Digital Home Blog
New Pirates Hope “TV Everywhere” Doesn’t Force Them to Sail Like Joost
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:17:18 EDT
Michael Inouye | Industry Analyst, Digital HomeAs the video market evolves our view of the landscape further comes into focus and while there still remains much unresolved, the pieces are starting to fall into place. Take The Pirate Bay for example. This marked yet another move towards curtailing piracy – although its ultimate ef...
The End of Analog
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:03:25 EDT
Michael Inouye | Industry Analyst, Digital HomeToday is June 12, 2009 (“formerly” February 17, 2009) and with it comes the end of analog over-the-air broadcasts in the United States of America. This “historic” day doesn’t mean the end of all analog video, mind you, since there are still analog cable viewers, bu...
Palm Pre Shortage
Mon, 8 Jun 2009 17:02:22 EDT
Michael Inouye | Industry Analyst, Digital HomeJune 6th has come and gone and as a Sprint customer with an expired contract I am still without a Palm Pre. Don’t get me wrong, if circumstances were different this blog’s title would read “My First Impressions of the Palm Pre.” Instead I’m writing about the s...
Where is Sony? And Stretching the Imagination
Fri, 5 Jun 2009 20:10:07 EDT
Michael Inouye | Industry Analyst, Digital HomeBoth Sony and Microsoft announced gesture related controls for their game consoles, yet if you read the popular press and scan some of the forums you will likely be bombarded by Project Natal and Milo. Just prior to E3 a rumor spread throughout the blogging world that claimed Hulu would find it...
YouTube and Hulu Announcements
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:06:31 EDT
Jason Blackwell | Practice Director, Digital HomeIt seems a couple of recent announcements related to online video have some implications in the digital home: Hulu announced its Desktop application, which allows Hulu to run as its own application, outside of the web browser, while YouTube announced the YouTube XL concept, making videos easier...
Network Connectivity Joins the AV Club
Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:47:51 EDT
Jason Blackwell | Practice Director, Digital HomeOver the past few weeks, a couple of announcements around consumer electronics connectivity have caught my eye. In late April, the DiiVA Interactive TV standard was announced after a year of development, with the backing of mainstream CE manufacturers LG, Panasonic, and Samsung, along with the ...
Cracking Down on Internet Piracy
Mon, 18 May 2009 18:34:46 EDT
Michael Inouye | Industry Analyst, Digital HomeIn April 2009 the defendants in the trial against The Pirate Bay (Sweden) were found guilty and sentenced to one year in jail and fined $3.6 million in damages. Seriously, if you name your business/operation “The Pirate Bay” you leave little room for imagination. Yes you could ...
Highlighting a One Billion Dollar Question, Timely Alerts, and a 47 Year Old Singing Sensation
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:46:50 EDT
Michael Inouye | Industry Analyst, Digital HomeSince there’s been a gap between this and my last blog post I’ve decided to do a short recap of several stories that intrigued this analyst over the course of these past two months. Yes, there were lots of choices when it came to exciting or provocative stories, but in light of this...
NGNs Funded by Regulators: Taxpayers Had Better Pray Hard
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:49:42 EDT
Serene Fong | Industry Analyst, BroadbandNot too long ago three countries within Asia (New Zealand, Singapore and Australia) pledged their commitment to fiber access by pressing ahead with plans on building national FTTH networks. The aim is to have a wholesale model operated by a single operator for the dark fiber access network.&nbs...
Tru2way Continues to Gain Momentum
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:24:23 EDT
Jason Blackwell | Practice Director, Digital HomeOver the past few weeks, there have been a number of announcements from cable operators, middleware developers, and silicon vendors. While cable companies have been promising interactive TV for a long time, it seems that this time it is for real. The latest announcements this week give mor...