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Future of TV and Video

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:39 -0000
How existing broadcast and cable TV are shifting into an open landscape including user generated video, IPTV, and video conversations? Where is the TV landscape going? - It's a landscape getting more and more challenging - securing distribution and getting access to consumers - Key is to figure out how to package TV and present to people in a way that is compelling and doesn't lose the editorial voice, but also to figure out how to make money of this business which is always evolving - Innovation - bring new things to this medium - TV is a medium which hasn't changed much in the past 40-50 years - Time to innovate, time to bring new ways of consuming and participating in television for it to prosper Can current TV broadcast be maintained? - People yearn for experience and current broadcasters can still provide some of these experiences - But some broadcasters have been complacent in regard to some of the changes going on and need to consider new ways of attracting revenue TV broadcasters as far apart from consumers now as they've ever been. Media should be singular Two components of what broadcasters do 1. Content (primary) 2. Distribution (secondary) One simple solution to the problems is content. None of it matters (how/where they get the content) if the content isn't compelling. You won't get any readers or viewers if you don't produce good content - No one cares about 'quality of presentation' they care about 'quality of content'. But you also need to produce a 'volume of content'. If you can do that you can win in any media We all create content - broadcasters & consumers We can now as individuals go into live broadcasting - 500 people in a crowd covering events live from their phones. Can TV win this 'live broadcasting' match? Broadcasters can pull the user generated content together? Content creation & editing - consumers can do this too All of us are in an information revolution where QUALITY of content is key. If you can distribute this content then you will succeed. If you're controlling a large amount of content (editorial) you have to have regular & effective quality control. If you have this you can win in a commodity market Rise of documentary as a form is attracting significant audiences (think An Inconvenient Truth), whereas previously a niche genre. This is just one example of changing content forms. If broadcasters are smart and adapt the new forms of content then they will succeed and have a successful future People consuming more and more short form video - YouTube is a fascinating example of the profiliferation of different forms of content - YouTube is an extention of people forwarding content - YouTube can promote broadcast content Moving towards 'salience-based aggregation' of content (away from time-based aggregation) - Sending content you think someone will appreciate - If I keep sending my friend crap he will no longer open my emails! This is true for broadcasters too TiVo launching this month - A bit of a yawn (i.e. not the revolution it would have been a few years ago) - People have already got used to the idea of consuming content on demand We now can be active in searching out what we want to see ourselves - at work you'll look at your favourites (content you know you like/care about). At home you turn on the news and discover content you didn't know you cared about - key is credible, usable content you care about What does the consumer actually care about? What are they looking for? - People want content that is more relevant for them. They don't want a top-down media experience - Look at the success of YouTube! YouTube is still struggling to build an economic model - if Google hadn't come along they would be a very different business today - but while you need to take economic factors into account, ultimately the most important thing is what the consumer wants Previously all you had to worry about was distribution - Large viewership, easy money. It's much more interesting now - How do I get my audience interested in this? How do I get advertisers interested in this? Gruen Transfer - spend a lot of time talking about the low end ads (the screaming low end ads). They only need to get a few people viewing their ads to make money. With the changing nature of content (i.e. short form video) and advertising models, why don't we have millions of little ads dropped into a certain, tangled video stream rather than placed on television (when people may just turn it off)? You've got to produce as much as you can at a low price, but you've also got to produce some Mercedes along the way. People are beginning to make choices based on content - if you have this mix of 'base level content' and 'quality content' it's a good model for world domination! Three ways we consume information 1. Read 2. Listen 3. Watch These are the three ways news/content providers need to dominate. Media organisations must be able to do all three to succeed

Even the Luddites will switch to IPTV

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0000
IPTV - internet protocol television - is coming, and it will destroy the television model that has been in place for half a century.

Report: Aussie IPTV slow to load

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:16:00 -0000
Australian IPTV deployment is at least 18 months and possibly three years away, lagging many other global markets, broadcast regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority said in a report released ...

Australian IPTV lags behind

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:00:00 -0000
The Australian internet video and IPTV market is lagging behind other developed countries, according to a report out today from the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

[EBS] NAB 2008 & planned release of Safe Worlds

Thu, 01 May 2008 22:40:00 -0000
e-Business Systems Ltd (EBS) Report on attendance at NAB 2008 media trade show in US & preliminary unveiling of Safe Worlds IPTV platform - plans towards initial commercial release National Stock Exchange of Australia

Protecting the IPTV/VoD infrastructure

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:17:34 -0000
To ensure the success of their new IPTV/VoD services, providers must build into their networks a comprehensive, network-centric security strategy right from the start.

Video Ezy to rollout IPTV platform to more than 1000 stores

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:48:43 -0000
Australia's largest movie rental franchise, Video Ezy and Blockbuster, today announced plans to rollout an IPTV delivery platform and set top box middleware to enable the delivery of an electronic video rental service to more than 1,000 stores.

Video Ezy goes with Irish telco for electronic platform

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:20:00 -0000
Video Ezy, one of Australia’s largest movie rental franchises, has selected Ireland’s DigiSoft.tv’s IPTV delivery platform and set top box middleware to enable the delivery of the Video Ezy Electronic Video Rental service, which will be rolled out in Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores in A/NZ.

