Introduction / / In this brief we look ahead to the key events and trends for media, entertainment, and publishing in 2011. We hi

It has been a challenging decade for newspaper and magazine publishing. US newspaper advertising revenues dropped by 39.5% between

At the end of May 2010 Google unveiled its much-anticipated TV service, based on the Android platform used in smartphones. Google

Liberalization of the telecoms market in Peru began in 1991 with the passing of the Telecommunications Law and was completed in 19

BSNL is plagued by declining fixed-line revenues and shrinking mobile market share. This and an increasing cost base are squeezing

Reconfigurable add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) technology continues to evolve. Though existing components were deemed sufficient for

Twitter is no longer a start-up with a service that many assumed was a fad that would quietly disappear, along with the company. I

The global recession decreased global handset demand in 2009, but some handset vendors have fared better than others. While Sony E

Telcos are riding a new wave of investment in global data centers. With the emergence of increasingly complex hosting, IT services

India’s TV market is changing fast as new players and new technologies come on board. Direct-to-home (DTH) companies were the firs

While the first use of ‘walled garden’ IPTV platforms replicated existing CATV services and business models, the choice was always

The Boxee application platform is highly indicative of the direction of future development in connected TV, from both a consumptio

ZillionTV is one of an emerging breed of Internet-based service platforms that seeks to redefine the way commercial TV content is

Verizon continues on its course of innovation within the telco TV space with the FiOS TV Widget Bazaar platform. Following the app

Several major CE manufacturers and broadcasters have announced plans to launch 3D-capable TVs and offer 3D content in 2010. There

In Europe, if not worldwide, Fastweb is known for its innovation. It showed Europe the way with regards to triple-play, has one of

The Russian market is still far from realising its full pay-TV potential, but our research indicates strong growth across all pay-

The battle for the high-definition movie disc format is heating up, and Blu-ray and HD DVD are beating the promotion drum beats. T

The hybrid digital terrestrial TV (DTT) and on-demand IPTV offering launched by BT in December 2006 distinguishes BT’s television

Telcos providing IPTV services and associated video on-demand (VoD) offerings are right to look to advertising as a new and potent

IPTV operators need to establish relationships with a wider variety of players as their services develop and mature. This report l

In this research we examine some of the main developments in IPTV strategies and deployment in a number of countries in Central an

A large variety of portable devices are now able to play video content, so mobile TV won’t be just about mobile phones. The video

IPTV services are seen by many as the future for telecoms operators who wish to make up for the decline of revenues from tradition

European telco operators have taken different approaches to content acquisition. Based on initial content strategies, it is clear

Verizon has recently launched a number of enhancements to its FiOS TV service which start to show just what can be done with TV ov

Coming under increasing pressure from cable TV competition, Belgacom was one of the first of the European incumbents to launch IPT

At the end of 2006, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3–2 (three republicans, two democrats) to grant interim f

Michael Philpott examines, at a high-level, the likely investment required to deliver advanced broadband services such as high-def