April 23, 2013, IEEE CE Society, Mountain View, CA—Perry Goldstein from Marshall Electronics talked about the evolution of audio and video in the digital age at the local society meeting. The talk featured a historical overview of consumer media products and some thoughts on their future. After working in various segments of the consumer A-V [...]
March 18, 2013, NPD Flat-Panel Display Conference, San Jose, CA—Paul Semenza from NPD DisplaySearch described how the supply chain is reacting to the rise of smart devices. The apparent conflict between big and cheap versus increasingly high-tech means that supply chain must evolve to meet both requirements. Smart devices are defined as connected, interactive, and [...]
March 18, 2013, NPD Flat-Panel Display Conference, San Jose, CA—Paul Gagnon from NPD DisplaySearch reviewed the state of the business, risks, and opportunities as well is the most critical trends in televisions. Slowing growth is spurring innovation into new areas, but questions abound. TV production fell 6 percent last year. The growth years from 2004 [...]
January 7, 2013, CES, Las Vegas—Press day at CES is a chance for exhibitors to capture some members of the press for a while, and make a pitch about their latest and greatest new gadgets. This event is an opportunity to package a message and put new releases into some perspective, in an environment more [...]
October 11, 2012, TV Next Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Rob Relick from CBS Interactive talked about the multi-screen space and how they are addressing it. In a constantly shifting marketplace, programmers need to experiment and invest in new platforms to address the changing consumer expectations. The entertainment industry has grown 82 percent between ’10 and ’12. [...]
October 10, 2012, TVNext Conference, Santa Clara, CA—A panel considered the issues relating to multi-screen and social Web co-existing with TV programs. Jeremy Toeman from Dijit Media moderated. The panel members included Jesse Redniss form USA Network, Ellen Stone form Bravo, Anne-Marie Roussel Illuminate Ventures, and Allan McLennan from the Padem Group. The challenges in [...]
August 2012, At the Flash Memory Summit we had a chance to talk to Jeff Bader of Micron about their directions and offerings for the embedded Flash space. Unlike the consumer external Flash memory solutions which are high capacity, low duty cycle and short lifetime products, dominated by NAND, the embedded space has different criteria. [...]
USA\’s Psych – James Roday & Dule Hill July 2012 – At the panel discussion and interviews, the main cast of USA Network’s series Psych discussed ideas and episodes for the upcoming season. The show, starring Dule Hill and James Roday as psychic detective consultants to the local police department, has been on the leading [...]
May 2012 – At the MEMS Technology Symposium, we had a chance to see the Movea Interactive TV remote motion controller core. The MEMS motion sensing core has shipped over 5M units to date and is supported by over 400 patents the last 5 years. The current application follows incorporation of the core in health [...]
March 21, 2012, Over-the-top TV Conference, Santa Clara, CA—A panel discussed the monetizing strategies for the OTT, TV everywhere, and multi-screen jungle. Tom Morgan form MediaD.TV moderated the panel which was comprised of Scott Brown from Nielson, Brent Horowitz from Freewheel, Eric Goldstein form Disney ESPN, and Sam Chang from LG Electronics. Monetizing content has [...]
