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two years an Android-based smart set-top box which people can use by simply connecting it to their TVs to optimize requirements of cable TV operators

re-conceptualize how one thinks about TV

TV is the last screen to fall as a computing platform

argest computer monitor in our lives,

On Demand viewing accounted for more than 5% of viewing in connected homes - equivalent to the third most popular linear channel in those homes.

In less than a year, the total number of connected Sky+HD boxes has more than doubled to 5.4 million, equivalent to 56,000 new households getting connected every week. This explosive growth means that more than 50% of Sky’s 10.6m TV customers are now connected, stretching Sky’s lead as Britain’s most popular connected TV platform.

satellite and telecom companies’ combined video subscriber numbers fel

living without the set top box is clearly becoming more than a theory

rise of the digital video recorder, used in 1 per cent of US homes in 2006 and 37 per cent now

global TV advertising market

oogle TV service,

turised version of his Apple TV

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Netflix service on its new $99 Apple TV set-top box.

Netflix-capable Blu-ray players,

combination of the latest Slingbox™ technology and carrier-class hosting solution

high quality cable television

We will sign you up for your own cable TV account and install a real cable TV box in our facility for you. We also install your very own Slingbox video encoding hardware so you can access your TV online

CellMetric, Cisco, Digital TV Labs, Humax, NXP Semiconductors, Panasonic, ProTelevision Technologies, Screen Service, SIDSA, Sony, ST Microelectronics an

says Apple iTunes accounts for 64.5% of all sales

Apple's market share is slipping: it accounted for nearly three-quarters ( 74.4%) of all online movie sales in 2009. Its competitors are taking a few bites here and there: Microsoft has increased its market share from 11.6% to 17.9%. It offers titles via the X-Box 360 and Microsoft Zune. Sony, which sells movies online through the PlayStation 3 player and select Sony Bravia HDTVs, has gone from 5.7 % to 7.2% in 2010. The rest of the bunch accounts collectively for 10.4% of the market, up from 8.3% in 2009--and that includes Wal-Mart's Vudu se

iSuppli said online movie sales increased 60%in 2010, but the company did not release actual sales numbers

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I haven’t had this experience in 20 years. Before CDs came out, I’d buy an album and hold the 12-inch cover in my hand, sitting cross-legged on the floor while I listened to the music, read the liner notes, and looked at the pictures.” People used to have this very tactile, multimedia experience when they bought an album. But with the digitization of music, we’ve lost that special moment. You can think of the app as, finally, that chance to unwrap the box and have a personal, intimate experience again with music. It might be the case that people spend a lot of time with the app when it first comes out [as they did with album covers] and then perhaps they’ll move on to purely enjoying the music after that

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orrelation between check-ins and box office dollars

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