Piracy: MovieLabs takes on mission impossible
Hollywood recently announced funding for a research venture to fight piracy. Bob Auger considers its impact.
Unbundling television
The dawning of television over broadband — IPTV — is with us and its watch-what-you- want-when- you-want promise has major implications for both broadcasters and distributors of packaged media. Bob Auger reports.
And PSP stands for?
Bob Auger looks at some of the issues surrounding the impending European launch of Sony’s new handheld wonder device.
Acting on impulse
Packaging, point of sale and posters may not be seen as the sexy end of movie marketing but, as Cue Creative’s Bob Auger discovers from Robin Behling, Creative Partner at London-based creative agency Feref, they are all important when it comes to pushing the consumer to that impulse buy.
I paid for it, why can’t I watch it?
Cue’s resident technology expert Bob Auger looks at the shocking but exciting prospects for the home entertainment industry offered by the new products demonstrated at the recent Consumer Electronics Show
Projections for the future
Cue’s technology guru Bob Auger looks at the latest developments in digital projection and the battle between Studios and cinema operators to future proof the business of movie-going.
Entertainment to go
Mobile entertainment — be it from an iPod, a cell phone, a portable DVD player or via an Internet link back to your home — is the coming thing reports Cue’s technology expert Bob Auger.
Quality not the issue
Packaged media may be at the top of the home entertainment tree today but, as Bob Auger reports, the next generation of entertainment consumers is being diverted away from linear entertainment into the world of console games and broadband interactivity.
Get the Tee shirt
DVD copyright protection may be easily circumvented but Bob Auger argues that its use is still a sound investment in the battle against casual copying
Down-rezzing and the dash for digital
You may have noticed that consumer electronics manufacturers are beginning to abandon analogue inputs on their new devices — this isn’t simply to save money but part of a concerted effort to move to a totally digital world. Bob Auger reports on the attempt to kill off analogue.
Bob Auger: Ripping Yarns
One of the recurrent themes of Cue’s technology focus is how to get DVD quality video to the consumer without playing into the hands of the casual pirate. Here Bob Auger looks at the process of recording from and to DVD and the barriers that the content owners are putting in the way.
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HMV blames World Cup for near 15% Q1 fall
Entertainment retailer HMV has blamed the distractions of the World Cup for a 10.6% decline in first quarter sales, but believes that a stronger games offering will help deliver a good Christmas for the troubled chain.