Analysis and opinion on the hottest issues in the home entertainment industry, including technology, copy protection, high-definition DVD and digital rights management en-us http://www.videobusiness.com/community/Sweeting/47283.html?nid=3579 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.videobusiness.com/info/318735.html Terms of Use. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:38:53 MST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6654279.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda APRIL 24 | It was clear that the big story of NAB this year was not anything to do with traditional broadcasters or programmers but the competition between Adobe Systems and Microsoft for supremacy in bringing IP-delivered video directly to TVs, set-top boxes and other consumer electronics devices. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6652426.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda APRIL 17 | The music and movie companies scored a major legal victory in the battle against unauthorized file-sharing Friday when a court in Sweden convicted the four founders of The Pirate Bay, one of the world’s most widely used BitTorrent tracker sites. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6650868.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda APRIL 10 | When it comes to mixing high political drama and low comedy, it would be hard to beat the French Parliamentary battle over a proposed measure to punish illegal online file-trading by cutting off Internet access for repeat offenders. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:05:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6649273.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda APRIL 3 | WASHINGTON—Time was, when you went to a cable television convention, you’d hear a lot of talk about DVD, usually from cable operators complaining that they needed a better video-on-demand window, while programmers tried to change the subject. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6647233.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda MARCH 27 | March certainly came in like a lion for Blockbuster. Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:08:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6645558.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda MARCH 20 | How threatened, really, is the success of Blu-ray Disc by the prospect of high-definition digital downloads? Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6644203.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda MARCH 13 | The recent, unexpected surge at the theatrical box office could provide the industry an opportunity to observe a rare natural experiment. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:47:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6638877.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda FEB. 20 | There is war brewing in the emerging-market territory of online video. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:48:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6637511.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda FEB. 13 | Concern over declining DVD sales is now driving creative decisions. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:42:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6635459.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda FEB. 06 | Cyclical, or secular? That is the question preoccupying studio minds these days as they stare into the abyss of plunging DVD sales. Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:52:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6633677.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda JAN. 30 | Netflix provided a rare bit of good news last week amid the gathering economic gloom. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:57:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6631757.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda JAN. 23 | Not a good month for media and technology companies. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:56:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6630331.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda JAN. 16 | The Associated Press came out with a review last month of the new Blockbuster MediaPoint set-top box made by 2Wire. The verdict: It’s no Roku. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:44:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6625886.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda DEC. 31 | The fact that Las Vegas hotels were slashing their Consumer Electronics Show room rates a month before the annual technology fair was scheduled to open next week can’t have been a good sign for the venerable tradeshow or the industry it’s meant to showcase. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:24:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6624797.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda DEC. 23 | Having staggered through a long and bruising format war with HD DVD, it would have been no real surprise had Blu-ray Disc crumpled like a spent fighter when hit with an abrupt slowdown in consumer spending in that latter part of 2008. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6622194.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda DEC. 12 | Recommendation engines have long been a feature of online retail sites, from Amazon.com to Netflix to iTunes. Yet for the most part, they’ve been regarded as a tool for customer retention and improving the user experience. Rarely have they been the focus of a competitive arms race themselves. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6620416.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda DEC. 5 | Blockbuster’s roll out of a set-top box for playing digitally delivered movies will inevitably draw comparisons with Netflix and its partnerships, but the two DVD retailers’ approaches to digital delivery are not the same, reflecting both their different histories and different views of life without DVDs. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6617813.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda NOV. 25 | Blockbuster’s roll out of a set-top box for playing digitally delivered movies will inevitably draw comparisons with Netflix and its partnerships, but the two DVD retailers’ approaches to digital delivery are not the same, reflecting both their different histories and different views of life without DVDs. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6616794.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda NOV. 21 | Two seemingly unrelated events last week nonetheless each reflect a telling pattern in the development of the movie download market. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6614794.html?nid=3579 Paul Sweeting is editor of Content Agenda NOV. 14 | Beyond its already-historic nature, the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States presages the most sweeping changes in the laws and regulations shaping the media and technology industries in at least a decade and perhaps longer. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST