Archives for the "Cable TV" tag
Apple Aims for the Living Room
While much of the discussion related to today’s Apple Showtime announcement will probably be around iTV and movies, I’d like to take a look at Apple’s strategy. Most interesting, to me, is the fact that Apple is closing up their system. If you look at the introduction of iTV as a set-top box connected to your [...]
Tags: Cable TV, Microsoft, Sony, United Kingdom
In Business, Technology
Reshaping TV
A few weeks ago, the major TV networks held several events catering to advertising, expecting to sell some advertising for the fall TV season. This period, called the upfronts, is generally a good time for TV stations to attempt to scare advertisers into paying a lot of money for advertising, riding on the fear that [...]
Tags: Cable TV, Google, Media, Video
In Business, Media, Technology
2005 Predictions
Another year, another round of predictions. As is now becoming customary on TNL.net, it’s time to project out the future year. As always, I’ll revisit those predictions at the end of the year. Voice Over IP VoIP experienced tremendous growth in 2004 but it was just the beginning. This year, much more will happen in that space. Cable [...]
Tags: Broadband, Cable TV, Europe, IBM, Linux, MP3, Media, Microsoft, Music, Oracle, United States, VOIP, Wireless, XML, content management, open source
In Analysis
Modular by Design – Cable TV
Having looked at how the modular by design approach impacted broadcast television, let’s now look at its impact on cable TV. The FCC and the cable TV industry recently came head to head when it comes to a la carte pricing . The concept of a la carte pricing is that consumers would be able to [...]
Tags: Broadband, Cable TV, Telephony
In Analysis
Modular by Design – Introduction
I’ve been looking at the different trends in digital media and have started developing a common theory in terms of the issues relating to music, TV, phone service, weblogs, and software and the impact the Internet has on all those business models. From there, I came to a conclusion that what the Internet does well [...]
Tags: Cable TV, Telephony, digital media
In Analysis
Paid Content on a tiered structure
Reports that AT&T is planning on introducing a pre-paid card for online content show some potential new developments in the online space. If we were to follow the model further, we could see something new developing, with companies offering a basket of content for a fixed price. For example, imagine you would like to get [...]
Tags: AOL, AT&T, Cable TV, Content, Pricing, Strategy, United States, online world
In Business, Media, Technology
