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November 2007

Worldwide IPTV Market Snapshot

By Patrick Pfeffer and Susan Tucker
I noticed that the subscriber number for IPTV differ greatly from research company to research company. When I dug a little deeper, I realized that the definitions of what IPTV actually is differs quite a lot: Some include Video-On-Demand (VoD) offerings because they are bundled with IPTV offerings; others also [...]

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Beyond IPTV: The Next Generation TV (NGTV)

IPTV, though already in its second generation, is still in adolescence mode. While we can come up with a plethora of predictions for the future how TV might or might not look like, the near term meta-topics beyond mobility and hot applications are middleware, security, web2.0, and advertisement.

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On Definitions: IPTV And Not-So-IPTV

The definition of IPTV seems to be ambiguous - either because out of common misunderstanding of technology, out of ignorance, or on purpose. We differentiate between first generation of IPTV, second generation of IPTV, and TelcoTV. IPTV is not (yet) VoD, a transport mechanism, web TV or Internet TV, or Mobile TV.

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Project Status Dashboards Best Practice

How to display your project management status report in a dashboard so that it can be read across different media and by the color blind

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Project Management: What’s Critical?

measurements beyond deadline; define discreet boundaries for green, yellow, red status as % of plan deviation; keep list critical issues sorted by project delay

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Why Does The Digital Entertainment Evolution Matter?

This is part of a five part series:

The Rise Of The Digital Entertainment Market
After The Bubble: A Market Shift
The Digital Entertainment Evolution
Winners And Losers
Why Does The Digital Entertainment Evolution Matter?

Digital Entertainment is creating a significant disruption within the industry. Although society’s demand for entertainment and leisure services will continue to grow, the users’ perceptions [...]

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Winners and Losers

This is part of a five part series:

The Rise Of The Digital Entertainment Market
After The Bubble: A Market Shift
The Digital Entertainment Evolution
Winners And Losers
Why Does The Digital Entertainment Evolution Matter?

The Digital Entertainment evolution is still in its infancy. The next 10 years will continue to see rapid changes and developments, and traditional operators, service [...]

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The Digital Entertainment Evolution

This is part of a five part series:

The Rise Of The Digital Entertainment Market
After The Bubble: A Market Shift
The Digital Entertainment Evolution
Winners And Losers
Why Does The Digital Entertainment Evolution Matter?

The new scenarios that emerged immediately “After the Bubble”, although more successful in alignment of technology, content and markets, were often unable to pull these dimensions [...]

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After The Bubble: A Market Shift

Craigslist destroyed $50 - $60 mil p.a. in newspaper classified advertising in the San Francisco Bay Area alone; Nielsen SoundScan reports a 20% fall in CD sales in the last 5 years; Netflix is long-tail

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Helping Your Client With RFPs Might Kick You Out Of The Door

Ok, this one was stupid. While working on a project for a client who is a government supplier, he asked us for help to jumpstart their RFP with a preliminary check list because of our technology background and the knowledge of their strategy. “Just put it onto the running project as additional time and material.”
The [...]

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