GLG News by Interactive TV Software Experts (North America)

1. Zenith Optimedia, Universal McCann, WPP, BMO Capital Markets, Oppenheimer, Lehman Brothers and eMarket all have announced downward revision of overall Ad spend for 2008           2. Nielsen Monitor-Plus: first-half U.S. ad spend declined 1.4 percent,...

China Mobile is keen on the Android phones.  In addition to HTC, China Mobile has formed a joint venture with a local startup to build Android phones. 

The HTC Android phone will be closely compared with the 3G iPhone.  Most likely the look and feel won't be as sleek as the iPhone.  However, Android phones will have the processing speed that is hard to beat.  In addition, the open handset model features may not initially be impressive. ...

TiVO has unveiled a CableCARD-compatible set-top with a huge storage capacity (1 Terabyte).  This is an obvious effort to break into the cable market via retail, but the approach has some profound limitations.  TiVO is also trying other ways to break into Cable.

Solid-state disk drive (SSD) makers are trying to break into small-capacity markets such as small laptops and enterprise servers.  There are too many manufacturers and they face significant issues to complete with magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs).

Besides consolidating the flash-memory industry, the merger will also help Samsung's foray into solid-state disk storage.

Solid state disks are catching up to hard disk drives in terms of performance, capacity, and cost.  In what ways are they ahead and behind, and will they catch up?  If and when they do catch up, the storage industry will undergo major changes.

1. Motion Pictures Association of America site to link to any legal distributor such as Fandango, Xbox Live, Netflix, iTunes and Sony's PlayStation Store.      2.  Recent research conducted by the MPAA and Yahoo found that the internet plays a significant role in driving...

1. DIRECTV is the key factor in stimulating the HD market.    2.  For the MSOs and Telcos, Time Warner leads in terms of High-Definition feeds with 56 HD channels in the New York

1.       Driven by political expenditure, Hispanic Ad spending continues to show strong growth.     2.       Spanish speaking areas of the US are expected to continue fuel advertising growth over the coming years