No, nor does anyone else. Except, I guess, Randy Falco, the hapless AOL manager who signed off the $850 million to buy it just three years ago. Oh, and, of course, Joanna Shields the brilliant ex-Google exec who engineered that spectacular deal for a business already in decline. Shields is now with Facebook. Is it […]
Imagine, if you will, that some of our great tech companies are football (i.e. soccer) teams. Would Microsoft be Real Madrid perhaps? A great history – even if some of it, in both cases, remains shrouded in mystery – very rich and very powerful. But living a bit on past glories? A deserved reputation for […]
Have you heard that by 2013 and a bit, the amount of Internet Video transmitted every week will hit a guzillion Gbs? That’s the same as 20 hexabillion or 100 terratillion, and that’s loads. Only five years ago the whole Internet only carried 10 zintillion all year… think what we were missing. Actually, I just […]
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) and The Athena Group, Inc. (Athena) announced an agreement which will enable Athena to develop Differential Power Analysis (DPA) countermeasures for use by licensees of CRI’s DPA patents. “As part of our focus on delivering high-quality tamper-resistant security cores to serve the needs of ASIC and FPGA customers, Athena is […]
In the latest issue of Euromedia we examine the Home Gateway and its role in enabling the consumer to move nearer to the ‘anything you could want, any time, on any device, anywhere’ Nirvana we all, apparently, aspire to. The Home Gateway’s other important role is in bestowing managed providers with a refreshed raison d’être; […]
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The more things change the more they stay the same? Is this the lesson of the last few years and the TV advertising market? For many years now niche channels have tried to deliver specialist audiences that have a higher value to advertisers than a mixed, mass audience. The results have been decidedly mixed. The […]
Shaw Direct announced today the launch of its new online Video On Demand library, accessible anywhere in Canada. Shaw Direct customers can now watch hundreds of movies and TV shows on-the-go, on their computer, with Shaw Direct Online VOD. “The entertainment landscape is changing and more than ever consumers want to access content on the […]
CONNECTED TV KILLS THE IPTV STAR? The recent International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saw major CE manufacturers announce a host of Connected TV initiatives. With leading US cable MSOs nailing their colours to the Connected TV mast, can the managed IPTV services of telco players survive in the app-driven, ‘TV Everywhere’ era? Colin […]