I know, not more on 3D right? Well, it goes in conjunction with our post from last week on the ever-expanding number of smartphone options, and the need for handset manufactures to separate themselves from the pack by offering new products that are easy to use – preferably ones that work seamlessly with the devices [...]
Last month, we talked about a ton of cool ways to view the World Cup on any screen. This year’s festivities really took advantage of some serious advances in technology and communication—especially when it came to mobile devices that allowed fans to watch matches whenever and wherever they wanted.
We were pretty impressed with the amount [...]
Financial Times posted an interesting article last week about the war that’s currently raging among smart phone makers. Mobile devices are getting stronger and more diverse by the day, but which company will come out on top? With Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Google and others crowding the market, the business world is hard at work trying [...]
3-D technology has invaded movie theaters with a vengeance lately, paying huge box office dividends for the studios involved. We talked about it last Friday, but it looks like there was some more conversation over the weekend that’s worth a look.
Whether its content created with 3-D in mind from day one (a la Avatar) or [...]
Mitch Joel had a great post on where TV was going yesterday, “Television at the Crossroads.” It was pretty well on the mark: viewers are evolving – especially younger viewers – and they want different choices and ways to consume content…I’m still not convinces that 3D TV in the home is going to be a [...]
Earlier this month there was a great post over at ITVT on integrating smartphone capabilities with your TV (“The ITVT Doctor is In!: Using the Smartphone as a TV Companion Device,” 10 June 2010). It was in response to an interesting question concerning cross-platform connectivity and the possibly missed opportunities to engage TV viewers.
iTV Doctor [...]
With all the ways you can currently view your favorite TV shows, it could be argued that the content originally made for that box in the corner of your living room is easier to access than ever—great news for the TV junkie inside all of us. Of course, this assumes that the army of television [...]
We’ve spoken before about the increased desire for time-shifted TV viewing. Which is why we were encouraged to hear that some European markets are seeing big jumps in time-shifting service adoption.
Right now, time-shifted, or “appointment,” TV supports a shift towards Social TV by offering users an opportunity to schedule their viewing around when they’re [...]
Here’s what we were reading this week…..
ESPN’s World Cup content yields 8 million mobile views (FierceWireless, 14 June)
Interactive TV Trivia Challenge (ITVT, 17 June) Fun trivia questions!
Is TV the Next Domino To Fall? (Connected Planet, 17 June)
TV Widgets to Generate Over $1.7B by 2013 (IPTV News, 17 June)
Top 20 Mobile Phones in the US (WebProNews, [...]
