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VuNow PoD Now Available for $99December 23 2008
Verismo_VuNow.jpgVerismo Networks announces their long awaited $99 VuNow PoD is now available online. With partners like YouTube already on board, the VuNow delivers a world of Internet videos right to the television easily without the need for a computer. Verismo's VuNow is the only solution that provides everything a consumer wants. Access to the broadest Internet content, simple to use, easy to install, and compact in size -- all at an affordable price.
  • A Standard Definition and a High Definition model of the VuNow PoD that can connect to any TV
  • Support for wired or wireless Internet connectivity
  • Navigation using a TV-friendly and intuitive User Interface
  • Watch YouTube videos on TV by categories
  • Search for videos with the powerful built-in Video Search Engine
  • Choose from a large selection of movies and download from CinemaNow (Coming soon)
  • Download videos using BitTorrent protocol
  • Watch videos directly from popular websites by categories
  • Watch Live TV Channels from around the world
  • Access to Personal Media such as video, music, and photos from the home network -- stored on a PC, Networked Attached Storage device, or even on a connected USB storage device
Intellon HomePlug AV ICs to be Interoperable with IEEE P1901 StandardDecember 22 2008
Intellon_logo.jpgIntellon’s HomePlug AV-based powerline ICs are expected to be interoperable with future products designed to the newly-confirmed baseline for the IEEE P1901 global powerline communications standard. HomePlug AV technology included in the confirmed baseline for the P1901 standard provides the key to a seamless path toward compatibility with the future standard.

IEEE’s proposed P1901 specification defines a global standard for communications over powerlines, and Intellon’s HomePlug AV products are designed and optimized for the unique challenges of powerline communications. Intellon is also actively involved in the development of the ITU G.hn standard, which seeks to define a unified communications protocol over coax wiring and phone lines as well as powerlines. The ITU group is still working on defining the overall system specification so that optimal performance can be realized for each of the three wireline media.

Intellon has a long history of supporting and implementing global standards efforts. The company has shipped over 30 million powerline communications ICs based on HomePlug, EIA, SAE and TIA standards, including over 23 million HomePlug ICs. Over 45 service providers use Intellon’s HomePlug ICs, with customer deployments over coax wi



Weekdays Outpace Weekends for Online Video ViewingDecember 17 2008
Nielsen_logo.bmpNielsen Online announces that 65 percent of online video viewers stream content between 9am - 5pm Monday through Friday, compared to 51 percent of online video viewers who log on between 6am - 8pm on weekends (see Table 1). With a 96 percent broadband penetration among at work Web visitors in October and many employees spending nearly eight hours a day at their computers, workdays are prime time for online video viewing. Table 1: Unique Viewer* Composition Percent by Daypart (U.S., Home and Work) Daypart Unique Viewer Comp % ----------------- -------------------- Mon-Fri, 6am-9am 27 Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm 65 Mon-Fri, 12pm-2pm 34 Mon-Fri, 5pm-8pm 49 Mon-Fri, 8pm-11pm 43 Mon-Fri, 11pm-6am 25 Weekend, 6am-8pm 51 Weekend, 8pm-11pm 23 Weekend, 11pm-6am 14 Source: Nielsen Online, VideoCensus, October 2008 *A unique viewer is anyone who viewed at least one video stream during the month. Nielsen Online today also provided overall online video usage and top online brands ranked by video streams for September and October 2008. In October, time per vie
GridCast TV Comes to Sony PlayStation 3December 17 2008
playstation_3.jpgGridNetworks announces support for GridCast TV on the Sony PlayStation 3. The GridCast TV service, which launched last month, enables content distributors and owners to stream video directly over the Internet to viewers’ TVs without requiring a set-top box or any other additional hardware. GridCast TV uses existing UPnP devices such as the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Internet-enabled TVs.

GridCast TV can now be viewed by anyone with an Internet-connected Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. With combined support for these two gaming consoles, which hold a majority of console market share, GridCast TV can reach over 36 million homes worldwide, with roughly half of those in the U.S. These numbers are also growing quickly, with Microsoft recently announcing the biggest Black Friday ever for the Xbox 360, with record sales on one of the biggest shopping days of the year for U.S. retailers.

Dixon’s report for TDG further quantifies this dynamic, with numbers that underline the opportunity available to video content distributors who can reach gaming console audiences:
  • Approximately 190 million households will use a next-generation game console by 2012;
  • 80% of these households—148 million—will have this console connected to the Interne




YouTube Attracts 100 Million U.S. Online Video Viewers in October 2008December 10 2008

comscore_logo.jpgcomScore releases its October 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, reporting that U.S. Internet users viewed 13.5 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 45 percent versus year ago.

Hulu Moves Up to #6 in Rankings

In October, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with nearly 5.4 billion videos viewed (representing a 40 percent share of all videos viewed), with YouTube.com accounting for more than 98 percent of all videos viewed at the property. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 520 million videos (3.8 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 363 million (2.7 percent), and Viacom Digital with 305 million (2.3 percent). Hulu, a joint venture of NBC and Fox featuring full-length broadcast TV programs, ranked sixth with 235 million videos viewed (1.7 percent).

Top U.S. Online Video Properties* by Videos Viewed

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