The Morning Lowdown 01-20-11
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» Although European streaming music service Spotify is still not ready to enter the U.S. market — it continues to make its state… Read more »
Sony Ericsson: Hello Profit, Goodbye Market Share
Can a PlayStation phone save Sony*Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) from more decline? The handset maker today posted a Q4 profit of €8 million ($10.8… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Starbucks; Nintendo 3DS; Clearwire/Sony Ericsson;
– Starbucks: Did the mobile money industry just get a caffeine jolt? The coffee chain Starbucks (NSDQ: SBUX) is today debuting a feature in… Read more »
IDC: 17 Million Tablets Shipped Globally In 2010 — Most Were iPads
The number of media tablets that shipped in Q3 grew by 45.1 percent, says analyst IDC, which is to say the introduction of Apple’s iPad was… Read more »
Nokia’s ‘Comes With Music’ Disappears In 27 Markets
Nokia’s struggle to compete against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), and drive more sales of its own smartphones, hit a new low today, as the Finnish com… Read more »
What UltraViolet Must Get Right To Succeed
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem got off on the right foot with UltraViolet by rallying its base with a kickoff gathering of exec… Read more »
@ CES: Studios Host Pep Rally For UltraViolet
Hollywood held a coming-out party at CES on Thursday for its digital-content initiative, UltraViolet, complete with toasts from distribution… Read more »
CES: Sony Ericsson, Silent On PlayStation Phone, Launches Curvy Xperia Arc
Sony (NYSE: SNE) CEO Howard Stringer’s CES address yesterday was long on 3D being the future for the company, but short on one area that mob… Read more »
New iTunes Features Aim To Outdo DVD
Some of the coolest so-called “extras” embedded only on the iTunes’ version of several recent film releases from Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures a… Read more »
Sony’s Qriocity Adds Music To Its Cloud Service
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), which dominates legal digital music downloads, has (so far) stayed away from cloud-based music services. That has given… Read more »
Mobile Bytes: Verizon’s LTE Device; PlayStation Phone; Moto, Palm Tablets
photo: Tricia Duryee
– Verizon’s LTE devices: As the carrier laid out plans for its nationwide LTE footprint earlier this month, it said it would give more deta… Read more »
Google TV To Lay Low At CES
What could have been a big boost for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV from the consumer-electronics industry is now looking like a no-confidence vote… Read more »
PS3 Adds ITV, C4 To On-Demand Line-Up
ITV (LSE: ITV) and Channel 4 shows such as Coronation Street and The Inbetweeners will soon be available to watch via Sony’s PlayStation 3 g… Read more »
Reed Hastings: Netflix Doesn’t Need New Starz Deal
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) founder Reed Hastings told an investors conference Wednesday that he “can live without” renewing a deal for streaming r… Read more »
Cable Industry Grooms Its Netflix Killer: Vutopia
It’s trendy nowadays to challenge Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), whether you’re Amazon or OnLive. Little did anyone know that the nation’s cable oper… Read more »
Industry Moves: Nimbuzz; HTC; Sony Ericsson
– Nimbuzz: Arthur Van De Poll is the new COO at Nimbuzz, which develops mobile apps that give users “free” calls, chat and messaging. He wa… Read more »
More Than Just Google TV At Stake For Sony
photo: Robert Scoble
Whether the steep discounts of Sony (NYSE: SNE) Internet TV over the weekend was a savvy ploy or a sign of weakness is subject to interpreta… Read more »
Sony Switches On Qriocity Movie Rentals In Europe, But Not On PS3
After earlier letting services like Lovefilm on to its connected devices, Sony (NYSE: SNE) has now brought its own Qriocity entertainment re… Read more »
Peter Chernin To Old Media: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
That ventures like Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) TV make traditional media companies justifiably anxious was actually the go… Read more »
WAC Adds Sharp, Sony Ericsson, And Seven Others. But Where Are The Apps?
