GLG News by Interactive TV Software Experts (North America)

Can MusicStation, a phone based music service backed by Motorola, Samsung, Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Universal Music Group, EMI Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music, beat Apple’s iTunes / iPhone combination?

By most standards, U2 is a leader in all aspects of the entertainment business, but when major players such as James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Robert Zemeckis, Disney, DreamWorks and others are involved in 3D stereoscopic movies, U2 is just another name on the list. U2 was at Cannes...

1. Research In Motion Ltd.(RIM), Motorola and Nokia Corp have been eating into Palm’s handheld organizer business with sophisticated phone and email devices for years. 2. Palm was late in recognizing that RIM’s Blackberry was a competitor to its organizer and smartphone business. 3. Palm has created...

SMS can be a damaging form of advertising for mobile contentSubscription revenue schemes have worked well and increased ARPU in ChinaContent aggregators may ultimately be squeezed by the mobile carriers

1.3-D is compelling the exhibitors such as Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Inc. and Cinemark to replace their film projectors with the higher priced digital projectors2.Due to Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) initial domestic focus, U2 3D may have one big liability Internationally--Not...

1.AT&T U-Verse has encountered legal technical and outsourcing problems, resulting in AT&T putting the service in fewer markets than originally expected. 2. Verizon FiOS is making inroads to Cable Vision Systems and Comcast Communications coverage areas 2. Verizon FiOS is making inroads to Cable...

AT&T and Verizon are bundling television with their traditional services as a survival tactic Verizon FiOs is making significant inroads to Cox, Time Warner Cable and Comcast coverage areas Cable churn averages 3% per month, Verizon FiOS has the best churn in the Pay TV industry, 1.5% per...

Research In Motion (RIM) has stepped up their attempts to make The Curve (BlackBerry 8300) appeal to all walks of BlackBerry life. Some of the expected applications such as WiFi and GPS are not included. Rim’s famous battery life may be impacted by media functions.

1.MGM, Virgin, Wynn, Sands, Boyd Games and Stanley Ho are investing more than $20 Billion in new gaming facilities in Macao 2.No incumbent gaming technology 3.Macao is the fastest growing gaming capital in the world

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