Like most households, ours has a TV routine in which we watch certain programs. The other day, we wanted to see what else was on and because we have Google TV, we also get the Web and online video on…
By: Steve Hawley
CES: Verizon Updates FiOS, Redbox Instant to Meet Borderless Lifestyle Demands
At CES 2013, Verizon Communications showed off a variety of updates for its FiOS TV service, as well as a demonstration of the forthcoming Redbox Instant service from the Verizon-Coinstar joint venture. Verizon is championing a theme it calls the…
CES: Cisco, Cox Target Second Screen: AT&T Woos Developers
As it does each year, the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show opened with a bang. Dozens of high profile press conferences take place the day before the trade show opens. Cisco held an event on Monday evening, which included brief…
1990s App Lives Again — and Other Low-Profile, High-Impact Disputes
The telecom industry is accustomed to conflict. Recent battles have been fought over network platforms, apps, and the electromagnetic spectrum. And the next set of transformational battle lines are already drawn in areas such as home automation and connected cars….
AT&T’s 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference: A Digital Life Update
In this “Part 2” post about the AT&T 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference, we look at AT&T’s forthcoming Digital Life home automation and home control offerings, several other connected market initiatives, and provide a peek toward AT&T’s larger game plan. …
AT&T’s 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference: A U-verse TV Update
AT&T recently hosted its 2012 Consumer Industry Analyst Conference in Atlanta, the company’s first such event. Attendees received updates on the latest AT&T services and devices, including its U-verse TV IPTV service. AT&T also briefed us about several recently-announced “beyond…
For OTT, There’s Strength in Numbers
Now that the 2012 U.S. presidential election season is over, we can finally turn our attention from the tea leaves of political statisticians and forecasters toward some 2012 numbers that are more meaningful to us in the video world. The…
A Requiem and Resurrection for Myrio
Readers of a certain age who have been around the IPTV world since its early days will remember Myrio Corporation as a once market-leading IPTV middleware platform that kept falling on hard luck. Even though its successor is virtually invisible…
It’s All Sand at the Digital Home Summit
It was an honor to be the “emcee” for one of the conference tracks at Telecompetitor’s Digital Home Summit in Dallas a week ago. As multiscreen TV gains both market share and mindshare as a basic pay TV feature from…
IBC 2012: Clash of Four Second-Screen Titans
Anyone experienced in going to major trade shows knows that there’s no way you can cover all the ground or uncover every gem hidden along the path, especially at a tradeshow as big as the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in…
IBC Trends: Multiscreen, MPEG-DASH, Ultra HD
This is the first of two posts about the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, which takes place in early-to-mid September each year. Even if you are based in the United States, IBC is well worth attending, or at least…
netTALK Touts Low International Voice Rates for Android App
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–netTALK.com, Inc. (“netTALK”) (OTCBB: NTLK), a consumer electronics and cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) telecommunications technology company, announces the release of an all-new version of its Android app. The enormously popular netTALK Android app already enables free calling…
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