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FT.com / Management - Apple takes a second bite at TV - 0 views

  • y 8Gb of storage, c
  • 160Gb in the previous version
  • streaming media player
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  • jostles with games consoles, laptops that can wirelessly transmit what is on their screen to the TV, and similar media players f
  • $99 price tag marks a recognition of the stiff competition
  • istances it from the Mac Mini, a small-box computer that some Apple fans saw as a better value
  • enabled home-sharing in iTunes on my PC to share its content with Apple TV.
  • Netflix streaming film service, YouTube, Flickr
  • Being able to access a computer on a home network means anything stored in iTunes can be played or watched on the big screen
  • Many set-top boxes and Blu-ray players in the US offer Netflix
  • losest competitor to Apple TV in functionality is Roku’s box.
  • Roku may lack YouTube but it has more than 85 “channels” of internet content, including Netflix, Amazon’s video-on-demand service, Pandora internet radio, the MOG music streaming service,
  • Apple TV’s narrower content is its biggest weakness.
  • s synergies with other Apple devices –
  • Remote app allows control with touch gestures on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
  • ame kind of apps as an iPhone or iPad in the future
Alex Street

Here comes Google TV - Google TV Blog - 0 views

  • new way to think about TV
  • r current TV programming and the open web into a single, seamless entertainment experience.
  • Google Chrome and access to the entire Internet, you can easily navigate to thousands of websites to watch your favorite web videos, play Flash games, view photos, read movie reviews or chat with friends—all on the big screen.
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  • HBO will bring access to hundreds of hours of programming to Google TV with HBO GO. Authenticated subscribers w
  • n. Amazon Video On Demand offers access to over 75,000 titles for rental or purchase, and Netflix
Alex Street

Sony Global - News Releases - Sony Redefines Home Entertainment with the World's First ... - 0 views

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    Sony Internet TV Blu-ray Disc Player
Alex Street

U.S. Teen Mobile Report: Calling Yesterday, Texting Today, Using Apps Tomorrow | Nielse... - 0 views

  • That’s more than six per every hour they’re awak
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    six per every hour they're awake
Alex Street

Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 20... - 0 views

  • Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update
  • mobile data traffic will double every year through 2014,
  • 66 percent of the world's mobile data traffic will be video by 2014.
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  • Middle East and Africa will have the strongest growth
  • United Kingdom-based O2 reported that its mobile data traffic
  • Telecom Italia
  • AT&T has re
  • Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast,
  • .6 exabytes per month by 2014, and over 2.3 of those are due to mobile video traffic.
  • 3.6 Exabytes per Month of Mobile Data Traffic by 2014
  • Video Will Account for 66 Percent of Global Mobile Data Traffic by 2014
  • Figure 3 shows the devices responsible for mobile data traffic growth.
  • Smartphones and portables will account for 91 percent of all mobile data traffic by 2014
  • rimarily due to the much higher usage profile of laptops and the suitability of mobile broadband handsets
  • Laptops and Smartphones Drive Traffic Growth
  • ercentage of Install Base of Smartphones over all Mobile Handsets
  • igh-End Handsets and Laptops Can Multiply Traffic
  • Much mobile data activity takes place within the user's home. A
  • Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group
  • 45.6%
  • 36.6%
  • United Kingdom
  • Mobile Internet Time at Home, at Work and On The Move
  • Cisco IBSG Connected Life Market Watch
  • Cisco has estimated the amount of smartphone traffic that can be offloaded through dual-mode devices or femtocells
  • Traffic Offload
  • . Mobile-Only Data Users by Country, 2009-2014
  • social augmented reality
  • next five years are projected to provide unabated mobile video adoption despite the recen
  • Global Mobile Data Traffic 2009-2014
  • Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic
  • nforma Telecoms and Media, Infonetics, Cahners In-Stat, Datamonitor, Gartner, IDC, Dell'Oro, Synergy, Nielsen, comScore, and the International Telecommunications Union
Alex Street

Advertising Services | Miniweb Technologies Ltd - Connected TV - 0 views

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    et of standard ad formats that are adapted to TV screen  Multiple targeting dimensions (contextual, demographic, behavioural, geographic)Full service available for publishers (ad sales/management, ad serving)Accountable advertising - web-style targeted advertising on TV
Alex Street

