Category Archives: Media

Google TV should turn into Chrome TV

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Chrome has revolutionized web browsing. It has evolved the web in 3 years more than in the previous 10. ChromeOS, though, has failed to challenge the PC and laptop status quo, in part because it was conceived before the iPad … Continue reading →

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Who said the iPad was not for creation?

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Jose Miguel Cansado

See the new iMovie and GarageBand apps that were launched at the iPad 2 special event, and you can not longer think that iPad is good just to consume content. (See demos around minute 40 to 60). Music creation and … Continue reading →

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Copying Is Not Theft

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jose Miguel Cansado

It can not be explained better.

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Why Google Acquires Widevine?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

W3C’s HTML5 FAQ page might give some clues (see screenshot) about why Google buys Widevine, a DRM vendor that powers Netflix among others. What if Google adds DRM to HTML5 video? Google did something similar when they bought On2 and open-sourced … Continue reading →

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HTML5 and Netflix

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Netflix explains in this post how they use HTML5 for their UI frontend and logic HTML5 brings to the table, the freedom to create rich, dynamic and interactive experiences for any platform with a web browser. In fact, we’re also … Continue reading →

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The Netflix Storm

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Combine this chart with how Roku, AppleTV, GoogleTV will sell this Xmas, and you have a nightmare after Xmas for Pay-TV and cable operators in US. Comcast knows well. It is easy to see why they had some peering issues … Continue reading →

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[Chart] Apple Makes HTML5 Video Grow

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

With more than 7 million iPads sold in a few months, no one doubts that the iPad has forever changed personal computing. The chart, via the Business Insider once again,  shows the growth of HTML5 video this year, which is … Continue reading →

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[Chart] Drop in Pay TV: recession or cord-cutters?

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

It is the first time ever that Pay TV loses subscribers quarter on a quarter, as the Business Insider chart shows. A previous post on “spotting disruption before it happens” shows the 3 phases that can be spotted before a … Continue reading →

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Will Apple Re-invent the TV too?

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

If reports from Engadget are correct,  Apple could be soon “re-inventing” the TV too. The new Apple TV could be announced on the next  Steve Jobs keynote on June 7th, together with the iPhone HD (not according to Engadget) New … Continue reading →

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Google TV in Short

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google TV, as described by Google is about: Less time Finding More time Watching Control and Personalize what you Watch Make your TV content more Interesting More than just TV Google TV is built on Android 2.1 and Google Chrome … Continue reading →

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