Headlines – Issue No. 780 (May 4-10, 2012)
HEADLINES
Netgear First to Ship 11ac Wi-Fi Router
DOCSIS 3.0 Reigns Supreme in Broadband
Clearwire Announces LTE Rollout Schedule
BROADBAND BEAT
Clarifying the Murky Chinese Broadband Market
Comcast Adds $316m in Annual Broadband Revenue
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Why Discovery Is So Hard to Implement
HOME NETWORKING
Microsoft Tests HomeOS for Smart Home Applications
What Attracted Devolo to Broadcom’s HomePlug Chips?
IPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
Microsoft Boosts Digital Content Platform with Barnes & Noble
Motorola Mobility Reports Lower Tablet Sales in Q1
Target Kicks Amazon Kindles Out of Its Stores
LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
Kindle Fire Has Over Half the Android Tablet Market
On-Demand TV Viewing Most Popular for 25% of Brits
$50/Month Data Plans Too Much for Two-Thirds of US Consumers
Many Web Users Are Mobile-Only
E-Reader Purchases Down, E-Book Purchases Up
Interest in Purchasing Tablets within 6 Months Increases
US Spending on Home Entertainment Media Moves Up a Notch
Samsung Beats Apple in Smartphones, Again
New Samsung Smartphone Generating More Buzz than Apple’s?
Tablets Win Out over Smartphones for Viewing Videos
Ads on Smart TVs Engage the Family
Connected TV Shipments Expected to Hit 70% by 2016
OTT
Entone to Bring OTT to Latin America
Redbox’ DVD Rentals Grow Like an Internet Company
Pay TV Still Wins Out over OTT/OTA
PRODUCT WATCH
Samsung Launching 2 Competitors to iPod Touch
THE MOVE TO ORIGINAL CONTENT
Amazon Looks for Scripts for TV Shows
YouTube to Get Tribeca/Maker Studio Channel
DIGIGRAMS
Please Tear Down this Wall
Samsung Beats Nokia as Largest Mobile Phone Maker
LG Denies It Will Stop Making Windows 8 Smartphones
Free Hulu Moves to Authentication
Providence Exits from Hulu
All Olympic Events Will Be Live Online
Microsoft to Launch Competitor to Apple TV, Roku
Tizen Mobile OS Appears
Apple, Samsung Driving Broadcom’s Revenue
Deals and Rumors of Deals: Apple & Epix
Politicians Screwed Up Tax Code, Not Apple
