GLG News by Interactive TV Software Experts (North America)

Viewer-ship is down at the broadcast TV networks.   The new Nielsen ratings system may have an equalizing effect on the flight of ad dollars from broadcast to cable TV.

FiOS concentration on customer satisfaction is translating into very low churn.     FiOS TV is top in customer satisfaction with DirecTV second, Dish Network third, Comcast tied with AT&T U-verse in fourth place, followed by Cox, Cablevision, Time Warner, and Charter.

I can hardly wait until tomorrow to find out what is the next news release in the next generation DVD format battle. The stats are nice in this nascent industry, but it is still lying with statistics, so to speak. Earlier this week, there was a story that Sony was in the lead and today this article...

1. iTunes is cannibalizing NBC home video sales.    2. Apple’s solution: open an iTunes rental / Video-on-Demand platform.

Did you read How To Lie With Statistics in college? Do you practice it in your business? Do you own a high definition TV and also subscribe to a high definition service? Do you own an hd – next generation DVD player of either format?  If not, why not? Have you watched a standard definition (sd)...

The Internet may soon become US consumers’ primary entertainment source. The consumer is ultimately looking for longer professionally produced content for their online and mobile experience.

1. Warner Bros, Disney, News Corp and Sony have been working for years in the Indian TV sector.      2. Hollywood movies only account for 8% of the Indian Box Office.

1. Sumner Redstone is known for forcing out executives  2. DreamWorks’ and Paramount’s bond may be unraveling  3. Family businesses have a low probability of surviving the third generation

According to Nielsen-NetRatings MySpace statistically dwarfs Facebook

The most measurable medium, the Internet, is causing the most controversy over how it should be measured.