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David Mercer
| Jan 09, 2009
At Pepcom's Digital Experience press event we chatted with Yahoo about their approach to web TV. It certainly seems the company, which has been struggling in re...
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David Mercer
| Jan 09, 2009
I spent some time last night at Pepcom’s Digital Experience press event. I find this one of the most useful sessions at CES. A wide mix of firms, from start-ups...
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David Mercer
| Jan 08, 2009
LG kicked us off this morning with a bullish presentation after announcing 16% US revenue growth in 2008. A variety of new technologies were confirmed, includin...
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David Mercer
| Jan 07, 2009
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David Mercer
| Jan 07, 2009
CES got off to a roaring start this afternoon as Asus announced a series of innovations, some due for imminent market launch and some for the longer term.
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David Mercer
| Jan 05, 2009
Fortunately the snow that hit Las Vegas in December has long since melted, although temperatures were only at freezing point this morning. But we're predicted t...
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David Mercer
| Dec 10, 2008
Just a quick snapshot of the past couple of days at CScape2008. Cisco has been talking about consumer markets since it acquired Linksys, Kiss Technologies and S...
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David Mercer
| Dec 09, 2008
Like most telecoms technology vendors, Alcatel-Lucent has been suffering from a stagnant market and intense competition from emerging players such as Huawei. In...
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David Mercer
| Nov 27, 2008
I attended the Westminster Media Forum Seminar in London this afternoon, entitled Pay TV – market prospects , competition and service to viewers. The conference...
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David Mercer
| Nov 25, 2008
As the meeting invitations roll in, it's clear CES 2009 is going to be several notches down on the previous couple of years, in terms of visitor numbers and exh...
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David Mercer
| Nov 24, 2008
We recently completed our latest survey of broadband and digital TV customer satisfaction and churn. The first analysis concentrated on broadband in the US. Fut...
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David Mercer
| Nov 21, 2008
Another sign that France continues to lead the world in emerging TV business models: the leading media and electronics retailer, FNAC, and French IPTV technolog...
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David Mercer
| Nov 21, 2008
...On Strategy Analytics' target, that is. We predicted global 2008 sales of 4.0 million units back in March, and that still seems a reasonable estimate. Some m...
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David Mercer
| Sep 26, 2008
We were given the first view of Sling Media’s new Slingcatcher device yesterday at a presentation in London. We’re not allowed to tell you the launch date altho...
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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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