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Are You Ready for Some (3D) Football?
Verizon has announced it’s bringing football into the action with a 3D broadcast of the pre-season NFL game between the Giants and the Patriots on September 2nd.
A Content War: Retransmission, TV Everywhere and Tru2way
Content providers and content owners need to move quickly to figure out new ways create and manage revenue – ways like personalizing content, delivering content to multiple screens, and rapidly introducing new content-based services.
To Buy or To Lease (your set-top)
Starting in September, Shaw Direct (Canada) will let subscribers choose whether to buy a new HD Motorola HDPVR 630 from the company for $399, or rent one for $15 a month.
VOD Economics: Are We There Yet?
The collapse of release windows is one sign that economics are now working for the VOD model. Another sign is the increasingly competitive environment for providers who find they have to invest in greater network capacity to ward off rivals.
Timeline: The Evolution of FiOS TV
Remember when the Verizon brand was introduced back in the summer of 2000? For a long time my biggest association with the name came from the many pay phones plastered with the company’s big red logo. Who knew then that Verizon would go on to become a major player in TV services?
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