BROADBAND BEAT
Aereo Launches Internet TV in NYC
Broadband Adds Increase at Comcast
UK Rural Areas Are on Wrong Side of Digital Divide
South Korea Suddenly Doesn’t Have Enough Bandwidth for Smart TVs

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Skepticism Grows about Windows 8 in the Corporate Marketplace
Linux Evangelist Says Windows 8 Will Be DOA
Sony’s Vita OS Can Be Used on Other Mobile Devices
Windows-on-ARM Coming to Tablets & Maybe to PCs

HOME NETWORKING
New Wi-Fi 11ac Cannot Rely on Corporates for First Wave of Sales
Bouygues Picks NDS for Next-Gen STB
Russia’s ER Telecom Reaches New Milestones
Qualcomm Atheros, ViXS Team Up on All-Networks Video Streaming
UPC Poland Prepares for Next-Gen Horizon STB
JTS.tv Launches Ad-Free Web Series

IPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
iPad Sales Outpace Samsung’s Tablet in Home Country
Kindle Fire-Killer Coming from Apple?
Apple Ecosystem Important to Products’ Success
Apple Chief: Tablets to Outsell PCs
iPad 3 Including 4G Models to Debut March 7
Google’s Motorola Falling Behind on Android Upgrades

LEGAL MATTERS
Netflix Adjusts Q4 Earnings after $9m in Privacy Allegation Settlements

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
OTT Adapter Sales Picking Up, 14m in 2012
Cablecos Aim to Take Telecom Services Away from Telcos in
Hospitals & Schools
MySpace Gains 1m New Users
Global Wireless Data Traffic Rose 133% in 2011

THE MOVE TO ORIGINAL CONTENT
Hulu Joins Original Content Race
Netflix Lining up Another Original Series
Netflix Plans Another Original Series

PRODUCT WATCH
Google Files with FCC to Test Whole-Home Entertainment Device

SHOW TIME FOR THE OTT SERVICES
HBO & HBO Go Launched in Holland
Samsung Smart TVs Get App for CME’s Voyo OTT
Google TV Updated for YouTube’s Channels

SMART TVS AND OTHER OTT DEVICES
Apple Might Find Something Bigger than the Apple TV Adapter

DIGIGRAMS
Increased Gas Prices to Prompt More Home Entertainment
New TV Anytime Feature Allows DVD Ripping to Mobile Devices
Bell Canada & Roger Testing Apple TV Sets
iTV Warns Apple about Using iTV Brand
Google, Motorola Mobility Deal Gets Oks
Hulu, Netflix Checking Out Russia
Sales of Freeview HD DVRs Growing
Google Ventures Making Two Investments per Week
Roku Adds iPlayer for UK Launch
BBC to Cover Some of Olympics in 3D
Video Content Rules the Roost at News Corp
Broadband as Cheap as Toothpaste

THIS WEEK IN CONTENT DEALS
Amazon and Viacom Team up to Stream TV
Viddy Raises Capital for Mobile Social Video App
HBO and Quickflix Partner for Investment and Content Deals

BROADBAND BEAT
BT to Offer 300 Mbps in 2013
TalkTalk Loses Another 50,000 Subscribers
Ofcom Wants BT to Reduce Wholesale Broadband Rates

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Windows 8 Beta: February 29 in Barcelona
Disney’s Iger Less than Enthusiastic About UltraViolet Locker
Key Microsoft WP7 Exec Leaves for Amazon’s Kindle

IPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
‘Hidden Planet’ Becomes NBC’s First iPad App Series
Asus Transformer Prime Shows Its Magic in the UK
Sprint Launches $100 ZTE Tablet

LEGAL MATTERS
Brightcove Files for $55m IPO

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
The Two-Tablet Home: 5m This Year
Broadband Beat Ramps Up in Spain
Hong Kong Boasts High Speeds, South Korea Lets Data Do the Talking
Google Mobile Searches Skyrocket During Super Bowl
Internet Accessing via Mobile Devices Nearly Doubles
Young Watching TV But Less on the TV Set
580m Homes Have Broadband

MOBILE MEDIA
Telus Launches Mobile TV to Mobile Devices

SHOW TIME FOR THE OTT SERVICES
Amazon Gets 2,000 Viacom Shows
Blip Gets $12m; Loses ‘tv’
Flingo Raises $7m to Develop Recognition Technology & Advertising Apps
Lenovo Focuses on China for Smart TVs
Samsun to Offer Less Expensive Line of TVs
Holland Goes for HbbTV

