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Today on the Net: Nielsen eyes a $1.75 billion IPO; despite big box office hits like Avatar, 3-D proponents Jeffrey Katzenberg and James Cameron foresee slow adoption of home 3-D TV and FLO TV hasn’t been nearly as successful as Qualcomm had hoped, the CEO says. Read more »

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Today on the Net: FLO TV hopes to use the World Cup to garner more subscribers to its mobile video service, YouTube Leanback could get a big boost from being a part of Google TV, and ESPN expects big things from 3-D. Read more »

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Over the past year, 3-D has been good to Hollywood, but Disney president and CEO Bob Iger warned that the industry shouldn’t go overboard with the technology, and should take care not to “kill the goose that laid the golden egg.” Read more »

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Virgin Media Launches Movie Streaming Service; Virgin Media has launched its own browser-based movie streaming service, available to anybody in the UK — not just the cable provider’s own subscribers. (Last 100) Amazon Hopes to Drive 3-D Sales Via Consumer Education; the online retailer has started […] Read more »

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Despite strong box office sales of 3-D movies, TV programmers and consumer electronics manufacturers who are betting big on 3-D technology entering the home may want to curb their enthusiasm a bit. According to recent survey data from KPMG, few consumers see the need to bring […] Read more »

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Hollywood is cramming 3-D movies down audiences’ throats, but the real driver of 3-D demand was on display during the Master’s golf tournament. Sports, not movies, will drive 3-D adoption, and in doing so, may also lead to a wave of upgrades in last-mile broadband infrastructure. Read more »

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Are you expecting, elderly or prone to have a few beers while watching a soccer match? Then you shouldn’t watch it in 3-D, according to a warning label Samsung is distributing with its 3-D TV sets (hat tip to High-Def Digest). The CE maker is also […] Read more »

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Apple Announces iAd Mobile Advertising Platform; Apple will sell and host the ads, giving 60 percent of ad revenue back to developers. Unlike most mobile ads, which kick users out of the application they’re currently using, iAd keeps users in the same app. (TechCrunch) Juniper Acquires […] Read more »

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Basketball fans were able to watch the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 3-D in 55 theaters nationwide earlier this week, thanks to cooperation between NCAA broadcast rights holder CBS and LG Electronics, which wanted to use the event to get consumers excited in 3-D technology. CBS […] Read more »

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Elemental Technologies today unveiled the latest version of its video encoding platform, aimed at giving video distributors a more efficient way to encode live and on-demand video streams. With a GPU-accelerated processing system and proprietary algorithms for video encoding, the new Elemental Live system is designed […] Read more »

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Hulu Sends Some Traffic To Level 3 and Limelight Networks; video content from Hulu historically came exclusively from Akamai, but lately, the site is also using Level 3 and Limelight Networks for some of its video delivery. (Streaming Media blog) Related: Hulu’s a Towering Success — […] Read more »

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Apple Poised To Unveil New Mobile Ad Platform; the new ad platform, which will be officially unveiled to Madison Avenue on April 7th, has been described as “revolutionary” and “our next big thing” by Apple chief Steve Jobs. (MediaPost) BBC iPhone Apps On Hold; plans by […] Read more »

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The film industry has performed well at the box office as of late, buoyed by 3-D releases like Avatar and Alice in Wonderland. And now Hollywood is looking to cash in even further — by raising prices for movies by as much as 10 percent. But […] Read more »

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CW to Double Ad Load in Its Web Shows; the CW Network plans to put as many ads in Web versions of its shows as it airs on TV. (The Wall Street Journal) Bitbop: Is This the Hulu of Mobile?; Fox Mobile unveiled Bitbop this week […] Read more »

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Someday, and maybe even someday soon, we’ll be watching the Super Bowl in 3-D — that is, if the consumer electronics and cable industries get their way. With 3D-TVs finally entering the marketplace and cable networks creating dedicated 3-D channels, it seems like just a matter […] Read more »

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The 2010 Masters Tournament, which kicks off with broadcasts from CBS and ESPN beginning on April 7, will be made available in 3-D, a first for the tournament and for the 3-D TV industry in general. The event will be aired live in 3-D by Comcast […] Read more »

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Viacom vs. Google Court Battle Heats Up; the copyright fight being waged by Viacom against Google will move into a crucial stage on Friday, when both companies are expected to file motions for summary judgment. (CNET) Clicker Redesigns Its Online Video Guide; with a web site […] Read more »

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4.35M Watched Live Streams Of Chilean Earthquake & Hawaii Tsunami; according to Ustream, around 4.35 million people watched their coverage of the earthquake and tsunami live on the Internet. (The Tech Journal) ABC.com Now Achieving “DVR Economics” for Its Programs; ABC’s Albert Cheng says it is […] Read more »

