Internet TV for the television and mobile phone is one of
the hottest topics in the news:
The Washington Post
The Associated Press, Wednesday, July 7, 2010; 8:11 PM
“SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- YouTube is trying to become as brainless and painless to watch as the boob tube. In the process, the Web's leading video site hopes to learn enough about its viewers to replace their remote control.”
The New York Times
By PAUL BOUTIN, Published: July 7, 2010
“Trying to watch TV on the Internet is frustrating. Sure, cutting off cable service sounds promising, if only for the money you’ll save. But online TV is so fragmented and incomplete that finding a favorite show can be difficult. Watching a compete season of shows, particularly if you want those shows without paying for them, is even harder.”
Washington Post
By Cecilia King, April 22, 2010
“Consumers want devices that can navigate the universe of video programming from all of these sources and present the choices to them in a simple, integrated way,” Genachowski said in the commission’s meeting Wednesday. “They also want to know that they can buy a device and not have to replace it if they change video providers.”
Information Week
Antone Gonsalves, March 30, 2010
“Interest in viewing the Web on television sets is so strong that consumers are making their own connections through PCs and video game consoles, a research firm says.
Last year, the number of U.S. households using Web-connected game consoles rose by 64% from 2008, while the number of households connecting a PC to a TV increased by 36%, according to a report released Tuesday by Parks Associates.”
Mobile Entertainment
By Stuart Dredge, March 22, 2010
“Active mobile video users grew by 57% to 17.6 million people between Q4 2008 and Q4 2009, according to new research published by The Nielsen Company.”
Media Daily News
Wayne Friedman, March 18, 2010
There has been some erosion of traditional TV viewing from all of this, the study says. Of those that have reduced or canceled TV service in the past year, due to their online viewing of network TV programming -- or expect to do so in the next year -- 6% of 13-to-54 viewers and 9% of 18-to-34 viewers said they have made these decisions.
Nielson Wire
March 22, 2010
“Americans increased their overall media usage and media multitasking according to The Nielsen Company’s latest Three Screen Report, which tracks consumption across TV, Internet and mobile phones. In the last quarter of 2009, simultaneous use of the Internet while watching TV reached three and a half hours a month, up 35% from the previous year. Nearly 60% of TV viewers now use the Internet once a month while also watching TV.“
Broadband TV News
By Robert Briel, March 10, 2010
“US consumers want their internet TV, according to market research firm In-Stat. Already, 26% of respondents report viewing internet TV more than once per week. However, rather than a substitute for traditional pay-TV services, consumers want their Over-the-Top (OTT) internet video to compliment their traditional TV offerings.“
Advertising Age
By Brian Steinberg, November 30, 2009
“When the big screen in our living room finally converges into one that can deliver both TV and internet content, the game will certainly change. It doesn't take too much imagining to foresee that in five to 10 years, many consumers will be able to access their online life with a TV remote, and the big screen will behave more like a touchscreen: It will know what shows we like, what music to offer us, and which social network sites and e-mail to feed us.”
Wall Street Journal
By Yukari Iwatani Kane, November 12, 2009
“Analysts also say that part of the reason why consoles have become such a popular way of viewing streaming video from the Internet is that cable and satellite companies have been slow to embrace such services.”
Satellite News
October 21, 2009
“’It takes the production qualities of the television with the interactivity of the Internet. It is all about being interactive. It is about connectivity and getting extra benefit for the service. The kids essentially have 'My Content'. They have focused and well-defined needs.’" MacBean said the "‘tipping point" has already been reached for broadcasters such as Disney. He said, "Media companies have woken up.’”
Multichannel News
By Todd Spangler, September 30, 2009
“About 23% of online-video viewers would be willing to pay an extra $10 to $15 per month to access a "TV Everywhere" service that offers access to cable programming on PCs or mobile devices -- while 77% are either uninterested or noncommittal about paying, according to a recent survey.
Meanwhile, on the latest survey, about 32% of respondents who view video online at least occasionally said they would be willing to pay studios like Disney or MGM a rental fee of $2 to $3 to view a movie or TV series on PCs or mobile devices.
Multichannel News
By Todd Spangler, September 19, 2009
“For TV Everywhere, the technical challenge is how those third-party sites confirm someone is a paying customer in good standing, given that those details are maintained by the cable, satellite or telco TV providers. “The raw problem is you have hundreds of cable programmers ultimately trying to communicate to hundreds of distributors, if you count telcos and smaller cable operators,” said Turner Broadcasting System chief technology officer and chief digital technology strategist Scott Teissler.”
Broadcasting and Cable
By John Eggerton, September 3, 2009
“According to Angela Morgenstern, managing director of PBS Online and formerly with MTV, their online audience wants "everything ever made," and they want it in high definition, full screen and top quality, and they have little patience for delay.”
Market Watch
By Colin Dixon, September 14, 2009
“[R]evenue from the delivery of Internet video to the TV will grow nearly six-fold in the next five years, from a meager $1 billion in 2009 to $5.7 billion in 2014.”
Forbes
By Michael Patrick Brady, April 13, 2009
“The divide between the two most prominent screens in your life, your TV and your computer, is starting to crumble.”
Wall Street Journal
By Nick Wingfield and Don Clark, January 5, 2009
“After more than a decade of disappointment, the goal of marrying television and the Internet seems finally to be picking up steam.”
Economist
February 21, 2008
“Hollywood's desire to preserve its existing business rather than embrace a new one echoes its misgivings a few years ago about the DVD itself. In 1997, when the new format was about to be born, three studios, Paramount, Disney and Twentieth Century Fox, came out against it, remembers Warren Lieberfarb, who is widely credited with having fathered the product as it is today. They were worried that selling DVDs for $18 apiece would cannibalise their sales of video cassettes to rental stores for $65 each. None of the three studios is proud of that episode now.
Moreover, as well as boosting sales overall, the internet will make it easier for the studios to make money from their libraries?bricks-and-mortar retailers, after all, have limited shelf-space, and mostly stock new releases. Digital sales yield a higher profit margin too. Virtual distribution does away with manufacturing, packaging, transport and inventory costs. At the moment, the studios get $18 per film from a Wal-Mart or a Best Buy and about $16 for a digital sale, but because of the lower costs they make about $3 more on each film when sold electronically.”
Advertising Age
By Brian Steinberg, July 29, 2008
“Characteristics of the online-TV audience are also starting to emerge. IMMI found that the audience skews female (55%), is largely between the ages of 25 to 54 (58.4%) and is primarily Caucasian (76.8%). Online viewers are also more affluent than live network prime-time viewers, with people who earn $40,000 or less a year 75% more likely to watch a TV show live than online. The majority of online viewers -- 56.8% -- have completed four years of college or more.”
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