DIGIGRAMSBT: YouView Delayed Until Mid-Year
Amazon to Open First Physical Store
Motorola Turns Patent Lawsuit Tables on Apple
Cox Beats the Drums on Facebook & Twitter
Google Promises to Be Good Boy with Motorola Patents
BT’s Wi-Fi Hotspots Pass 3.5m
DT Reorganizes Product & Innovation Department
Disney: ESPN Must Be in Most Popular Bundles
Android Devices Get Chrome Browser but No Flash
Corel Acquires Roxio from Rovi
Hmmm, OTT or Baby Clothes?

APPLE SLICES
iPads Outsell All of HP’s PCs, Not Just Its Laptops
Limited-Function Kindles No Threat to iPad
More iPhones Sold in 2011 than 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Combined
1.4m Apple TVs Sold and Still a Hobby

BROADBAND BEAT
London Olympics to Require 20,000 Simultaneous Wireless Connections

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Kit Digital Adds Sezmi, Aims to Be Cisco of Multi-Screen TV
Red Bee Uses Civolution’ Watermarking to Develop App

iPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
iPads Have Breached the Corporate Market

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
YouTube Getting 60 Hours of New Videos Per Minute
TV Viewing Time Peaks at 4 Hours Per Day, Maybe
29% Now Own Tablet and/or eBook Reader
100m STBs with OTT to Ship in 2015
European OTT Stampede Will Reach 83 Million Devices by 2015
UK Survey Says Smart TVs Slow to Grow
Each Kindle Fire Generates $136 in New Income for Amazon

ONLINE MUSIC SERVICES
HP to Release Open Source Version of WebOS in September
Rhapsody Goes to Europe by Buying Napster Europe

SHOW TIME FOR THE OTT SERVICES
Netflix Starts Its Road to Recovery
Hulu Orders Two More Original Series

SMART TVs and Other OTT DEVICES
Red Bee Launches Two Content Discovery Programs
Nyxio Launches Line of Android Smart TVs
Shodogg Launches Streaming Video Platform for Smartphones & Tablets
FetchTV Maker IP Vision Goes Belly-Up

DIGIGRAMS
Intel v ARM Battle Is One for the Ages
Cooking Up an Industry Standard Always Takes Longer Than Expected
Buicks & Home Network Sales in China
Boxees Get Antenna for Local TV Stations
Panasonic Reveals Details of Its WiGig-Based Networking
The Need for Speed Is Accelerating
Barnes & Noble Adds Large Nook Boutiques in Stores
Almost 100m Tablets to Be Sold in 2012
Netflix Positions Itself as Catch-Up TV
Netflix Expects Tougher Competition from Amazon & Hulu

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Rovi – Vision or Illusion? – A Multi-Piece Russian Doll
Samsung May Merge Bada and Tizen Oss
Spotify’s Top Tier Subscribers Outspend iTunes Users
Qualcomm Atheros Shows Wi-Fi Display

HOME NETWORKING
Broadcom, Qualcomm Atheros Fire Pre-Launch Broadside at G.hn
HomePlug Sets its Sights on  the World’s Telcos
Celeno, Quantenna Taking Wi-Fi Video Deals
Wi-Fi Standards Proliferate to Meet HD Video Demands

SMART TVs and Other OTT DEVICES
HbbTV Platform Used by Free-to-Air Broadcasters
Lenovo Shows Smart TV with Qualcomm’s Processor
Comcast Accelerates Full TV on Tablets with AnyPlay

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Libratone Shows AirPlay Speakers
LG Supports Intel’s WiDi
Amazon Could License Kindle Fire’s Content Platform

HOME NETWORKING
Broadcom: 802.11ac Faster, Wider Range & Better at Wall Penetration
P1905.1 Standard Progresses
TangoTec to Offer G.hn Chips
Broadcom to Show MoCA 2.0 Chips & Smart TV Platforms at CES
Celeno Introduces Cost-Effective HD-Grade Wi-Fi Chip
Celeno Lands 75th Operator, First of 2012
Liberty Global Delays Horizon STB Launch in Germany to Second Half of 2012
New Sigma Reference Design for Its Media Processor Includes Quantanna’s Wi-Fi Technology
Quantenna Chips to Stream Video from Outdoor Surveillance Cameras
Broadcom Goes 11ac

iPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
Kindle Fire Eats into iPad Sales Kindle App Offers Magazines, Textbooks on the iPad
Tablet Reality Check
Sony Cuts Tablet Price, Offers Content & Games
Barnes & Noble: Sales of Nook B&W Tablet Less Than Expected
DataWind Takes Orders for 1.4m $41 Tablets

