Do You Really Want Apps on Your TV? Part 2
In my last blog post I suggested that apps on TVs are less than ideal, as they tend to alienate all viewers in the room except the person interacting with the app. In addition, most of the people who...
View ArticleThe Coolest Job You Never Heard About – Rovi Talks to AllRovi.com Editor and...
We’re out at SXSW this week, showcasing our new entertainment Web portal, AllRovi.com, and iPhone app, Rovi Mobile Music. At the heart of these two destinations you’ll find Rovi’s massive collection of...
View ArticleIs It Time to Put Your Media in the Cloud?
What users should expect from cloud media There are a lot of great media cloud services available to consumers, but each one misses the mark just a little bit. Microsoft and Amazon offer you tons of...
View ArticleConsumers Will Purchase 540 Million Web Connected Devices by 2014: Is Your...
Analysts at In-Stat have predicted that there will be 1 billion connected consumer electronics sold this year – 50 percent of which will be Smart TVs and Blu-Ray players. In reaction, some companies...
View ArticleDemystifying Metadata – How Information Rules the Commerce of Content
Metadata. It’s a word we throw around the Rovi office every day. As such, I usually don’t think twice before bringing up metadata in conversations outside the Rovi walls, but all too often I’m stopped...
View ArticleIs iCloud’s $25/year Fee Amnesty for Sins of the Past?
Forward: On Tuesday June 7th I made a comment on a panel that the $25/year fee for iCloud was amnesty for anyone who had ever stolen music. The comment generated a little buzz, but most of the buzz...
View ArticleRovi’s Top SXSW Panel Picks for What’s Hot in Connected Entertainment
Rovi will be at SXSW 2012 and we’re looking forward to checking out the discussions and panels taking place about the future of connected entertainment. Since we happen to be sorting through the SXSW...
View ArticleLive Streaming from The Cable Show 2012
We’re sharing The Cable Show’s official program, streaming live from the show floor. Come here to view updates from the session, hear how the students are doing in the Imagine Park App Challenge, and...
View ArticleCES 2013 – Which way to entertainment’s brave new world?
After a week at CES, I’ve learned that at this show, you can’t do without two things: water and sunglasses. Water, because the dry desert air can make you feel like a hundred-year-old alligator, and...
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The Future: 4K Yes, Jetpacks No
If you make or market movies or TV shows, you’re probably seriously worried these days. Entertainment delivery is changing in big ways. Audiences now do their own programming, tune in on their...
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