Fibre driving triple play in US

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:57:40 -0000
BuddeComm’s USA Annual Publication, 2008 USA – Telecoms, Wireless and Broadband, profiles the fixed-line, wireless (mobile) and broadband markets in the USA. It also examines the convergence of these technologies with each other and with digital media such as digital TV and the emergence of new telecommunication services such as VoIP and IPTV. These markets continued [...]

Earth Hour 2008 ... watch it now on YouTube

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:23:45 -0000
I've been spending a lot of the last year looking at the rise of internet video (and have upcoming stories on IPTV and self-broadcasting coming up for Digital Media and SmartCompany respectively). It has been fascinating to watch how new...

Free TV heading way of vinyl

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:00:00 -0000
THE rise of internet television (IPTV) will soon see free-to-air networks "simply disappear", according to a senior media consultant.

INDIA'S ESPN-STAR SIGNS SEVEN YEAR CONTACT FOR ASIAN TELECAST OF AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:23:50 -0000
India's ESPN-STAR Sports has announced a new seven-year contract for the Australian Open till 2014, covering cable & satellite, IPTV, DTH and terrestrial rights. ESPN-STAR Sports and Tennis Australia have also agreed to a ground-breaking collaboration for new media platforms such as mobile telephony and the internet...

IPTV: market developments and regulatory treatment

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0000
By changing the distribution model for video content, television delivered over internet protocol (IPTV) is increasing pressure for a review of broadcast regulatory frameworks so as not to stifle innovation and the diffusion of new services. This paper examines current market trends and regulation for IPTV and also provides information on developments in the provision of IPTV service in a number of OECD countries.

China's IPTV market disappoints

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:32:01 -0000
Internet TV operators in China appear to have severely overestimated the growth rate of the market, according to new research.

Online TV revolution is unstoppable

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:54:55 -0000
Interesting story in The Australian last week on predictions of traditional TV as we know it being rendered obsolete by the Internet and P2P. This article supports much of what we wrote about in our April article, ipTV - the death of couch potatoes as we know them. Simon also discussed the emergence of ipTV with marketing and technology writer and journalist, Brad Howarth. This conversation is available for download from the HotHouse blog as a podcast.

Reliance scores Mediaroom IPTV exclusive for India

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:30:22 -0000
Major telco Reliance Communications has secured the exclusive right to deploy Microsoft's Mediaroom IPTV platform in India.

Eight million surfers switch on IPTV

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:50:11 -0000
The number of global IPTV service users increased by 179 percent in the 12 months to 30 June 2007, according to new research.

Primus Australia Boosts Fibre Optic Network Capacity Ten Fold

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:29:06 -0000
Primus Australia today announced it was boosting its fibre optic transmission capacity by ten fold in response to customer demand for broadband capacity. Primus Australia Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr Ravi Bhatia said, "This major investment will provide us with the platform to offer our customers with "gold-plated" super fast video and audio streaming, IPTV, VOIP and other Broadband services. This will be Primus' next generation platform."

Internet co-inventor launches startup

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:01:47 -0000
Larry Roberts' Anagran debuts with hardware devices designed for next-generation IP services such as telepresence, IPTV and VoIP.

SBS gears up for IPTV with Tandberg Television

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:03:45 -0000
Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) has awarded Tandberg Television an equipment and managed services contract that will enable it to deliver IPTV services. It is Ericsson Australia's first deal with...

IPTV revenue, competition heating up

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:02:12 -0000
IPTV deployment strategies will most likely center on features and benefits rather than price, a recent study suggests.

The IPTV landscape

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:14:18 -0000
SmartInternet CRC, which was one of our partners for our Web 2.0 in Australia event, has recently released a very interesting report titled IPTV: Order, Chaos and Anarchy, examining the state of IPTV. The author is Mark Pesce, noted for being the co-inventor of VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) (which I was a big fan of when it came out – I wrote about it in my first book which came out in 2000) and his immoderate thoughts on the future of media – in other words an extremely credible commentator on an often muddied field. Mark defines IPTV as “delivery of audio-visual programming via packet-switched networks,” which as he points out, doesn’t in itself help us understand what forms this will take as it matures. Mark picks out three key forces: * Centralization, driven by commercial issues and incumbents * “Hyperdistribution” allowing anyone to create and distribute content * Social activists and entrepreneurs reinventing broadcasting as a peer-to-peer medium In the report Mark covers issues including Internet bandwidth requirements for the evolution of IPTV, government policies, the role of BitTorrent, IPTV on the Microsoft Xbox 360, Joost, and the role of democracy. Well worth a read.

Microsoft rebrands Internet television platform

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:01:08 -0000
GLOBAL - Formerly Microsoft IPTV, the upgrade includes several enhancements, such as the ability to listen to music and view photos stored on PCs elsewhere in the home on the TV.

Microsoft announces Mediaroom IPTV. If you read this blog, you would have known 4 weeks ago!

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:19:00 -0000
It feels good being right, especially during exams. Unfortunately uncovering Microsoft logos is not an examinable subject at this day and age. One day… On May 21 - almost a month ago, I reported a trademark application in Australia which included a logo and some details at a possible video-on-demand service from Microsoft. At the time, [...]

Microsoft's Mediaroom boosts IPTV platform capabilities

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:04:25 -0000
Microsoft has re-branded its IPTV platform as Mediaroom, coinciding with a update that brings a more contemporary view of home entertainment to the product.