all but inevitable that most local broadcasters will reduce the resources they devote to covering local news." Link | Add comment
Prediction: Net TV To Pass Broadcast By 2020
MediaPost, May 21, 2010, 9:19 AM EDT
The Diffusion Group argues that over the next 5 to 7 years, the researchers say the TV will become the primary viewing vehicle for Web video. Link | Comments (1)
Product concept: Watch the video
Google Unveils Long-Awaited Google TV
PaidContent, May 20, 2010, 1:02 PM EDT
The key feature: A “quick search box” that lets users quickly look up TV listings and web content; engineers demonstrated how users could seamlessly switch between watching a video from anywhere on the web and watching a live TV broadcast.
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Forecast: TV Apps To Bring In $1.9b By 2015
NewTeeVee, May 17, 2010, 1:46 PM EDT
Apps distributed through set-top boxes and connected TVs will grow from $10 million this year to nearly $1.9 billion by 2015, according to a new report from GigaOm Pro analyst Paul Sweeting. The huge growth will be driven in part by the accelerated adoption of connected TVs. Link | Add comment
Samsung Exec: We Might Build A Google TV
VentureBeat, Apr 27, 2010, 7:14 AM EDT
FCC To Study Open Internet-TV Boxes
Washington Post, Apr 23, 2010, 3:15 PM EDT
The Federal Communications Commission took a tiny step forward  toward updating the television set-top box, a move that Chairman Julius Genachowski hopes will eventually stir more competition between providers of paid television and Internet services. Link | Add comment
Boxee, Roku Land Web-TV Live Sports Deals
Wall Street Journal, Apr 20, 2010, 7:45 AM EDT
Boxee will distribute the National Hockey League’s Game Center Live online video content, and the National Basketball Association is set to announce a similar partnership with Roku, beginning with some of this season’s playoff games. Link | Add comment
Boxee TV Eyes iPhone, iPad & Android
Los Angeles Times, Apr 16, 2010, 4:22 PM EDT
"It's perfect for video," said CEO Avner Ronen before loading a TV show on ABC's iPad app. "You can start watching in bed. And then just take it with you." Link | Add comment
Popbox Opens Dev Platform For Internet TV
Mashable, Apr 15, 2010, 1:26 PM EDT
Today Syabas is officially launching the Popbox SDK so that developers can start building apps for the device, which is scheduled to hit the streets sometime this quarter. Link | Add comment
Panasonic Says No To Google OS For Net TVs
Fast Company, Mar 31, 2010, 5:01 PM EDT
Net TV Triples Since '06, Erodes Traditional
MediaPost, Mar 19, 2010, 8:57 AM EDT
Media researcher Knowledge Networks says viewing of complete TV shows from streaming or downloaded video rose from 8% to 22%. Link | Add comment
SXSW 2010
Pay TV vs. Net TV: Cuban Debates Mr. Boxee
PaidContent, Mar 13, 2010, 1:00 PM EST
Mark Cuban: “If you’re counting on the internet replacing cable, you’re crazy.” Boxee's Avner Ronen:  If you’re 50 with HD, you’re comfortable; if you’re 23 and getting your first apartment, you see things differently. Link | Add comment
A Beginner’s Guide To Made-For-Internet TV
Mashable, Feb 22, 2010, 1:37 PM EST
Sezmi Opens Low-Cost Cable+Net TV In L.A.
New York Times, Feb 20, 2010, 12:29 PM EST
Personal TV: In the Future, Ads Will Skip You
Salon, Feb 16, 2010, 8:12 AM EST
Congress Tackles Web TV In Hulu vs. Boxee
Los Angeles Times, Feb 5, 2010, 9:29 AM EST
U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher threw a curveball at NBC Universal's chief executive Thursday in hearings regarding the proposed merger of NBCU and Comcast. The Virginia Democrat asked Jeff Zucker why Hulu blocked the Boxee app from displaying its content last year. Link | Add comment
Yahoo Releases Internet TV Developer Kit
Mashable, Jan 8, 2010, 7:33 AM EST
Yahoo's TV Widget partnerships reach Internet-connected televisions from LG, Sony, Samsung, VIZIO and ViewSonic.
OUR TAKE: Yesterday, we encouraged locals to stake our territory for the category of "local" in the emerging Internet-TV arena. We can't claim Yahoo was listening, but here's a first step to getting it done.
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CES 2010
Race Is On For Social TV, Internet TV
Venture Beat, Jan 7, 2010, 11:23 AM EST
Will this revolution be a settop box or plug directly into the screen?
OUR TAKE: No surprise, we agree with LostRemote on this one - locals need to establish brands for content AND ads on this emerging platform. It's normal for big national brands to experiment first on new tech like this, with locals joining in when a leading platform starts to stand out. But it's more important that the category of "local" gets prominent play on these screens, which means SOMEBODY needs to be an early adopter....
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Apple gets network interest in Internet TV
New York Times, Dec 22, 2009, 3:24 AM EST
CBS Corp. and Walt Disney Co. are considering participating in Apple Inc.'s plan to offer television subscriptions over the Internet, sources say, as Apple prepares a potential new competitor to cable and satellite TV. Link | Add comment

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  • Mobile And The Media's Imploding Biz Model

    Michael Wolff: "If the news business on the Web is depressing, contributing to the existential angst that has gripped every established news organization, mobile turns the story apocalyptic: there is no foreseeable basis on which the news establishment can support itself. There is no way even a stripped-down, aggregation-based, unpaid citizen-journalist staffed newsroom can support itself in a mobile world."

  • WashPo Ombud's Paywall Analysis Is Faulty

    Ryan Chittum: "You can't compare nine months of circulation-revenue changes to 12 months of ad-revenue changes and then say the former 'didn't even cover the decline in the latter.' That's like giving somebody a 100 meter headstart in the 400 meters and then talking about how the laggard couldn't even compete, even though they ran faster than the rest of the field."

  • The 'Sharing' Mirage

    Frédéric Filloux on the benefits and pitfalls of teaming up with content distributors: "Media should be very careful with their level of reliance on other content distributors such as Facebook, Google, Apple or Amazon. This can be summed up to a simple question: can we trust them?The short answer is no."

  • Paywalls Open Doors For Local News Sites

    Howard Owens: "As a matter of business reality, when an incumbent business moves deeper into sustaining innovation it opens up opportunities for disruptors. In every market where a newspaper puts up a paywall, an opportunity is created for an entrepreneur to start a local online news business."

  • For Future Of News, Killer App Is Credibility

    Robert Hernandez, an assistant professor of professional practice in journalism at USC Annenberg: "With technology empowering everyone with the ability to create and to distribute, I predict — and wish — that in 2012 the new dominating factor will be Credibility. Actually, earned Credibility."

  • Layoffs, Cutbacks Lead To News Deserts

    Tom Stites: "Desertification is on the march, claiming more and more communities as newspapers continue to wither and few Web efforts manage to replace more than a fraction of the original reporting that newspapers have abandoned."

  • Moneyball: Fixing Newspaper Web Sales

    Mel Taylor: "Today's Newspaper industry is like that once great, but now struggling baseball team playing on a new, hyper-competitive field called the Internet. The veteran print team is stuck in a rut using the same, tired strategy that did serve them well for years, but no longer. Today, they get trounced by those with more money and muscle."

  • The Metric For Missed Expectations

    Matthew Shanahan: "Here’s the problem: [Click-through rates don't] take into account audience engagement, not to mention the fact that other advertisers are competing for the click-through on the same page."

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