News: £200m fibre optic superhighway to boost the West (of Ireland) – Irish Independent
Simon Perry
UEFA rules streaming video offside
Sensible thinking from UEFA to not stream video, on a couple of points :-
- Cost of BB distribution of these clips could be crippling. I imagine they are going to build up addiction of this video content using NarrowBand (NB) and then introduce charging with a premium for the BB version
- I don’t know where most of the UEFA viewers would be, but it’s highly possible that the countires don’t have wide BB access.
Euro VOD market valued at E2.7Bn by 2006
News link: European video-on-demand market to be worth E2.7bn by 2006 – EuopeanMedia.net
AOL Readies High-Speed Cable Service
News: AOL Readies High-Speed Cable Service – Newsbyte
The Fiber-Optic “Glut” – in a New Light
News: The Fiber-Optic “Glut” — in a New Light – BusinessWeek
TV to go
News: TV to go – New Media Age
Internet via power lines reborn in Europe
News: Internet access via power lines reborn in Europe – CNN Asia
Broadband debacle continues
News link: IT Director
ReplayTV plans a new product
News: ReplayTV plans a new product – MSNBC
McKinsey predict 40m BB household in 3-5 years
McKinsey prediction that 40m US households will have BB access in 3-5 years has some pretty sobering financials in it, but generally this article shows a typical surface-level understanding of what the medium is about with limiting comments summing up whole of iTV like ‘shows that permit viewers to decide how they would like plot-lines to turn out (interactive TV)’, being a clear illustration of this.