Apologies to those who don’t follow the great English sport of cricket, but the definition of a googly is a pitch which is thrown with baseball’s “screwball” grip but with reverse finger spin. So why do I believe Google is throwing a screwball at PayTv operators?. Well according to the industry grape vine, GoogleTV is…
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A recent PVR study caught my eye and got me thinking. Actual Customer Behaviour, in conjunction with London Business School, conducted an 18 months study in a number of homes with personal video recorders, video-on-demand and online video services. The study was conducted for a consortium including Ofcom, the BBC, Channel 4, BT Vision and…
Classic economic theory says that the players within the IPTV eco-system will be well down the consolidation route by now. We start with lots of innovators – VC-backed start-ups with imagination, invention and inspiration – driving the critical first wave. Some get it right and some don’t but soon the natural leaders emerge. Then the…
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