March 23rd, 2010 by
David Goldstein
The marriage of TV and the Internet continues with a new Nielsen report finding more people surfing the Web and watching TV at the same time. … more
March 22nd, 2010 by
David Goldstein
The OFT is to investigate plans for a proposed joint venture aimed at giving Internet access to digital TV in a move that will allow critics such as pay-TV firms to voice concerns. … more
March 17th, 2010 by
David Goldstein
Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes. … more
March 17th, 2010 by
David Goldstein
European public broadcasters are calling on lawmakers to make it easier to offer their programming over the Internet, saying cumbersome copyright practices restrict their ability to develop new digital services and prolong the fragmentation of the European television landscape. … more
February 24th, 2010 by
David Goldstein
Remember when the Internet was supposed to kill off television? … more
January 27th, 2010 by
David Goldstein
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz trumpeted the comeback of display advertising on the company’s fourth-quarter call with analysts today by saying: “Frankly, our competition is television.” Yahoo’s display revenue grew 26 percent on a sequential basis, to $503 million, down just 1 percent from the same three-month period a year ago. Bartz said larger advertisers are now getting back in the mix, ready to spend significant money — often out of what used to be their TV budgets. … more
January 21st, 2010 by
David Goldstein
Consumers are witnessing the beginning of a new war between computer companies. Instead of the Apple-Microsoft conflict of the early 1980s, this fight is taking place between Apple and Google. … more
January 21st, 2010 by
David Goldstein
Internet search giant Google has signalled it will compete against broadcasters and other media companies for the rights to sports and entertainment events after confirming it will show live cricket matches on its YouTube video website. … more
January 15th, 2010 by
David Goldstein
China’s government on Wednesday called for the acceleration of a proposal to integrate the nation’s Internet, telecommunications and broadcast media. … more