How Will Streaming Video Hit Traditional TV?

In the wake of broadcast networks’ controversial decision to block their Web sites from Google TV devices, the power of the broadcast and cable networks to determine how their content will be viewed is top of mind everywhere from Silicon Valley to Hollywood and New York. I was hoping that a panel that was to [...]

The Long-Awaited Boxee Box Gets a Hollywood Preview

Few consumer electronics devices have been more widely anticipated, at least by the more geeky set, than Boxee‘s settop box for bringing Internet content to the TV–since Google TV debuted three weeks ago, anyway. The uniquely shaped Boxee Box will debut on Nov. 10 in New York, adding a potent new player to the rapidly [...]

Cutting the Cord, Part 2: Still Small, Still Scary for the TV Biz

It’s the topic du decennie for the television industry: How many people are cutting the cable cord and getting their TV and movie fix from Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, and other services on new TV add-on boxes such as Apple TV, Roku, and the like, or from other less savory sources? I explored the [...]

Here Comes Google TV: The Fans (and the Skeptics) Weigh In

If there are many skeptics of Google TV, today at the Streaming Media West conference, a panel of (mostly) fans discussed the potential for the search giant’s newest obsession. On the panel were moderator James McQuivey, an analyst at Forrester Research; Ashish Arora, VP and GM of Logitech‘s Digital Home Group; Christy Tanner, GM of [...]

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