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  • Another step towards analog switch-off

    by User Not Found | 3月 01, 2007
    Today, March 1st 2007 is a key date on the digital calendar in the US: all TVs and related devices (video recorders) must include a digital ATSC tuner from toda... ...
  • Sky/Virgin Brinkmanship Continues

    by User Not Found | 2月 23, 2007
    As I said a few days ago, it's great fun watching these two slug it out. Today, each side has a different story (see the Guardian's excellent coverage): negotia... ...
  • Cisco’s Human Network Vision

    by User Not Found | 2月 20, 2007
    I mentioned attending John Chambers' keynote at CES in January. We've just published an in-depth analysis of Cisco's consumer strategy following other interview... ...
  • From Freeview to Payview?

    by User Not Found | 2月 19, 2007
    Watching punch and counterpunch in the Murdoch/Branson battle is tremendous fun, but their private war is beginning to suck in reluctant bystanders. Sky's annou... ...
  • DTT and HDTV in France

    by User Not Found | 2月 19, 2007
    In sharp contrast to the UK, France has laid down new laws concerning the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial television. It is the first country in... ...
  • Japanese postcard (2)

    by User Not Found | 2月 09, 2007
    Here is the side-by-side comparison in an Akihabara store of a 65" PDP from Panasonic and the same size LCD from Sharp: The Sharp is discounted by 44% to Y778,0... ...
  • Japanese postcard

    by User Not Found | 2月 08, 2007
    Sharp Corporation is one of Japan's unsung heros of the technology sector and a perfect if somewhat extreme illustration of the value of long-term investment de... ...
  • BSkyB Chases Its Tail

    by User Not Found | 1月 31, 2007
    Sky's latest digital TV results demonstrate perfectly how it is fighting two battles at the same time. Churn continues to rise - now up to 11.9%, compared to be... ...
  • Wii…. Let’s Go For A Spin

    by User Not Found | 1月 31, 2007
    Nintendo helped create the modern videogames industry, and the company remains a leading force and is financially successful. In spite of this, Strategy Analyti... ...
  • A tale of disruptive technology impact

    by User Not Found | 1月 22, 2007
    Loewe AG, the German manufacturer of high end TVs and consumer electronics, announced 2006 results today. Sales were up 7% to €341m, and the company made EBIT p... ...
  • The convergence boom continues

    by User Not Found | 1月 18, 2007
    Another convergence merger is announced. Arris and Tandberg are to join forces: as they put it, "The newly created company will have the scale and the critical ... ...
  • Back in the real world…

    by User Not Found | 1月 14, 2007
    ...after the out-of-this-world experience of Las Vegas, that is. A visit to retirement-age parents in suburban Essex is a good way to be reminded of the down-to... ...
  • Some CES photos

    by User Not Found | 1月 12, 2007
    Sorry for the delay, but finally here are a few photos from CES. The full selection is reserved for Strategy Analytics clients, but I hope these are of interest... ...
  • Leaving CES

    by User Not Found | 1月 11, 2007
    Some final thoughts on the Show as we head back to the UK.I covered the LG dual-format BD/HD-DVD launch, and this got a lot of general press attention. The real... ...
  • CES: Internet TV

    by User Not Found | 1月 10, 2007
    A dominant theme at CES is what I call Internet TV (as opposed to IPTV, which tends to refer to managed, operator-delivered services). Microsoft have confirmed ... ...
  • CES continued: Slideshow, Hitachi, SlingMedia

    by User Not Found | 1月 09, 2007
    Vista is a big part of the show of course. One interesting aspect of the new OS is the Sideshow feature. This extends selected capabilities of the PC to a varie... ...
  • Digital Experience

    by User Not Found | 1月 08, 2007
    Some bits and pieces from today's press conferences and tonight's excellent Digital Experience press event (I should point out that Strategy Analytics clients w... ...
  • Early CES highlights

    by User Not Found | 1月 07, 2007
    A few tasters from tonight's media preview:3D headsets from TDVision: take any video content processed on a PC and transform them into a 3D image using a dual-i... ...
  • CE sales boom is ending

    by User Not Found | 1月 06, 2007
    I just returned from the CEA's overview of the state of the CE industry, and their forecasts for 2007 confirm our own views - that sales growth will decline sig... ...
  • This week’s lucky number

    by User Not Found | 1月 03, 2007
    2 million seems to be everybody's favourite statistic this week. Sky announced 2 million Sky+ installations in the UK, and Microsoft was reported as having sold... ...

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