Media

Joost 0.9 Hits The Wires

The latest Joost beta (0.9) is available for download – for both Mac OS X and Windows. Along with the software comes a few Beta invites… Some are already spoken for, but go ahead and leave a comment if you’d like one. If I can’t help you now, I may be able to help you … Read more

Amazon Unbox on *Multiple* TiVos

HDTiVo has discovered a method to download Amazon Unbox videos to multiple TiVos simultaneously (using XP and IE7). No telling why you’d want to do this (unless you have kids) since the license and content are transferable, but like many hacks that isn’t the point. After clicking the download button on the downloads page with … Read more

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. Technology Interest vs. Adoption: Connected Home 2 Go Motorola’s Downloadable MediaCipher (DM): Connected Home 2 Go 104 Channels On And Still Too Much To Watch: Davis Freeberg Voice Convergence Arrives in Denmark: Connected Home 2 Go

Digital Photo Frame Sales Explode

You heard it here first. Last November ZNF predicted, “Digital photo frames will probably hit their stride in the 2006 holiday season.” Now, Parks Associates has confirmed it: “approximately 1.7 million digital photo frames were sold in the US in 2006.” That’s a 400% growth rate over sales in 2005. Parks had originally predicted growth … Read more

Apple TV in its Native Environment

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Sure you can see Apple TV “unboxing” photos all over the place. But where else can you find photos of Apple TV in its native environment, i.e. the Apple Store at the local mall? (King of Prussia Mall in this case)

I must admit to some skepticism about Apple TV, but the Apple fanaticism is real, and many analysts have positive things to say. Ross Rubin compares and contrasts Apple TV (pretty favorably) against TiVo in his recent Engadget column. Steve Wildstrom on the other hand is a bit more ambiguous on Apple TV’s future. Then of course there’s Dave Z.’s opinion…

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Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. Why The Home Phone Isn’t Better: Connected Home 2 Go DivX Goes To Wall Street: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection Bye Bye, Rabbit Ears: Connected Home 2 Go The Best Tech You Don’t Get To See: Connected Home 2 Go

Boob Tube-onomics

The latest study out of Nielsen Research (also covered by MultiChannel News) has a raft of interesting TV statistics. But since we all know how deceiving numbers can be, I thought I’d add a little context to the facts and figures. For your reading pleasure…nielsen.jpg

Boob Tube-onomics

• There are an average of 111.4 million TV homes in the United States for the 2006-07 TV season.
Given a US population of around 300 Million, with an average household of 2.5 people (see below), this means that roughly 93% of American homes have TVs.

• The average U.S. TV home has 2.5 people and 2.8 television sets.
The primary TV in consumer homes was bought at an average price of $783. Not cheap, but even doubled or tripled it’s a lot less expensive than .5 of a kid for your typical couple.

• 28% of U.S. TV homes have digital cable.
More than half of cable subscribers to the top two cable companies get digital services: 52% of Comcast subscribers and 54% of Time Warner subscribers.

More after the jump…

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