Even though alternative platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu etc. have opened up a new digital licensing stream for the media companies, there is a chance that the increasing popularity of these platforms may lead to stagnant subscriber growth for cable networks.
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The Paramount Movies app is a console based version of its Ultraviolet service already unleashed on the PC and iOS, letting users stream digital copies from their cloud libraries.
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During the 1970s they squeezed a stream of digital information into a fiber optic wire the width of a human hair.
The attraction of these tiny passive chips, which emit a stream of digital data only when energised by a radio beam, is that it is not necessary to see a tag to read it.
Newspapers have introduced digital publications and many radio stations stream their programming in its entirety.
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The DivX TV platform will also enable consumers to stream their own personal digital media content over a home network, and offers full playback of a variety of video formats, including all DivX(R) videos.
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But after the pay-TV firm collapsed, digital sport specialist Perform was appointed to stream the match online.
The implications for consumers are enormous, as is the potential revenue stream for companies that provide digital rights technology.
Two speakers and a photo-card reader are tucked underneath the ice dispenser, letting users stream Pandora music and load their digital photos to the screen.
The deal also allows Spanish-language Fox Deportes to carry the same schedule and grants Fox rights to stream games and highlights across their digital platforms.
Users can even use their iPhone and Android phone to stream music and video or view digital photos stored on the NAS in real-time from anywhere they have a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.
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When you can stream your content on the run, digital rights management (DRM) does not bother you.
The video, one of nine the channel produced for this season, is part of a content stream that will pop up periodically on digital viewers' screens during the telecast.
Then there is the growing trend of consumers ditching their cable and satellite television services (like U-Verse perhaps, which also offers digital TV along with Internet) opting instead to stream content over the Internet.
All three perform the same basic function -- they let you stream TV from your cable box (digital or analog), satellite receiver, or DVR to a computer or mobile device -- it's just that each is aimed at different segments of the market.
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It uses a technology called PurePath Digital to amplify the ones and zeros of an audio stream without having to convert it to analog (a process that can introduce noise).
But digital sport specialist Perform, which is providing the technology to stream the match on the internet, claims the internet first for England is heading for success.
With the dramatic increase in professionally produced online content, mobile devices and Internet-enabled TVs that can stream video will support big winners in a new digital video ecosystem.
The universal communicator is a mobile phone that also has onboard personal digital assistant functions, a video camera, several different wireless technologies and can stream audio and video to other devices.
Judith McGuinn, the VP and director of Time Warner AudioBooks, says digital distribution can expand the audiobook market as both a marketing tool and supplemental revenue stream.
M-GO supports multiple digital lockers including UltraViolet, a digital rights authentication and home entertainment industry standard that lets consumers safely and securely download and stream their purchased movies and TV shows via a cloud-based entertainment collection for viewing on TV screens, personal computers, tablets and mobile phones.
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The Revenue Stream: Jeff Zucker got it right when he talked about trading analog dollars for digital dimes.
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Digital programming will include backstage vignettes, celebrity video chats, and a two-hour exclusive live stream from the green room, hosted by Alison Sweeney, streamed on Hulu.
The next phase of our growth will be driven in significant measure by the completion of that integration, the creation of a single and indissoluble news organization uniquely equipped to supply a continuous stream of scoops, analysis, features and penetrating investigations: in real time, on our digital platforms and in the newspaper, to a global audience of hundreds of millions.
But Peter Kafka at All Things Digital tweeted this morning that it took 90 seconds to access the movie via his phone, from first click to stream.
No need to assemble a constant stream of content to justify a subscription or attract advertisers: just put it on the Web and take digital pennies for your thoughts.
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