Headlines – Issue No. 781 (May 11-17, 2012)
The Online Reporter 781
May 11-17, 2012
HEADLINES
HomeGrid Aims at Telcos & Powerline Markets
LG’s Google TV Coming May 21
LG Launches Cloud TV as Smart TV Makers Struggle over Delivery
Cablecos Lead Telcos in Broadband Home Network Technologies
Walmart’s Disc-to-Digital Venture — Episode II
Sony Promises No More Losses after Last Year’s $5.7b Loss
The Schism between Free-to-Air and Free-to-Online Deepens
Tivo Lowers Subscription Rate by 25%
BROADBAND BEAT
BT’s Fiber/Fiber-Copper Passes 10m Homes
ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Macmillan’s Tom Doherty Associates Drops DRM for Its eBooks
Qualcomm Sets Out Its Stall for ‘Internet of Things’
HOME NETWORKING
Marvell Lays Out Its Strategy for HomeGrid (G.hn)
Suttle Says: Telcos Are Asking for HomeGrid (G.hn)
AT&T Uses HomePlug in Home Automation System
No Accident that HomeGrid Plugfest Was in Taiwan
iPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
AT&T Predicts End of Wi-Fi Only Tablets
LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
iPad Market Share Increases to 68% from 55%
Apple Accounts for 95% of Web Traffic on Tablets
Nielsen: OTT & DVR Viewing Increases
Tablet Touch Gives Satisfaction
Apple Dominates in the Mobile Gaming War
LRG: Smart TV Use on the Rise
Viacom CEO Dauman Talks OTT, Tablets & Original Content
Juniper Research: Streaming Mobile TV Surges
TV Prices Increase
Brazil Breaks Out as Top Emerging Market in Broadband, Pay-TV
OTT
Zattoo Signs Up Luxembourg Cellco to Mobile TV
OTT Will Not Be Cheap, Says Agama
SMART TVs and Other OTT DEVICES
Samsung Buys mSpot Video/Music Streaming Service
Lenovo Launches Smart TV in China
Belkin Launches 11ac Products with Broadcom Chips
DIGIGRAMS
Samsung Signs Smart TV Deal in Estonia
Speed Matters
RIM’s Decline Shows in Q1
Disney’s Touché Builds Touch World
T-Link HomePlug Adapters Go On Sale in 500+ Asada Stores
Aperion Launches Wi-Fi Speakers
Kindle Fire’s Second Coming
$99 Xbox Is Live!
Lenovo Breaks Ground on R&D
Entropic Lands STB Maker Asheridge
Spotify Launches iPad App
BlackBerry and Porsche Unveil Connected Car
