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The Live Streamed Super Bowl - Big Success, or Huge Work in Progress?
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- Published on 07 February 2013
The game is over and the teams are home, but it may be too soon to get a clear picture of how the first of 47 Super Bowls to be live streamed to mobile devices actually fared. While unique viewers rose from 2.1 million without mobile last year to three million this year, the NFL has lumped together viewing from websites (CBSSports.com and NFL.com) with NFL Mobile from Verizon.
The Super Bowl - from Dream On to Stream On
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- Published on 30 January 2013
This Sunday's Super Bowl, the 47th, will mark a major milestone in the evolution of live sports beyond traditional broadcast TV, as it will be only the second SB to be live streamed to the wired masses, but the first to be delivered to wireless devices. That fact portends to shatter last year's audience mark of 2.1 million viewers – a record for live streamed sports events according to the league.
An Operators' Guide to Success with Home Automation, Control and Monitoring Services
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- Published on 28 January 2013
Assuming consumers are educated, ready and able to sign up for new home monitoring and control services from telcos and cablecos is a dangerous game that could conclude with an anticipated fertile new revenue ground turning to dust.
Consumers are still struggling to understand the often-changing ins, outs, pricing, promos, combinations, commitments and super fine print that goes with home voice/Internet and TV bundles, offered by warring service providers where they reside. And that's for residences that still sign up for subscription-based pay-TV bundles.
Top Video Takeaways from CES 2013
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- Published on 15 January 2013
With the mammoth crowd cleared, the announcement noise backed down to well under 100 decibels, and Vegas returning to its regularly scheduled programming, it's time to separate the loud noise from the relevant video news from the consumer electronics industry's largest gathering.
Original Programming, Price Pressures Devalue Movies as Consumer Lure to Pay-TV
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- Published on 09 January 2013
The 10-year, $2-billion exclusive contract extension HBO inked with Universal Studios earlier this week underscores the trials and tribulations that TV channels and their distribution partners face when delivering an array of compelling and affordable content to consumers.
While once these channels – Home Box Office (HBO), The Movie Channel, Showtime, Cinemax and Starz – relied on first-run movie-loaded lineups to attract consumers, original programming now reigns supreme with consumers, who instead covet series such as True Blood, Game of Thrones, Dexter, Spartacus, Boardwalk Empire and countless others.