http://www.dijitcommunity.com?src=blog_rss <p>Articles on Smart TV, Social TV, Connected TV, and the Future of TV in general.</p> Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:14 GMT admin@dijitcommunity.com DijitCommunity 60 http://www.dijitcommunity.com/brand/dijit/community.gif http://www.dijitcommunity.com?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101362/In-Evolving-Media-Landscape-Television-Holds-Sway/?src=blog_rss <img align="right" hspace="10" src="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/imagelib/contentitem/101362/501a4d8d579923f2--43eeafd3-1374f1d4a1b--21fa-1059152400.jpg">FOR television as an advertising medium, these seem like troubled times: declining ratings for many shows, increasing use of DVRs, difficulties in reaching prized younger viewers, fragmentation of audiences, the growing appeal of digital media and even a service being introduced by Dish Network, Auto Hop, enabling customers to more easily skip commercials.<div><a href="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101362/In-Evolving-Media-Landscape-Television-Holds-Sway/">[Read more]</div> Mon, 14 May 2012 20:57:58 GMT The Future of TV http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101362/In-Evolving-Media-Landscape-Television-Holds-Sway/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101362/In-Evolving-Media-Landscape-Television-Holds-Sway/?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101361/Head-of-Time-Warner-Cable-Is-Unfamiliar-With-Apple-s-AirPlay/?src=blog_rss <img align="right" hspace="10" src="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/imagelib/contentitem/101361/501a4d8d579923f2--43eeafd3-1374f1d4a1b--2202668707427.jpg">AirPlay, a software tool included with Apple's iPads and iPhones, is widely viewed as being potentially disruptive to the cable industry, because it makes it easy for people to view a broad variety of Internet content on a television. Time Warner Cable's leader, however, hasn't heard of it<div><a href="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101361/Head-of-Time-Warner-Cable-Is-Unfamiliar-With-Apple-s-AirPlay/">[Read more]</div> Mon, 14 May 2012 20:47:29 GMT The Future of TV http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101361/Head-of-Time-Warner-Cable-Is-Unfamiliar-With-Apple-s-AirPlay/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101361/Head-of-Time-Warner-Cable-Is-Unfamiliar-With-Apple-s-AirPlay/?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101360/Less-than-30-of-Europeans-taking-their-Connected-TV-online/?src=blog_rss <img align="right" hspace="10" src="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/imagelib/contentitem/101360/501a4d8d579923f2--43eeafd3-1374f1d4a1b--2206-970757297.jpg">Just 20% to 30% of Connected TVs in Europe are actually being hooked up to the Internet, according to a new report by the European Commission on the application of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).<div><a href="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101360/Less-than-30-of-Europeans-taking-their-Connected-TV-online/">[Read more]</div> Mon, 14 May 2012 17:33:28 GMT The Future of TV http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101360/Less-than-30-of-Europeans-taking-their-Connected-TV-online/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101360/Less-than-30-of-Europeans-taking-their-Connected-TV-online/?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101359/Mark-Harris-on-How-TV-Is-Changing/?src=blog_rss <img align="right" hspace="10" src="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/imagelib/contentitem/101359/501a4d8d579923f2--43eeafd3-1374f1d4a1b--220c-1852898013.jpg">Years ago, before the cable boom, before the rise of social media, before broadband and Apple TV and Netflix and ­iEverything were at our fingertips, "the ­future of TV" was the subject of endless Clinton-era gold-rush-fever speculation. We were told exactly what it would look like: One day soon, we'd be able to watch Friends or ER whenever we felt like it, simply by saying to our TV-or better still, our home computer, which would control everything-"Show me the latest episode." Maximum consumer flexibility, maximum choice, maximum convenience. Tech nirvana.<div><a href="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101359/Mark-Harris-on-How-TV-Is-Changing/">[Read more]</div> Mon, 14 May 2012 17:21:32 GMT The Future of TV http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101359/Mark-Harris-on-How-TV-Is-Changing/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101359/Mark-Harris-on-How-TV-Is-Changing/?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101358/Virgin-s-Bright-Future-Revolutionizing-Online-TV/?src=blog_rss <img align="right" hspace="10" src="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/imagelib/contentitem/101358/501a4d8d579923f2--43eeafd3-1374f1d4a1b--2212760532957.jpg">With cable news too well-established - and too behind the curve with the internet - to attract major new players, the frontier of television is now online. AOL and HuffPo are leaping in, logically and naturally enough, with HPSN. The expected handful of web heavyweights are venturing into original programming - Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and Google/YouTube are all in the mix.<div><a href="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101358/Virgin-s-Bright-Future-Revolutionizing-Online-TV/">[Read more]</div> Mon, 14 May 2012 17:13:55 GMT The Future of TV http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101358/Virgin-s-Bright-Future-Revolutionizing-Online-TV/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101358/Virgin-s-Bright-Future-Revolutionizing-Online-TV/?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101191/Why-HBO-Can-t-Afford-To-Offer-A-Stand-Alone-Streaming-Service/?src=blog_rss <img align="right" hspace="10" src="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/imagelib/contentitem/101191/501a4d8d579923f2--43eeafd3-1373f9fd371-1af62091164156.jpg">So I've sparked something of a controversy without really meaning to by writing this post on piracy and Game of Thrones. I basically argued that if HBO wants to curb piracy, they should offer a stand-alone HBO GO service for non-cable customers, cord-cutters, and so forth.<div><a href="http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101191/Why-HBO-Can-t-Afford-To-Offer-A-Stand-Alone-Streaming-Service/">[Read more]</div> Fri, 11 May 2012 22:24:13 GMT The Future of TV http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101191/Why-HBO-Can-t-Afford-To-Offer-A-Stand-Alone-Streaming-Service/#discussion?src=blog_rss http://www.dijitcommunity.com/blog/entry/101191/Why-HBO-Can-t-Afford-To-Offer-A-Stand-Alone-Streaming-Service/?src=blog_rss