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PS4 and Xbox One set to go head to head in holidays 2013

June 11th, 2013 | By Paul Jackson

Microsoft and Sony have released more complete details, including pricing, of their new home consoles in the past day at the E3 conference in Los Angeles
And in this corner: Microsoft Xbox One and the future of OTT

May 24th, 2013 | By Joel Espelien

Microsoft announced the Xbox One on Tuesday in Redmond, Washington. Given that the Xbox 360 has been around since 2005 and sold over 70 million units worldwide, finally seeing the next-generation console from the #1 player in the market is a pretty big deal.
Microsoft’s bid to dominate the future entertainment stack with the Xbox One

May 23rd, 2013 | By Paul Jackson

Microsoft’s reveal of the Xbox One yesterday evening in Redmond signaled the culmination of its ambitions to be at the centre of the future living room entertainment landscape.
Codecs: evolution versus revolution

May 10th, 2013 | By Andy Beach

A new codec war is looming! The peaceful reign of H.264 is over, the end is nigh, and HEVC is ready to battle to prove its worth, steal the crown and prove itself the one true king (guess who just got caught up on Game of Thrones?).
BT’s “free” premium-sports strategy refutes established pay-TV and multiplay market truths

May 10th, 2013 | By Ted Hall

BT’s announcement that it will offer its forthcoming premium-sports channels for free to all its broadband customers lays down the gauntlet in what is set to be a ferocious tussle between the UK’s largest telco and dominant pay-TV provider Sky.
From catch-up to catch-on: what TV can gain from going online first

March 13th, 2013 | By Giles Cottle

You’ll be hard pressed to have missed the hype surrounding Netflix’s new House of Cards series. A high-profile ad campaign has accompanied its launch, including blanket coverage on London’s Underground, among other places.
Informa’s key themes for MWC 2013

February 22nd, 2013 | By Mark Newman

Informa Telecoms & Media’s Analysts have identified eight key themes to look out for at this year’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona.
Virgin Media acquisition would complete Liberty’s cable empire, and cause a new headache for Sky

February 5th, 2013 | By Ted Hall

The news that Liberty Global plans to acquire Virgin Media could signal a change atop the global pay-TV hierarchy – if a deal goes ahead, the long-time number-two cable operator and dominant European player will overtake US giant Comcast to become the world’s largest cable MSO.
Netflix rights the ship, but OTT is the real rising tide

January 29th, 2013 | By Joel Espelien

Attribution Bias is a cognitive partiality that causes us humans to make systematic errors when evaluating the actions of others and ourselves. In a nutshell, when good things happen to me, it’s skill. When they happen to you, it’s luck. And when bad things happen… I think you get the idea. Attribution bias affects not...
AT&T boldly enters home security market with Digital Life

January 15th, 2013 | By Andy Castonguay

One of the more ambitious and promising initiatives announced at CES was AT&T’s Digital Life, an application and services platform that will offer a broad range of services to consumer households including media management, home security services, home energy monitoring and a broad variety of sensor-based services such as water leak detection and water main control.