Category: Interactive Television

  • OTT to TV for the Independents: a BroadbandVision Show Report

    OTT to TV for the Independents: a BroadbandVision Show Report

    The BroadbandVision 2014 show was held in Las Vegas last week. While smaller than the TelcoTV show that used to be held for a similar audience until last year, the BroadbandVision show was nonetheless fairly well attended and continued the tradition of being a wealth of good information. One much discussed topic was Over-The-Top Television (OTT TV) and…

  • Broadband TV Conference Overview & Summary of MPEG-DASH Video Streaming Standard

    Broadband TV Conference Overview & Summary of MPEG-DASH Video Streaming Standard

    Introduction: The fifth annual Broadband TV Conference, held June 3-4, 2014, in Santa Clara, CA dealt with many key issues on a variety of subject matter, in commercial free panel sessions and individual presentations. The multi-track conference covered topics such as: Is Television As We Know it Sustainable? The Future of Second Screen, Augmented TV…

  • Analysis and Implications of Google’s Proposed Web TV Service

    Analysis and Implications of Google’s Proposed Web TV Service

    Introduction: The WSJ and NY Times reported that Google wants to offer live TV channels as well as pre-recorded TV shows (On Demand) using the public Internet.  The two newspapers indicated that the service would share a closer resemblance to cable TV than to streaming services like Hulu or Netfix, allowing customers to select channels online in…

  • Second Screen Apps Enhance Viewing Experience & Offer Additional Capabilities – TVNEXT 2012 Conference Highlights

    Second Screen Apps Enhance Viewing Experience & Offer Additional Capabilities – TVNEXT 2012 Conference Highlights

    Introduction: There were many interesting exhibits, presentations and panel sessions at the 6th annual TVNEXT conference, held October 10-11th in Santa Clara, CA.  Some that stood out and were particularly enlightening to this author: Rise of the NexGen TV Operator (impact of cloud-based services, over-the-top content delivery, multi-screen entertainment, virtual MVPDs and migration to all-IP…

  • Xfinity on the Xbox – Sounds Xciting, but….

    Xfinity on the Xbox – Sounds Xciting, but….

    The new Xfinity Xbox application sounds exciting, but may be more valuable as a marketing channel Xcitement abounded the other night as I downloaded the new Xfinity for Xbox application. Having recently authored a report on multiscreen video, I have waited for this app. Other than forgetting my user name, operation was simple enough and I…

  • The Voice Controlled TV Remote

    The Voice Controlled TV Remote

    With $129 Android tablets soon to be on sale at the corner drugstore, the idea of what a remote control is, may soon radically change. nnovative Systems is living up to their name by showing innovative new features on their IPTV platform at this week’s TelcoTV tradeshow. One feature that I want them to demonstrate…