Tag Archives: Video
Paying for Online Content
Research is a wonderful thing, and now it seems that we are more used to the idea of paying for content online than some thought. Research from ecommerce platform and strategic ecommerce consulting firm Elastic Path Software has revealed that a surprisingly large portion of online video viewers (75 per cent) are willing to pay [...]
CES2011 and all that
CES has come to an end in Las Vegas and there was a lot of technology on show. The story however for me was that this CES was one of the first (last year being almost there) for which you did not have to be there. What do I mean? do I mean the volume [...]
Google TV perspectives
I have watched two videos recently that have given me perspectives on Google TV, so much so I want to share them here. The first is a review on the Twit.TV show, The Daily Giz Wiz of the Logitech Revue. Daily Giz Wiz 1222: The Logitech Revuew, from Twit.TV The second is a run through [...]
Google TV… will it succeed?
Is Google TV going to be the Google Mail or the Google Buzz? – that is success or fail by the way Will it have mass appeal?
Woolworths / EUK – An Opportunity for Digital Downloads
As reported across the web, the high street retailer Zavvi (was Virgin Megastores) has suspended CD and DVD sales from its website www.zavvi.co.uk due to the entry into administration of the distributer EUK, owned by Woolworths. This is affecting the other customers of EUK including Tesco, WHSmith, and Morrisons. The entire industry is scrambling to [...]
The Secret to IPTV
IPTV growth has been a slow thing in the UK and there have been a few questions about that, mainly along the line of the technology and how to excite the customers about that. This is missing the point as ‘normal’ customers do not really care about the technology – they care about what it [...]
Nails in the coffin for Mobile TV
News from the BBC that normal viewing figures for mobile phone based streaming video was as few as 580 uniques a day is not surprising based on my own experience and the news coming through from many sources over the last year. What is distressing though is the degree of investment to provide that service, [...]