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Understanding Europe's market for mobile TV

April 2006

The prize for mobile TV may be larger than expected, but only if the price of handsets and subscriptions is modest and if broadcasters, mobile operators, and handset manufacturers cooperate.

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Broadcasting digitally

January 2005

An increased willingness by broadcasters to embrace new technologies bodes well for viewers.

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Using mobile phones to boost TV ratings

June 2004

To realize the benefits of interactive technology, broadcasters and mobile carriers must work on their own interaction.

The Archive

2003
Fast-forwarding digital cable

May 2003

Can a former pipe dream rescue the $70 billion digital upgrade?

2001
Broadband media: Look before you leap Premium Content

November 2001

The bad news: broadband’s technology, infrastructure, and economics are still inadequate. The good news: broadcasters are far more secure from attack than they were at the dawn of the World Wide Web.

PCs vs. TVs Premium Content

August 2001

Companies are rightly investing now to deliver consumer broadband applications as the technology’s penetration grows. But current expectations about the industry’s development aren’t a good enough guide to the future.

2000
The end of broadcast? Premium Content

August 2000

Media-streaming technology is bringing high-quality video to the Internet. Get ready for change.

Is anyone out there listening? Premium Content

June 2000

Some of Europe’s radio stations have a chance to double their revenues, but deregulation will heighten the difference between winners and losers.

Black-Scholes meets Seinfeld Premium Content

May 2000

Uncertainty defines the television business, but the application of options theory to TV programming decisions can improve returns from programming investments.

Unscrambling digital TV Premium Content

May 2000

Digital television will cause a revolution in the TV industry—but not, perhaps, the revolution its government promoters intended.

1999
Keeping Baywatch at Bay Premium Content

November 1999

Can public-service broadcasters fulfill their mission in today’s deregulated television environment? The answer, for the time being, is yes.

Digital what? The coming revolution in radio Premium Content

May 1999

It has survived the advent of television, several revolutions in recorded-music formats, and the coming of the Sony Walkman. Yet traditional radio may now face a serious threat from its digital sibling.

1997
A new era for European TV Premium Content

August 1997

Margins have been cut in half. Operational skills are becoming the key to salvation.

A bouquet of choices: The future of direct-to-home television Premium Content

February 1997

This is not an industry for the weak at heart; only one or two consortia will succeed in a market. Success will take deep pockets and risk-sharing.

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