LEGAL MATTERS
Google Partially Bests Oracle as Patents are Invalidated
Apple Gets Hit with Italian Fine
Android’s Patent Problems Have Future Echoes
Universal Music Removes YouTube Videos from its Artist

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
Premium Video up Across All Areas
Apple Delivers 5m Free App Downloads Daily
Amazon Sold 4m Kindles in December
Smartphones Take 25% of Photos, Video in the US
Distimo Dishes on 2011 Apps
TV Market Is Ripe for Apple, Google, Microsoft
Samsung Pushes Further into Smartphone Lead
Touchscreen Apps Push Retailers’ Buttons

MOBILE TV
MetroPCS First in US with ATSC M/H Mobile TV

ONLINE MUSIC SERVICE
Sales of Digital Music Up in UK

PRODUCT WATCH
Next Wii Likely to have an App Store

SHOW TIME FOR THE OTT SERVICES
Netflix’s Original ‘Lilyhammer’ Series Available February 6
Pandora Adds Live Performances to the Mix
Cord Cutting with Safety Scissors
Motorola Mobility Buys SetJam for Entertainment Offering
Telemundo Signs Second Deal with Netflix
Big Names Adopt Rovi’s Smart TV Advertising
Vudu Streams to Xbox 360

SMART TVS AND OTHER OTT DEVICES
Roku Launches Smart TV Dongle for HDMI Port
Ono, TiVo Add New Apps
Boxee Will Drop PC Updates for STB Focus OLED Is Next TV Technology

DIGIGRAMS
CES Attendees will Get Free Time Magazines on Tablets
Western Digital Releases Android Remote STB App
RIM Cuts All PlayBooks to $299
Canal Plus Closes Down 3D Channel
Netflix Customer Satisfaction Dips
Yahoo Picks PayPal President for CEO
TiVo Picks up Cash from AT&T
Showtime Clips Arrive on Roku
FilmOn Adds TV through Air
Apple Employs a New Knight

THIS WEEK IN CONTENT DEALS

BROADBAND BEAT
STMicroelectronics Breaks EoC Stranglehold in China
Only 4% of Brits Subscribe to ‘Superfast’ Broadband

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Raystream Compresses HD Videos up to 90%
Ultraviolet Launches in UK Amid Tech Troubles and Biz Model Concerns

HOME NETWORKING
AT&T Successfully Testing G.hn
Wireless in Every Pay TV Box

IPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
WebOS Goes Open Source, Not with a Bang but with a Whimper
Kindle Fire Being Criticized for Not Being an iPad
Amazon Selling 1m Kindle eReaders & Tablets a Week
RIM Sinking with PlayBook Tablet

LEGAL MATTERS
Chinese Government Investigating Telcos’ Possible Abuse of Their Broadband Monopoly
Samsung’s French Suit Against Apple Is Tossed
iPad Will See an Aussie Rival
Motorola Mobility Beats Apple in German Patent Rumble
Wi-Lan Picks Up 1,400 Patents
Apple Hit with Caller ID Suit
Apple Feeds Patent Troll, Sets It on Competitors

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
Broadcom Survey Reveals Appetite for Connected and Mobile TV
19m Wireline Pay TV Subs in Russia by 2016
Broadband Figures for Russia
China’s Major Cable TV Companies
French Government Reports on Smart TVs
Apple to Sell 4m Apple TVs This Year
YouTube Dominates Online Video Market with 43.8% Share

SHOW TIME FOR THE OTT SERVICES
Netflix Saved the Day for Epix
Dish May Offer Its Blockbuster OTT to Non-Subscribers

SMART TVS AND OTHER OTT DEVICES
Smart Electronic to Make HbbTV STBs

DIGIGRAMS
TV: World’s Most Universal Technology
Hulu’s Face Match Provides Actors’ Names & Details
Time Warner Cable App Finds Nearest Hotspot
Sonic.net Wants to Build All-Fiber Network in San Fran
Verizon Deploying 100 Gbps ‘Middle Mile’ Network in 7 Cities
Comcast Offers iPad Shopping App
Redpine Signals Designs Low Power 802.11ac
Netflix Adds Apple App for Latin America
Al Jazeera English Goes Google TV
ARTE to Showcase New Bands Online
Cox App for iPad Eliminates STB
Hisense Launches Table That’s a TV Too

