From Peter Kafka at All Things D.
Nielsen’s newest “Three Screen” report, which measures video consumption on TV, the Web, and mobile devices, shows that TV-time did indeed drop–slightly, but still a drop–during the last three months. Read more…
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Arthur D. Little: IPTV Growth Hinges on an Open Standard
Business Wire (press release) According to "Open standards for IPTV Set-Top Boxes," with a variety of internet-ready consoles already in the home (gaming platforms, PCs, DVD players), … |
I logged into my watch instantly section on Netflix and this is what I saw:
No “it’s coming” or “find out more".” Just a banner that says I can watch Netflix on PS3 now (once my DVD arrives). And this just after I start seeing those great PS3 commercials showing how it is also about [...]
Why not? Perhaps what we see now is the freemium version and one with a full library of shows may end up as Hulu on an HDTV – by cable subscription only.
And if this strikes anyone as crazy, and some will scream about it, just think of Netflix, ESPN360 and cable. Netflix started with a [...]
What Microsoft’s Project Natal will do is best summed up by Director Steven Spielberg:
"I’ve been asking the crucial question: how can interactive entertainment become as approachable as other forms of entertainment? The vast majority of people are just too intimidated to pick up a video game controller…Despite the size of (the video game) industry, [...]
Update – The Seattle Times has an article on the XBox Natal controller. This is a bar with both cameras and voice allowing people to use both their voice and body as a controller. Click here to read the Seattle Times article.
Rumors are starting to run rampant that the XBox will beat the Wii’s [...]
Rumors are starting to run rampant that the XBox will beat the Wii’s casual gamer friendly motion sensing game controller by simply getting rid of the controller. In what may be an E3 announcement, XBox will use their 3DV acquisition to turn your body into a controller. The rumored XBox Fluid will use a [...]
It’s a repeated theme from this blog that while online video is strong and getting stronger, it’s an evolution of media usage and not a revolution that will kill TV (sorry hypsters). Here’s a good Mediapost article on recent research from Nielsen.
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=106873
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Nielse released its three screens report from it’s Nielsen’s Anywhere Anytime Media Measurement initiative for the first quarter of 2009. You can download it here.
Viewing time across all three screens was up. This indicates not simply more consumption, but more multi-viewing – watching two screens at once such using a laptop while watching TV. Other [...]