Netflix Says Customers Keep Cable, Aren't Cord Cutting | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllT... - 0 views

  • We still see no evidence that our subscribers cut cords at a greater rate than the population.”
  • least one recent survey, whi
  • Cable companies like Comcast insist that they don’t see evidence of it. But Ivan Seidenberg, who runs cable competitor Verizon, says it’s inevitable.
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  • total multi-channel video subscribers is continuing to grow in the US.
  • we haven’t seen any evidence of tha
  • t: In the past year, his service has added 5.8 million subscribers
Alex Street

CNBC's Fast Money : Third of Young Netflix Users Cut Cable - CNBC - 0 views

  • 37 percent of Netflix subscribers aged 25 to 34 substitute Netflix for pay television
  • 30 percent of users between 18 and 24 are using Netflix’s streaming service instead of cable or satellite
  • Netflix story just works,” s
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  • Big Media has a small window of opportunity to control its own destiny,
  • major U.S. entertainment conglomerates control approximately 70 percent of all TV viewing through its
Alex Street

Red Dead Redemption - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • e NPD Sales Group, R
  • wo million units in the combined months of
  • , GameStop and Rockstar collaborated on a preorder bonus in
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  • Voting was open to all, but only those who pre-ordered the game through Gamestop will receive the winning outfit.
  • official soundtrack
  • Rockstar Games Social Club is a
  • displays the gameplay statistics of registered user
  • feature competitions and awards based on player activity
  • June 22, 2010, Rockstar Games released the first downloadable content (DLC) for Red Dead Redemption titled Outlaws to the End.
  • May 2010. It is
  • downloadable content is free for all users on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
  • July 8, 2010 Rockstar announced four new downloadable content pack
  • egends and Killers Pack w
  • Liars and Cheats pack, and c
  • third expansion is known as the Free Roam Pack
Alex Street

Four DLC Packs For Red Dead Redemption In 2010 - PS3 News - 0 views

  • released on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace
Alex Street

Inside Virtual Goods - Tracking the US Virtual Goods Market 2010 - 2011 - 0 views

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    Inside Virtual Goods
Alex Street

Spotlight on Virtual Goods | Work at Play - Digital Agency - 0 views

  • s handy presentation gives som
  • By 2013, it’s thought the global market* for virtual goods will reach $6bn (source)
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    n 2010 it's estimated that (in the US alone) $1.6bn will be spend on virtual goods
Alex Street

Sony Confirms PlayStation Home 'Quite Profitable' - 0 views

  • PlayStation Home director Jack Buser h
  • Home features 100 games, an average user session time of 70 minutes, over 50 virtual spaces, 85% repeat users, and 14 million users overall. 
  • 5,000 virtual items Sony has offered for sale through Home's virtual goods store
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  • through micropayments, they can gain social context and social capital,
  • gameplay context, upgrade their gameplay experience through microtransactions.
  • Sony is trying to integrate Home more deeply with the gameplay experience offered by various PS3 games
  • Players of Red Dead Redemption can unlock exclusive Home items through gameplay.
Alex Street

Rockstar Games Social Club About - 0 views

  • Social Club is a member’s only website destination
  • Simply register a membership account to link your game data,
  • As soon as you’ve purchased and played
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  • gged in to www.rockstargames.com/socialclub
  • Social Club account linked with your PLAYSTATION®Network Sign-In ID, Xbox LIVE™
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    launched with the console releases of Grand Theft Auto IV
Alex Street

Sony To Launch Social Games In Home - 0 views

  • Sony To Launch Social Games In Home
  • social initiative is part of Sony's plan to leverage Home as a social platform for PS3 owners. 
  • These will not be the first social or freemium games launched in Home
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  • 100 games embedded into the world including Sodium, a game that supports microtransactions
Alex Street

EA pins future on digital subscriptions, microtransactions, News from GamePro - 0 views

  • extend the life of "packaged goods" l
  • Madden NFL 10, you can manage your teams on your iPhone with a companion App.
  • category [where EA competes with Nike and Adidas.]" Mo
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  • EA might not be able to implement a subscription- or microtransaction-based service the way it plans to with the Madden franchise on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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