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David Mercer
| Sep 17, 2008
...and not before time. The BT Vision Philips set-top box (V-box) has had HD capability built in from day one, as have most IPTV set-top boxes around the world....
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David Mercer
| Sep 12, 2008
Following on from my previous discussion of Blu-ray quality broadcasting claims, here is a further sign that confusion reigns when it comes to discussing what i...
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David Mercer
| Sep 12, 2008
While less than 1% of European TV viewers have ever seen the current generation of HDTV, the first live transmission of the next generation standard, Super Hi-V...
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David Mercer
| Sep 03, 2008
New research from NDS suggests that digital video recorders have improved relationships for nearly 80% of couples. In NDS's survey of DVR owners in the US, UK, ...
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David Mercer
| Aug 29, 2008
A quick follow-up to my previous comments on 1080p broadcasting and its potential challenge to the Blu-ray Disc platform. I asked Disney’s EVP Gordon Ho, who le...
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David Mercer
| Aug 27, 2008
It’s not the headline the organisers of this year’s IFA want to see, but the biggest news from the opening press conference today was that demand for consumer e...
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David Mercer
| Aug 26, 2008
One of the main objectives of Blu-ray Disc developers was to set a benchmark in video quality that would provide sufficient encouragement for DVD owners to upgr...
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David Mercer
| Aug 22, 2008
I thought I'd share a personal angle on an industry issue that's grabbing the home PC sector's attention right now. It was sparked by a meeting yesterday with Z...
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David Mercer
| Aug 22, 2008
Microsoft introduced its new Photosynth service yesterday at an event in central London. Photosynth was developed by Seadragon and acquired by Microsoft two yea...
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David Mercer
| Aug 21, 2008
Few Wii users will have heard of Hillcrest Labs, except perhaps those who also read this blog. Back in January I described Hillcrest's TV guide and "Loop" remot...
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David Mercer
| Aug 11, 2008
Just a heads-up that we'll be giving two analyst presentations at this year's IBC in September; one on our research on connected TV devices, and another present...
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David Mercer
| Jul 23, 2008
In the very first entry in this blog back in late 2006 I moaned about the tendency ofbroadband service providers to market their services with the term "up to" ...
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David Mercer
| Jul 22, 2008
Strategy Analytics' latest forecasts show just how fast people are adopting connected TV devices. Our research indicates that, by the end of this year, consumer...
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David Mercer
| Jul 02, 2008
We’ve now had a chance to dip into Strategy Analytics’ survey of European digital media users. We’ll be releasing full and detailed results to clients, of cours...
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David Mercer
| Jul 02, 2008
David Gosen, whose rather long-winded title at Microsoft is “VP, Strategic Marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business EMEA” (which means he looks after Xbox ...
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David Mercer
| Jul 01, 2008
Strategy Analytics has been studying results from its latest round of user research. We released highlights at the recent Digital Hollywood event in the US. The...
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David Mercer
| Jun 27, 2008
As I have pointed out recently, the publicity surrounding HD broadcasting in the UK, whether it’s Sky HD, Freesat or DTT’s future plans, has not been matched by...
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David Mercer
| Jun 26, 2008
Social network services have boomed in the last couple of years, led by now well-known brands such as Facebook, Myspace and Bebo. I profess to finding the whole...
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David Mercer
| Jun 04, 2008
We have always cited the cable industry as the archetypal vertical or closed content-to-device business model. Ever since the US cable network providers (MSOs) ...
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David Mercer
| May 07, 2008
BT launched its Total Broadband Anywhere service today. It is available to Option 3 broadband customers starting at an additional £5/month and includes a free s...
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