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 [...]
The big news item of the week has been – you guessed it – Google TV. Opinions are across the board, and we’ve included some highlights below. Let us know what you think in the comments.
The Optimists
TechCrunch reports on Google Senior Product Manager’s comments on content:
“…one key point is that sites won’t necessarily have [...]
Last week we talked about being able to perform one action on multiple devices (which we talk about a lot here). Well, Monday morning reading shoves an example of being able to perform multiple actions on one device in my face.
Agora Media reported on a new generation of remote controls that allows you to [...]
Another good batch of news for this week….
2010 Digital Election attracts a new generation of voters (GoMoNews, 5 May 2010): Social participation and the British Elections.
Taking “Unlimited” to the max with the iPad/AT&T torture test (MobileCcrunch, 5 May 2010): How far is AT&T willing to let you go with ‘unlimited’ plans?
Social TV – Time [...]
I don’t watch this show much – although when I do I can’t lie, it’s pretty darn fun – but it looks like Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch has an iPhone application that’s just come out by third-party Hands-On Mobile (““Deadliest Catch” Game for iPhone and iPod Touch Now Available on App Store”, 19 April 2010 [...]
A few articles we’ve been reading this week, thought we’d share them with everyone:
Microsoft to Unveil New Mobile-Phones Line – (7 April from WSJ) No, that’s not new phone lines on your mobile. That’s an entirely new line of mobile phones, and they’re on social steroids.
Mapping 3G, One Handset at a Time – (5 April [...]
Some mobile and TV news on our desks this week.
YouTube Kills Real-Time Sharing Feature – (23 March 2010, NewTeeVee) A move in the wrong direction?
Google Aims at the TV market – Will they Succeed? Yes, and Here’s Why -(21 March 2010, Agora Media) Thoughts on Google TVs future.
The Phones of CTIA Wireless 2010 – [...]
Nielsen came out with a great new report, Three Screen Report, that highlighted new data on the trend towards watching TV while simultaneously surfing the Internet. Aside from the reported 35% quarterly increase in viewers watching TV and using the Internet at the same time – they now do this on an average of 3.5 [...]
There’s been a lot of discussion around the possibilities of time-shifted TV viewing and what it means for Social TV. Again, there are certain situations in which viewers’ desire to socialize around a given program is being supported by technology that allows them to watch the program whenever they want, making the socializing aspect the [...]