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Turner Broadcasting Selects Brightcove to Expand Online Video Business; Turner taps Brightcove to support online video content in the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and other countries throughout Europe. (press release) Adap.tv Launches a Video Ad Exchange; the video ad-serving company has opened the doors on […] Read more »

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NBC Is Losing Money on the Olympics Because It Paid Too Much for Them; GE predicts NBCU will generate $250 million less in advertising revenue than it cost to license and produce the games. (TV by the Numbers) Hollywood Rushes Out 3-D Movies In Wake of […] Read more »

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Sky Putting 3-D Before VOD; despite a promise to add a true pull-VOD service to its TV options in 2010, Sky gave no progress update for the service, but said it would start launch Europe’s first 3-D channel this spring. (paidContent:UK) Ooyala Launches Localized Japanese Platform; […] Read more »

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Canvas’ Biggest Threat Is Happening In Las Vegas Right Now; the BBC’s biggest challenge for its set-top-box project may be winning over TV makers who are already launching their own standards and services for internet-based content. (paidContent) DISH Network Goes Over the Top with NeuLion; the […] Read more »

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Avatar Tops $1 Billion Worldwide; the film becomes the fourth highest grosser ever, behind Titanic ($1.8 billion), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($1.12 billion) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ($1.07 billion). (Variety) Sonic Solutions Updates CinemaNow Movie Service; […] Read more »

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It’s easy to dismiss the market for 3-D entertainment. After a number of iterations, 3-D technology has yet to go mainstream, either in the movie theater or the home. And yet, a number of consumer electronics manufacturers and movie studios are betting big on the technology. […] Read more »

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Heading into the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month, it’s already clear that the big story in the home entertainment sector will be 3-D. There will be countless 3DTVs on display, 3-D Blu-ray prototypes, dueling 3-D eyewear demos, and hoopla from at least three ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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DirecTV to Launch a 3-D Channel; the satellite TV provider plans to launch the first U.S. 3-D HDTV channel early next year. (HD Guru) It will also deliver more than 200 HD channels with the launch of its latest satellite. (Multichannel News) Netflix’s Video Streaming Will […] Read more »

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Time Warner Cable, Fox Negotiations Near 11th Hour; cable subscribers could lose access to American Idol, The Simpsons and some of the NFL playoffs if the cable company fails to resolve a fee standoff with Fox by Dec. 31. (CNNMoney.com) FCC’s Levin: Broadband Plans Don’t Threaten […] Read more »

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Ex-HBO Head Albrecht Joins Starz As CEO; Albrecht spent more than 20 years at HBO and was credited with a string of successes during his stint as president of HBO Original Programming. (paidContent) ESPN360 Scores Bangladesh Cricket Rights Deal; ESPN and Nimbus Sport International have reached […] Read more »

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Zucker Outlines Comcast/NBCU Transition Team; the “Operational Transition Team” will be led by Salil Mehta, NBCU’s president of business operations, strategy and development, and Joe Donnelly, CFO of Comcast’s programming group. (Multichannel News) Sony to Use RealD Technology in 3-D TV Sets in 2010; the maker […] Read more »

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As the hardware and software components fall into place for 3-D in mobile, content companies need to be ready to take advantage with compelling offerings that fully leverage the advancing technology. Read more »

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The mobile computing space has become the new center of innovation and new products after years of shifting away from desktop computing. Mobile technology has been domain of 2-D content and viewing, but we see prospects for a sharp increase in 3-D in coming months and ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Qik Submits Its Own iPhone Application for Live Broadcasting; with live broadcasting available through a new app from Ustream (details here), Qik has submitted an app with similar functionality for review. (Qik blog) Entertainment Execs Bullish on 3-D in the Home; the growth of 3-D in […] Read more »

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I’m still not sure how excited I am about the upcoming James Cameron 3-D opus, Avatar. I want to be excited for it, but — eh, whatever. In an effort to ramp up interest in the pic, 20th Century Fox today released a an interactive version […] Read more »

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Viacom Lawyer Compares Suing File Sharers to Terrorism; general counsel Michael Fricklas admits that suing end users for online copyright infringement is “expensive, and it’s painful, and it feels like bullying.” (Ars Technica) Kyte Opens New Offices in UK, Germany; white-label video management company makes a […] Read more »

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That beautiful 1080p picture you’re enjoying? Well, you may as well just chuck it in the garbage, because Ultra High Definition is coming. Research firm In-Stat put out a report today saying that while it will take some time before the UHD market hits a critical […] Read more »

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Nvidia is moving further into the business of selling hardware, rather than just chips, with its new reality server that uses its graphics processors to offer photo-realistic 3-D images. The server uses an array of GPUs and Nvidia’s iray software to serve up the realistic imagery […] Read more »

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It’s not every day you hear of a seven-employee startup making its own TV, much less a 100-inch laser 3-D TV, but that’s what a bootstrapped company called HDI out of Los Gatos, Calif. has done. Chris and I went on a fieldtrip to HDI HQ […] Read more »

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