Digital Video Recorders Still Greater Than Sliced Bread- October 29, 2002 Rounding out news emailed to me, Jennifer Choate notes a study her company did about users of Digital Video Recorders (DVRs, also called Personal Video Recorders or PVRs). Some interesting statistics culled from the report: 22% of PVR users (consistent across all three waves 877 interviews) claim they NEVER watch live television now. News & Sports continue to be the top two types of programs watched live. 65% claim they watch more kinds of programs now. 55% claim they watch more...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalVideo/2002/10/29.html#a2991 Kellner Opens Mouth, Inserts Foot (Again)- October 17, 2002 Turner CEO Lambasts Ad-Avoiding Technologies (Emphasis below is mine.) " 'I've been a fragmentor,' Mr. Kellner told the audience at the Association of National of Advertisers's national conference in the Ritz-Carlton Naples ballroom this morning. 'I'm starting to get nervous we're too fragmented.... All things good for consumers are not necessarily good for the economy....' 'I'm not against PVRs,' he was quick to note. 'I've used it myself.' But, he warned, 'the business cannot exist as...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalVideo/2002/10/16.html#a2963 IV = Instant Video- October 10, 2002 Last month, John Shoch responded to a message about Video on Demand (VOD) on Dave Farber's Interesting People mailing list. I found the thread interesting because I do use NetFlix rather than my cable company's pay-per-view VOD service, but John's post made me realize how quickly I would use it if they offered anything even remotely resembling his vision. "VOD will clearly have a market for immediate viewing of feature films. Delayed access via PVRs and Netflix is clearly better than.http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalVideo/2002/10/10.html#a2918 Cam Off World- October 10, 2002 RocketCam Launched on STS-112 When they launched the Space Shuttle on Monday, STS-112 had a new RocketCam mounted on the large external fuel tank pointed down at the shuttle. NASA has encoded and released the video of the launch from the RocketCam point of view. All I can say is "Wow! What a ride!" It's worth a look if you've got the time." Mary Wehmeier's Blog Du Jour Wanted to make sure my Dad saw this one. This is incredibly cool. I was in a meeting, so I missed watching it live, although..http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalVideo/2002/10/09.html#a2915 Will Nielsen Ever Count Digital Video Recorder Viewers- October 10, 2002 TiVo Viewers Like 'CSI: Miami,' 'Firefly' "According to TiVo, the five most popular new shows, based on the number of users who have configured their recorder to automatically record every episode, are CBS's 'CSI: Miami,' Fox's 'Firefly' and 'John Doe,' ABC's 'Push, Nevada' and CBS's 'Without A Trace....' In the regular television ratings, as measured by Nielsen Media Research, all those shows have performed well, with the exception of 'Push, Nevada,' which has been soundly beaten in most...http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/categories/digitalVideo/2002/10/09.html#a2912 |