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Apple’s Voice App Has Siri-us Implications for TV
So, I tested Siri, Apple’s iPhone4s voice recognition app, and here’s my conclusion: It ain’t a miracle app, but it raises the bar dramatically and sets the stage for a revolution in user interfaces for TVs, cars, and many other … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Internet, Media, Mobile, Television
Tagged Apple, remote controls, Siri, TV, UI, Verizon, voice recognition
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Netflix’s Real Problem
Netflix has a BIG problem. Not because it angered customers by doubling its price or even because it enraged them by attempting to spin off its DVD business. Netflix’s problem is that it fundamentally has little leverage with the studios. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Internet, Media, Mobile, Television, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Amazon, Apple, CBS, CW, Dish, Google, Hulu, Nertflix, studios, TV
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Lord of the Ringtones
Everyone’s focusing right now on whether AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile will give it too much power in wireless. But that’s only part of the worry. AT&T also wants to sell you a so-called “triple play” of cable, telephone and … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Mobile, Television, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged AT&T, broadband, cable, Comcast, Dept. of Justice, FCC, FIOS, Internet, IPTV, Merger, Mobile, NBC Universal, quad play, satellite, Sprint, Strategy Analytics, T-Mobile, telephone, Time Warner Cable, triple play, TV, U-Verse, Verizon
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Katzenberg: ‘Bloom is Off the Rose’ for 3D
Jeffrey Katzenberg may be the Billy Graham of 3D. But not bad 3D. And he’s seen a lot of bad 3D movies recently. The studios’ greed for profit – charging premium prices for poor-quality 3D movies – has dampened the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, DreamWorks, Katzenberg, movies, savannah-stern, savannahstern, TV
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TV in 2020: Best Guesses
So where will television be in 2020? I posed the question last week at a panel I led during NAB with execs from DreamWorks, Sony Electronics, Starz, Nielsen and Technicolor. Of course, nobody really knows what TV will look like in two … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, broadcast, cable, f, Google, HD, High-Definition, iphone-5, iphone5, iphone5sprint, NAB, Nielsen, OTT, Sony, Starz, Technicolor, Television, ticketsnow, TV, UI
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How Not to Run a TV Network
If TV network executives spent as much time and money embracing new technologies as they do on lawyers to protect their turf, maybe they wouldn’t need Time Warner and Netflix to show them how to do their jobs. Continue reading
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Tagged byelogo, cable television, david fincher, goodbyepictures, House of Cards, iPad, iphone-5, iphone-5-pictures, iphone5, Kevin Spacey, movies, Netflix, nextechforum-com, pics-of-iphone-5, run-a-tv-network, Scripps, streaming, Time Warner, TV, www-nexttechforum-com
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Nintendo 3DS, Even If It Flops, is a Game Changer
Whether or not the Nintendo 3DS takes off, it represents a seminal moment for 3D. The game player — rolled out for the U.S. market at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco today — is the first mass market hand-held device that shows 3D images without glasses. A swarm of other 3D devices, mostly phones, is expected to hit the market over the next few years. Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, 3ds-beginning-to-flop, 3ds-flop, 3ds-flops, 3ds-flopt, 3ds-going-to-be-a-flop, appleiphone5, disneydragoninshrek, f, Games, iphone-5, iphone5, is-the-3ds-a-flop, kamalamasters, movies, musicrecognitionprogramsiphone, Nintendo, nintendo-3ds-flop, nintendo-3ds-flops, TV
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Google Makes Nice with Hollywood
Google to Hollywood: Don’t shut us out! We’ll play nice! Continue reading
Nets vs. Web Streamers
Putting aside the legal issue for a moment: do the two stream the networks’ broadcasts in toto? Because if they do, you could argue that the advertisers get more air play by getting the exposure. Continue reading