THIS WEEK IN CONTENT DEALS

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
UltraViolet Heads to Canada, UK
Google: Majority of TVs to Have Google TV by Summer
MHL Wants a Place at the Table with AirPlay and WiDi

HOME NETWORKING
Home Networking Battles Coming in 2012
Amper Explains Why It Picked Quantenna’s Wi-Fi Technology

IPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
Motorola Mobility Shipping 2 LTE Tablets with Corporate Class Security

LEGAL MATTERS
EU Looking at Apple, 5 Publishers for Price Fixing
Web Content Being Pursued in Asia
Netflix Gets Its Law Passed!
Apple, Samsung Each Win One

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
Broadband, OTT Boom Happening in Russia
Netflix CEO: Half of TV Viewing Will Come from OTT Services
Netflix Builds up Cash in Expectation of Losses in 2012
The TV Viewing Times Are a-Changing
Samsung Sells Record 5.7m TV Sets

SHOWTIME
Verizon Has Netflix-Class Video Play Up Its Sleeve, Reports Say
Comcast, Time Warner Collude with Arch Rival Verizon on Quad Play

SMART TVS AND OTHER OTT DEVICES
Endangered Species: Set Top Boxes for Pay TV
Hooray! Logitech Downloading New Google TV Version, Finally
Microsoft Brings Xbox Closer to Replacing STBs

DIGIGRAMS
Microsoft Expands Kinect Gesture-Control
Cox Subscribers Can Watch All Channels on iPad
The Internet as Time Waster
Elementary School Uses Kindles to Increase Students’ Reading
Beijing Residents Get Free Wi-Fi Hotspots, Sort of
HomeGrid Members to Show Products at CES
$100 HP Tablets Return
Comcast to Start Selling Verizon Wireless Plans
Verizon, Kiosk King Redbox May Team Up for OTT Service
Next iMacs to Get Apple TV and iCloud Features
Asus Shipping EeePad Tablet with Ice Cream Version of Android
3D Sports & Games Needed to Sell 3D Sets, Not Movies

THIS WEEK IN CONTENT DEALS

APPLE SLICES
Apple Smart TV Rumor Mill Keeps Spewing

BROADBAND BEAT
UK Designates £100 ($157) million for Faster Broadband

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY
Apple Deepens Alliance with Sharp to Create a Samsung-Free AMOLED Display Zone
Seagate Combines Solid State Drive and 750 GB Hard Drive
Rovi, Pace Team Up on Next Gen Cloud-Based STBs

HOME NETWORKING
Broadcom Brings DOCSIS-Based EoC to China
Quantenna Keeps on Winning Wi-Fi Deals
ST Micro Joins Pincer Movement on MoCA’s Entropic
WHDI Could Partner with Wi-Fi to Make the Leap to Video Dominance

IPAD & THE MANY OTHER TABLETS
Interest in a Windows Tablet Is Declining

LEGAL MATTERS
Court Issues Injunction Against Verizon over FiOS
Facebook, FTC Settle over Deception Charges
FCC Study: AT&T Didn’t Show Public Benefit of Merger
Galaxy Tab Un-Banned in Australia

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS
Broadband Booms in Russia
Tablets Impacting TV and PC Usage

MOBILE MEDIA
Sky Movies Now On Smartphones & Tablets
Comcast Starts Trials of Anyplay With Xoom and iPad

SMART TVS AND OTHER OTT DEVICES
Lenovo Aims to Beat Apple to Market with Smart TV
Spain Goes for HbbTV
Boxee Adds Slingplayer for Remote Access

DIGIGRAMS
LG Adds Smart TV App with 600k Masterpieces
PBS Goes British
Microsoft Developing Office Version for iPad
Britannica App Available for iPad & iPhone
Windows Phone Market Share Declines
Kindle Fire Outsells iPad at Best Buy, Sort Of
Nokia’s Glory Days Are Over
iOS5 Beta Goes Out for Testing — and Scrutinizing
YouTube Revamps Service
Sony TVs Get More Social
MTV May License Vevo Videos