October 5, 2011 7:46 AM
| Icareus Blog October 5, 2011 7:46 AM A bit of time has passed, but as many us working in this industry IBC2011 blocked my calendar for a month or so. Top 3 feedback we got in IBC OTT is here, pretty much everyone I met mentioned it atleast once. Fortunately we are in the business with our iTV Suite Manager OTT platform. More information to follow... Connected TVs are here to stay ( digg this ). Operators are craving... Read more » August 5, 2011 7:39 AM As the summer is pretty much over in Finland, for me at least, it is time to look at what happened in the summer and will in the autumn. There were few interesting news bits that took my attention: - Connected TVs to overtake games consoles this year - Over 60% of Connected TV Households Use TV Apps at Least Once per Week For me it seems that the buzz around Connected TVs is... Read more » June 14, 2011 9:19 AM Products for better TV experience It seems that I am not the only one believing in change in TV experience. Have a look at Anthony Rose 's interview from v-net.tv for example. I like the bold statement he makes about reinventing the lean-back TV, strong marketing. Fortunately he is not alone; also other companies have noticed that the TV experience needs to be something more than channel... Read more » May 3, 2011 6:32 AM TV is struggling, linear TV is dead for sure. This is what some people keep telling me, youngsters only watch YouTube clips from the Internet, "everybody knows that". I don't know how I should intrepret the news from Youtube , but for me it looks as Google is copying the linear TV experience, right? How can it be dead then? As YouTube executives put it: they want... Read more » March 25, 2011 1:40 PM I just got back from IPTW world forum and wanted to give an update. Although it was much bigger than last year, it felt a bit like a vendor cocktail party, where partnership agreements are signed (at least we did). About the findings: VOD/catch-up TV is an excellent application to teach people to use value added apps The big boys get all the rewards ( read here ) Black user interface is cool... Read more » | ABOUT THE AUTHOR My name is Mikko Karppinen and I am co-founder of Icareus, thus been involved in every step of our history. I have an overall responsibility of Icareus technology products, which comes with a sales budget. My background comes from the .com -boom, which I had an opportunity to witness, just while studying at the Helsinki University of Technology and working in software companies in late 90s. The idea of this blog is mainly to share the market intel, thoughts and questions which I come across. The ten years in the business have shown me more than I ever expected when I founded Icareus, and I hope I can share some of my experiences with you. Feel free to call or email me: Archive This is just short note on the Christmas sales as I've been getting more than one "what do you recommend for a new TV?" -questions from my friends. As if I would be an expert. However, A bit of time has passed, but as many us working in this industry IBC2011 blocked my calendar for a month or so. Top 3 feedback we got in IBC OTT is here, pretty much everyone I met mentioned As the summer is pretty much over in Finland, for me at least, it is time to look at what happened in the summer and will in the autumn. There were few interesting news bits that took my attention: Products for better TV experience It seems that I am not the only one believing in change in TV experience. Have a look at Anthony Rose 's interview from v-net.tv for example. I like the bold TV is struggling, linear TV is dead for sure. This is what some people keep telling me, youngsters only watch YouTube clips from the Internet, "everybody knows that". I don't know how |