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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
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 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 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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David Mercer
| May 06, 2008
Today's launch of the first dedicated free-to-air satellite service, Freesat, will help inject some much-needed competition into the UK's HDTV market. Even thou...
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David Mercer
| May 02, 2008
Much hype in the last 24 hours about yet another new IP video venture. Sezmi, formerly known as Building-B, has received $17.5 million in funding from venture c...
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David Mercer
| May 01, 2008
We have just published a major piece of research into what amounts to a new digital consumer device segment: Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). With screen diagona...
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David Mercer
| Apr 30, 2008
Sky’s quarterly results announcement today focused on steady growth in the total customer base. Given the tough economic background and talk of falling consumer...
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David Mercer
| Apr 25, 2008
Strategy Analytics' latest quarterly mobile phone handset data is released today. In spite of fears of a global recession unit sales were up 14% in Q108 v. the ...
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David Mercer
| Apr 22, 2008
Nokia brought analysts together today to discuss the introduction of Sony BMG as the second major partner in its Comes With Music (CWM) digital music venture. T...
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David Mercer
| Apr 18, 2008
It's early days in the era of high def discs, but already it seems as though the post-DVD transition is having the desired effect for the studios. According to ...
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David Mercer
| Apr 16, 2008
Premiere, the biggest pay TV provider in Germany and Austria, yesterday confirmed what had been expected for some time, namely that it will begin using NDS’s Vi...
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David Mercer
| Mar 28, 2008
In contrast to my assertion that interactive TV was struggling, video search engine Blinkx claims that we are now a nation of interactive TV users. And althoug...
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David Mercer
| Mar 27, 2008
My attention was drawn to the headline on the APTS's recent news item More Than Half of Over-The-Air Consumers Prefer Free Broadcast Television After The DTV Tr...
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David Mercer
| Mar 25, 2008
Advance warning of a press release we are distributing later today:
Blu-ray Disc’s victory in the recent format war with HD-DVD will propel the technology into...
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David Mercer
| Mar 14, 2008
At the IPTV World Forum I spent some time with Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson, the founder and CEO of Industria. Gudjon is an Icelandic entrepreneur and Industria is his...
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