Intel Eyes Web TV: 3 Reasons It’s the Worst Idea Ever! Chip-giant Intel (INTC) is about to go in a different direction.
The WSJ says Intel's goal is to become a "virtual cable operator" by striking deals with "real cable operators" and studios. Customers would then be able to view this content via a branded box running Intel software fueled by the company's chips. Reaction on the Street has ranged from confusion to rage to shame. As an Intel shareholder, I'm feeling all three. So is Gary B. It's easy to grasp the general idea of Intel wanting to diversify its revenue stream, but the Chartman lays out three of the seemingly infinite reasons why this isn't the way to do it. 1. "Intel is way behind the curve," says Smith, largely because he's more polite than I am. 2. The future of TV? iTV (infographic).
Social TV Application - Interactive Television, Actor Bios, Show Facts, TV Listings. Your starting point for entertainment discovery. Philips launches new Smart TV experience. Netflix's Top Threat: TV Everywhere. Do you think Netflix is worried about the fact that Hulu Plus now has over 1.5 million subscribers?
Well, think again. According to the letter its managers wrote to its shareholders today following the release of its its Q4 earnings, the film & TV streaming and DVD rental service is much more concerned about TV Everywhere and similar services than about over-the-top (OTT) pure players such as Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime. Even its conviction that Amazon will “brand their video subscription offering as a standalone service at a price less than [Netflix's]“, echoing earlier reports, doesn’t seem a major source of concern for the company. Call it bravado if you want, but Netflix boasts a much larger catalogue than Amazon and Hulu Plus. This also reflects on viewing times: while Netflix’s subscribers streamed 2 billion hours of content in the last quarter, the company believes that Amazon and Hulu Plus’s ”respective total viewing hours are each less than 10% of [Netflix's].”
The Leading Online Video Platform. The Future Of TV Is Two Screens, One Held Firmly In Your Hands. The connected TV, sometimes called the smart TV (and even branded as such by Samsung) is a growing phenomenon: TV makers are adding limited apps, Net connectivity, and even streaming media powers to their newer TVs in the hope they'll persuade you to upgrade your newish LCD for a flatter, smarter unit. They're desperate to, given how flat this market is. But according to new research from Pew, the future of TV may actually be a little more closely aligned with the notion of a "connected TV viewer," an important distinction. Pew spoke to over 2,200 U.S. adults a couple of months ago and discovered that 52% of all adult cell phone owners now "incorporate their mobile devices into their television watching experiences.
" Analyst: TV Everywhere Could Create $12 Billion in Annual Revenue for TV Industry. NEW YORK - The TV Everywhere industry initiative, which is making pay TV content available on more platforms, may have moved along with less speed than some had hoped.
But Needham & Co. analyst Laura Martin estimated in a report on Friday that it could add $12 billion in annual revenue to the U.S. TV ecosystem as it continues to be rolled out over the next 3-5 years. "These dollars dwarf any near-term revenue streams from digital platforms (Hulu, YouTube etc)," she wrote. "Additionally, these are low risk dollars as adding services to the TV bundle suggests additional revenue rather than economic cannibalization. " The largest publicly traded content owners could see the addition of approximately $10 billion per year of advertising revenue, or 12 percent of their total, Martin suggested.
For pay TV operators, TV Everywhere could add approximately $1.7 billion per year of revenue, or an extra 2 percent, "owing to incremental pricing power driven by new services," Martin said. YouTube for PS3 is here, and you can control it using your Android phone. Sony has long had a fruitful relationship with the Android operating system through phones and their unique ability to bring PlayStation titles to the platform.
Now, they’re giving PlayStation 3 owners a nice new app to use Android phones with. The YouTube app for PlayStation 3 is now available, and Android users can control the app with their phones. Here’s the tidbit that matters to us from the YouTube blog: Your phone as a remote: With a quick pairing process, you can control YouTube on PS3 with a smartphone.
Find a video on your phone and with a button it’ll play on the big screen. “But why not just use the controller?” With this solution I can use my phone to find the videos I want, and this is a much more comfortable experience as I can type pretty fast with my on-screen keyboard. The beautiful thing about the PlayStation 3 is that it’s open, and it has Bluetooth.