The Wholesale Applications Community today announced nine more companies joining its initiative to build applications that will work across… Read more »
Nokia’s Market Share Declines Again. The Big Winners? The Little Guys
Recently, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has been trying to position itself as a company taking better control of its destiny — from making major manage… Read more »
Our Digital Entertainment Digest 11.09.10
Here’s our take on some of the latest news at the intersection of technology and entertainment:
» OK Go: Brace yourself, YouTube. On… Read more »
Digital Home: Google TV’s Queiroz: ‘It’s TV And Web, Not TV Vs. Web’
The web is rapidly merging with television, and the economic, technological, and legal barriers that have kept consumers’ internet experienc… Read more »
Digital Home: Sony’s Wiesenthal: Consumers Suffer From Box Exhaustion
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For all the talk of the “wireless experience” and “cutting the cord” these days, it doesn’t feel like digital devices have really dispensed… Read more »
Join Us Monday At PaidContent’s Battle For The Digital Home; New Speakers
We’re pleased to announce two more additions to our already strong lineup of speakers for paidContent Entertainment: The Battle for the Digi… Read more »
Survey: Publishers Bet On Sponsorships Over Banners For Mobile Ad Revenue
photo: Audit Bureau of Circulations
Publishers are looking to a variety of revenue streams to support their expanding mobile efforts, but the expectations that sponsorships bei… Read more »
How Hollywood Will Squeeze Netflix
It seems the studios have figured out one way to ease the pain of declining DVD revenues: putting the screws to Netflix. Read more »
Mobile Bits: Keyboard War; TeleNav; Skype IPO; PlayStation & BOKU Rumors
– New virtual keyboard approaches: Just when you think there will be a face-off between Swype and Nuance, which are both creating alternati… Read more »
TV Academy Ponders Its Future With Help From Intel
photo: Intel's Brian David Johnson
Intel Corp. (NSDQ: INTC) futurists gave the Academy Television Arts & Sciences’s technology-minded members a glimpse of what’s to come for t… Read more »
Apple Becomes Fourth-Largest Phone Maker; Grabs Greatest Share Of Profits
photo: Tricia Duryee
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) broke into the top five largest phone-makers worldwide last quarter for the first time ever, but more importantly, it als… Read more »
Redbox To Announce Streaming Partner Thursday; Is It Wal-Mart or Amazon?
photo: Eddie Does Japan
Redbox is set to announce a partner for its entry into the streaming business Thursday on parent company Coinstar’s third-quarter earnings c… Read more »
Symbian Foundation’s Fate Up In The Air?
photo: Symbian
The Symbian Foundation has a rough road ahead of it, and without support from many handset-makers beyond Nokia (NYSE: NOK), it may face be f… Read more »
The Likely Winners And Losers In The Over-The-Top TV Market
Jim Louderback is the CEO of Revision3. Prior to that, he served as SVP & chief content officer for Ziff Davis Media Read more »
Symbian Foundation’s Head Lee Williams Resigns After Two Years On The Job
photo: Symbian
The Symbian Foundation confirmed that Lee M. Williams has stepped down from his position as Executive Director for personal reasons. The Boa… Read more »
Chinese Video Site Youku To Air Disney Content
The major Chinese video sites apparently are now trying to play nice with Hollywood. Youku, which boasts more than 200 million views a month… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Angry Birds; HP Hires Nokia Exec; Sony Ericsson Woes
photo: Rovio
– Angry Birds’ One Million Android downloads: After only being available for one day on the Android platform, Rovio Mobile has announced th… Read more »
Sony Aims For Effortless With Google TV
photo: Sony
Sony (NYSE: SNE) TV is treading a careful line with the tag “the world’s first internet television” to promote its just-unveiled line of set… Read more »
Sony’s Crackle Launches On Android; iPhone Plans In The Works
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Sony’s streaming video portal Crackle has popped up this week with the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android App Market’s first subscription TV and vi… Read more »
Netflix Agrees To Delay New Releases From Sony
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will hold off on renting new Sony (NYSE: SNE) releases until 28 days after the DVDs are first available for purchase in… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 10.06.10
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» David Carr paints a sordid, profane portrait of The Tribune Company under Sam Zell and Randy Michaels that feels like a combina… Read more »
