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Telcos Face Tough Road Deploying IPTV: Report
- April 26, 2005 |
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After the false
starts of the late 1990s, North American telecommunications carriers are
salivating at the prospect of delivering television to consumers over
their IP networks. However, a new report from Forrester research notes
that, for all their excitement, "it is a long road from today's flashy
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) demos to mass adoption of telco IPTV." |
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Traditional rules won't work for internet
television says Ofcom
- May 06, 2005 |
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Ofcom has said
it would be impossible for it to effectively police television content
streamed over the internet and this job must rest with the individual
viewer. The warning from the communications watchdog comes after
proposals from Brussels aim to make media regulators such as Ofcom
responsible for keeping television content on the internet clean. |
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Broadband Television: Anytime, Anyplace and
Anywhere
- April 06, 2005 |
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When Digital
Media Net first published a company profile on Narrowstep Inc. (“ Paint
A Thousand Words ”- April 2003), the company had just launched High TV
as the first of a series of unique broadband TV channels. Two years
later, April 2005, we will take an in-depth look at the company’s
current status.
Broadband Television
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Narrowstep has already established general
distribution agreements for High TV with a multiple ISPs.
- April 21, 2005 |
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Income derived
from narrowcasting services will for a large part depend on the
commercial success of the respective Channels, as income is correlated
to the number of viewers and revenue sharing agreements with regard to
sponsoring, advertising and e-commerce. |
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Interactive Television Networks, Inc. ('ITVN')
Announces Free Offer of 5,000 Broadband Enabled TV Set Top Boxes to
Consumers Nationwide -
May 06, 2005 |
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ITVN, a leader
in the fast growing Internet Protocol Television ('IPTV') market, is
offering up to 5,000 of ITVN's consumer friendly TV set top boxes at no
cost on a 'first come first served' basis and including a free 15-day
subscription to one of ITVN's critically acclaimed interactive IPTV
networks. |
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Court blocks TV anti-piracy tech rules
- May 06, 2005 |
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People buying
the next generation of digital televisions will be able to record and
then watch their favorite shows later, after all. A federal appeals
court on Friday threw out government rules requiring built-in,
anti-piracy technology to let broadcasters and studios prevent digital
shows from being copied. |
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Internet can help entertainment industry boom
- May 06, 2005 |
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Whilst many a
traditional marketer has endeavored to cater to the influence of this
growing demographic it was pertinent to show case the importance of
integrating the Internet and mobile as a vital medium in the traditional
media mix to highlight new age patterns that influence the decision
making process. |
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'Rocketboom' May Be Future of TV News
- May 06, 2005 |
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Rocketboom" is a
Monday-through-Friday video Web log, or vlog, staged as a mini-newscast.
Modeled on television yet summoned from cyberspace, each bite-sized
dispatch shines a light on what the future seems to be: Whatever you
feel like putting out there, accessible to anyone at any time, and
(since there will no longer need to be fixed roles in this process)
whatever everyone else feels like putting out there for you. |
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SeaChange Provides On-Demand Platform for
Nationwide IP Television Service in Japan -
April 19, 2005 |
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SeaChange
International (Nasdaq: SEAC) today announced that its video-on-demand (VOD)
system is supporting "OnDemand TV," the IP television service slated for
launch this spring over NTT-East and NTT-West broadband systems, Japan's
largest telecommunications networks. |
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