US Broadband Online Video Consumption Up 200% in One Year
According to a new ABI Research survey of online households in the United States, the number of consumers watching video streamed through a browser has doubled over the past year, going from 32% a year ago to 63% today. ABI Research believes this is due to growth in the amount of rich content available in ad-supported format on portals and through social networks, as well as increasing demand from consumers for video in both short- and long-form online.
NY PSC Wants FiOS Installation Freeze - After initial Verizon survey shows low code compliance...
Verizon has been revisiting every one of their FiOS installations in New York State after routine New York State Public Service Commission inspections found a significant number of installs had not been grounded and/or bonded. The NY PSC is now recommending a freeze on NYC FiOS installs until Verizon can prove a 95% code compliance rate in the rest of the State.
Adobe Refutes Reuters’ Flawed Flash Story
A dramatic Reuters report about a supposed flaw in Flash video delivery that allows users to download Amazon movies and TV shows for free is being refuted by Adobe. The software maker appears to be blaming the problem on Amazon for neglecting to properly use its content protection tools. Here’s the emailed statement:
“A recent article incorrectly states that a security flaw exists in Adobe Flash Media Server software. Adobe acknowledges that not all customers using Adobe Flash Media Server software are aware they must utilize RTMPe or RTMPte (tunneled version) combined with SWF verification to provide maximum content protection.”
TiVo Makes Its Way to the PC
Tivo’s excellent software is coming to a PC near you. TiVo and Nero have teamed up on a new product, called Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC, that will turn your PC into a TiVo-equipped TV.
The $200 product will include a copy of the TiVo software, 12 months of TiVo service, a Nero/TiVo remote, a TV tuner card (with an AV cable and an antenna), and an IR blaster and cable. A $100 downloadable version, including just the software and the subscription to the TiVo service, will be available for PCs already equipped with TV tuners.Car Dealers Learning Art of Viral Video
You might expect that the last person to upload a video called "The Seven Ways Dealers Screw You" would be an auto dealer. But Norwood, Mass.,-based Clay Corp. is among the one in four U.S. dealers embracing web video as a marketing vehicle to inform, entertain -- and sell.
Free Cablevision Wi-Fi To Offer VoIP, Video - $300 million investment to help battle FiOS
Cablevision's senior vice president of wireless product development Kevin Curran about the company's plan to offer free Wi-Fi to all of their customers. The network will cost about $100 per customer (Cablevision has 3.1 million cable customers) and take about two years to finish, with Curran suggesting that the finished product, tied into an upgraded DOCSIS 3.0 infrastructure, will be able to provide both VoIP and video services.
Rambler steps into Russian download space
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this morning announced they're doling out $342 million in loans to help fund the expansion of broadband into portions of rural America.
New Service Measures Speed & Quality of Streaming Online Video
There is a new service offered that can help to avoid these issues by monitoring the quality of multimedia delivery quality from different customer locations.
