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Google and Partners Seek TV Foothold

time March 17th, 2010 by author 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

Posted in Convergence, IPTV |

Europe’s Public Broadcasters Ask Lawmakers to Make It Easier to Offer Programmes Online

time March 17th, 2010 by author 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

Posted in Broadband, Convergence, Telecom |

Water-Cooler Effect: Internet Can Be TV’s Friend

time February 24th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Remember when the Internet was supposed to kill off television? … more

Posted in Convergence |

As Yahoo Compares Itself to TV, Content Acquisitions on the Way

time January 27th, 2010 by author 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

Posted in Broadband, Convergence, Telecom |

The War Between Apple and Google Has Just Begun

time January 21st, 2010 by author 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

Posted in Convergence, Mobile, Telecom |

Google enters fight for sports broadcast rights

time January 21st, 2010 by author 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

Posted in Broadband, Convergence, IPTV, Telecom |

China urges integration of various media platforms

time January 15th, 2010 by author 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

Posted in Broadband, Convergence, IPTV, Mobile, Telecom |

Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards

time January 7th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

To the dismay of safety advocates already worried about driver distraction, automakers and high-tech companies have found a new place to put sophisticated Internet-connected computers: the front seat. … more

Posted in Convergence, Mobile |

Internet-enabled TVs to feature ‘app stores’

time January 7th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

“App stores” are coming to the television as developers and content providers move their software and services to the big screens of internet-connected TVs. … more

Posted in Broadband, Convergence, Mobile |

We can’t see the forest for the T-Mobiles: As we consume Apples and BlackBerrys, natural world beats a sensory retreat

time December 15th, 2009 by author David Goldstein

You know you have crossed the river into Cyberland when the guy coming your way has his head buried in the hand-held screen. He will knock into you unless you get out of his way, and don’t expect an apology. It’s as if you aren’t there. … more

Posted in Convergence, Mobile |

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