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• Apple, Blu-ray, and the Future of Digital Downloads: What is Apple Really Up To?

  October 28, 2008 When it comes to Blu-ray, few know for certain of Apple’s direction (a fact which fuels the number of Blu-ray-related insider leaks and ambiguous public statements). I recall one such disclosure in Q4 2007, a time when the HD-DVD... Posted Oct 28 2008, 01:02 PM by Michael Greeson with Filed under: HD-DVD, platforms, Over-The-Top, Apple TV, next-generation video, Blu-ray, video delivery, set-top boxes, Michael Greeson, Digital living room, online movie downloads, video streaming

• 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

• It's a Bird. It's a Plane. No, It's CE Convergence (No, Seriously)

  October 23, 2007 I am relieved; it seems the age of converged digital media is finally dawning. That said, I caution myself not to become irrationally exuberant. More Posted Oct 23 2007, 04:04 PM by Predrag Filipovic with Filed under: Convergence, digital media, H.264, next-generation video, next-gen codec, Predrag Filipovic

• 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