There is a very distinct trend in video rentals. Kiosk rentals are increasing rapidly, as kiosks appear more frequently in grocery stores, mass merchandisers, and quick-serve restaurants, according to research by the NPD Group. Kiosks rentals are expanding rapidly that I wouldn’t be surprised if kiosks are available at gas station convenience stores in the [...]
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Will Comcast be able to stop Online Movie downloading in its tracks
Amazon has the Amazon Unbox on Tivo service, and both Netflix and Apple recently announced online movie rental services, and eventually you will be able to see Joost and Babelgum programs on TV. All this point to a market crowded with new ways to get movies fast and cheap over the Internet Naturally, the incumbents [...]
Comcast to set blazing Internet speeds, but is it a double-edged sword?
Comcast in 2008 will offer High Speed Internet with speeds as fast as 160 megabits per second, which is a massive increase from its current maximum of 16 mbps. This is in many ways in response to competition from local telco’s such as AT&T and Verizon that are provide high speed Internet access over fiber [...]
FCC bans Exclusive Contracts for Cable TV
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently voted to ban exclusive contracts between cable TV providers and the owners of apartment buildings, condominiums and planned subdivisions. This is a good move by the FCC (see Ushering a New Era of Consumer Choice in Set-Top Boxes for another cabled related good move by the FCC), which is [...]
AT&T cuts U-verse IPTV rollout numbers
AT&T just cut its forecast for the number of homes that will have access to U-verse, the service that sends TV through home phone lines. Now, AT&T expects U-verse to be available to 17 million homes at the end of 2008, down from a previous estimate of 18 million. According to AT&T this delay is [...]
More than 8 million customers around the world tune into IPTV
More than 8.2 million customers subscribe to IPTV as of first half of 2007. This is a 179 percent increase in the 12 months ending June 30 2007, according to according to research from Point Topic (registration required). Europe leads the way with the highest total subscribers (4,984,000) and also leads with a whopping 231% [...]
Veoh Video comes to a Verizon Wireless phone near you
Verizon Wireless has launched a Veoh channel on its V CAST service. Veoh is an upstart Internet Television provider with more than 85,000 video publishers – from Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate, PBS and Us Magazine to many independent content producers, and 15 million unique users per month. With Veoh, Verizon Wireless V CAST subscribers have [...]
Selfcast wants to be the Live Streaming version of YouTube
Selfcast is a new peer-to-peer based technology that enables “anyone, anywhere” to create live streaming content and broadcast themselves live on the Internet. Selfcast comes with a free software application to capture, mix and broadcast live video and audio, and then broadcast it live on the Internet. You can even invite friends, fans and family [...]
Babelgum strengthens strategy, gets new CEO
Babelgum, the upstart Internet TV network that looks and works much like Joost, has appointed Valerio Zingarelli as the CEO. Zingarelli takes over from co-founder Erik Lumer who will now focus on strategic product development. Prior to Babelgum, Zingarelli was an independent Boardmember of Fastweb, the second largest Wireline Telecommunication Company in Italy. Before that, [...]
