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• Metering Consumer Bandwidth Usage, or How to Kill Broadband TV Before It Becomes a Legitimate Threat

  August 14, 2008 Take AT&T, for example. AT&T U-verse has launched its own broadband TV service branded OnTheGo that enables subscribers to watch live TV on their PCs. OnTheGo includes a compelling combination of about 30 broadcast and cable TV... Posted Aug 12 2008, 02:07 AM by Colin Dixon with Filed under: interactive media, Metering Bandwidth Usage, Colin Dixon, Broadband TV, ATT

• Yes, PayTV Operators, Be Afraid - Be Very, Very Afraid!

  May 22, 2008 Four or five years ago, I attended a CTAM panel discussion on the digital transition featuring, among others, the SVP of technology for Comcast. During Q&A, I asked this gentleman what he and his company would do... More Posted May 22 2008, 06:45 PM by Colin Dixon with Filed under: set-top box, pay TV, interactive media, digital media, Colin Dixon, content, MSOs, Comcast

• A Few Not-So-Common Thoughts on the Netflix Set-Top Box Announcement

  May 16, 2008 You've likely seen the flood of articles reporting that widespread adoption of Blu-ray players will be "delayed" due to higher-than-acceptable retail pricing. You may also recall that TDG advanced this argument in November 2007... Posted May 20 2008, 03:24 PM by Michael Greeson with Filed under: video, platforms, interactive media, movie rentals, next-generation video, Blu-ray, video delivery, set-top boxes, Michael Greeson, Digital living room, online movie downloads, Blockbuster, Broadband Video, Netflix, Roku

• BBC's iPlayer a Model for U.S. Networks?

  April 4, 2008 There's a lot of angst in Hollywood at the moment over broadband video. With video advertising models online in their infancy, the content providers are rightfully concerned about cannibalizing their linear channel ad revenue for unproven... Posted Apr 04 2008, 03:52 PM by Colin Dixon with Filed under: video, set-top box, Internet video, platforms, interactive media, Over-The-Top, next-generation video, Colin Dixon

• Disney & Macrovision Could Help Get the Guide on the Map

  December 11, 2007 As those of you who have read my writings or heard me speak will attest, I have long maligned the PayTV industry for their failure to provide useful EPGs on their set-top boxes. More Posted Dec 11 2007, 03:59 PM by Colin Dixon with Filed under: set-top box, Internet video, pay TV, program guides, EPGs, interactive media, Over-The-Top, next-generation video, Colin Dixon

• IBC-1: Trapped in IPTV Land

  September 14, 2007 Up until the very last pre-show panel session at IBC, I felt trapped in "IPTV-land." Speaker after speaker lambasted the open Internet as a medium "not fit for quality video streaming" and argued that only new TelcoTV... Posted Sep 14 2007, 05:06 PM by Colin Dixon with Filed under: OTT, Internet video, platforms, IPTV, interactive media, next-generation video, Colin Dixon, IBC, Broadband TV, video delivery, BBC, video streaming