The Birmingham Post: E-business: Next 'killer' services will not include TV
The next 'killer applications' for broadband internet services are not expected to include online TV programmes or movies, according to a new study from PricewaterhouseCoopers.Looking ahead to the next three years, it says that the major impact of broadband will be the addition of video to existing applications, such as conferencing, messaging and gaming and the development of applications that rely on user and community-provided video content. PWC says that...
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New products OnlineTVPlayer.com has released Online TV Player version 2.8, an Internet TV player for windows XP/2000/ 98. It provides a number of free TV channels and broadcasts from around the world. The program supports Realplayer and Microsoft Media Player. . . . Maxion Software has released RegRestore PC TuneUp 5.0. -RegRestore PC TuneUp is an advanced Windows registry scanner, cleaner and repair tool. . . . Kinook Software released Visual Build Professional 6, a major update to the...
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Traditional media companies have been slow to adapt to the Internet. Many have tried to go after the consumer market, which simply does not have the bandwidth to cope with anything other than text and images, by providing a video-based news and entertainment service.However, the real market is in corporate information delivery. NMTV, a British company, was quick to spot this and in July it launched Silicon, a Net-only IT news service that is, according to Anna Russell, the executive editor...
Online Tv 'Virtual Campus' students at BCC point, click, learn
Online, TV classes grow in popularity By Brad Buck Florida Today MELBOURNE _ Kourtney Waldron can take care of her baby, Lauren, and her health class at the same time _ through online courses at Brevard Community College."What I like the most is that I can interact with other students. It gets me through my shyness," Waldron, 21, of Melbourne said as she logged on to her classes.She's one of an increasing number of students taking courses...