Tag Archives: IPTV

The Ultimate STB!

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

I will be in Taiwan in a few days, and I do not plan to leave without one of these boxes. I already posted about it. The newest Asus Eee Box is a great product. Small-form that can be (VESA) … Continue reading →

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Who said the Telcos did not know about Media?

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The Chart of the day of  The Business Insider a few days ago is self-explanatory. Bundling very high speed Internet Access with TV is winning the battle. Will they be able to sustain it against the coming Hulu’s? This can … Continue reading →

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Boxee: Hulu’s Dilemma

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Boxee is getting so successful that many of its users are seriously considering to stop their Pay-TV subscriptions. Boxee is a cool open source software for Media Centers based on Mac or Ubuntu. This software transforms a Mac Mini, Apple … Continue reading →

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Online Movies 2019

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Jose Miguel Cansado

In 2019, while Music downloads are mostly free, people is ready to pay for Movie downloads. The Music industry has changed in the past ten years and artists make their work known by distributing it for free. Their revenues come … Continue reading →

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Online Video Gets the Headlines, IPTV the Revenue

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

An interesting analysis from Telco 2.0 compares the business of YouTube versus Hulu in 2008. The table summarizes the key data used in the analysis: YouTube Hulu No of videos/day 1000+ million 3-4 million Average duration 2.75 min 27.5 min … Continue reading →

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How Can IPTV Telcos Defend from Online TV?

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Some facts about Online video: Online TV is growing. The number of people watching online video will grow from 563 million in 2007 to 941 million in 2013 according to ABI research, echoed by NewTeeVee. People watch far more hours … Continue reading →

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One Year of Blogging

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

One year has passed since we started this blog with Steve Job’s famous commencement address. Less than one month later a post on LinuxMCE made it to the front page of Digg, and got 25.000 visits in one day! Since … Continue reading →

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Will Internet TV Kill IPTV?

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet TV has definitively arrived and it is here to stay. YouTube crossed the chasm for video on the Internet, and Internet TV is now steadily going mainstream. Here is some piece of evidence: Lean-forward TV gets traction. Mainstream users … Continue reading →

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The Future of Telecom: Clouds and Pipes

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet is the paradigm of next generation communications. One of the wonders of Internet is that it allows to de-couple Services/Applications from the access network. e.g. Anyone still uses the email or hosting services from your broadband access supplier? Most … Continue reading →

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Internet TV or IPTV? Who will win the battle?

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

While Internet TV enjoys the hype, the reality is that Telco’s IPTV is growing steady, while Apple and Amazon keep mum on their movie download service numbers. Every week we have news of players entering Internet TV or existing players … Continue reading →

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