The next few years will see a major effort among companies to control entertainment services delivered to television sets. This “battle for the living room” is the subject of a series of new research reports from DFC Intelligence. These reports cover the efforts of content owners, video aggregators, and CE manufacturers to develop an alternative market for distribution of TV shows and movies.

25% of US respondents to ABI Research’s Technology Barometer survey said they intend to purchase a smartphone during the first half of 2012 – a percentage equaled by HDTVs. Additionally, more respondents intend to purchase Blu-ray players (17%) and game consoles (18%), rather than media tablets (16%).

Dolby Laboratories, Inc and Royal Philips Electronics have unveiled Dolby 3D, a 3D HD format and suite of technologies designed to deliver full HD 3D content to 3D-enabled devices, including glasses-free displays.

According to Rentrak Corporation’s new report “State of VOD: Trend Report 2011”, video-on-demand (VOD) is at the tipping point of becoming a major ad medium

ShopTo.net, the UK independent online entertainment retailer, has announced it has acquired video-on-demand streaming service Fetch TV.

Aren’t wires ugly. And with all this new digital kit filling up the living room, we are living in a cluttered wire-filled world. Thank heavens for Ikea…

Consumers with access to the Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) in the UK can now access ad-supported, free-to-consumer full-length films and television series whenever they want via Crackle. Available through BRAVIA TVs, Blu-ray Disc players, Blu-ray Home Theatre Devices and Network Media players, Crackle offers films across a range of genres plus hit TV series and… Continue reading Crackle now available on the Sony Entertainment Network across UK

According to reports in Broadcast, UKTV has begun beta testing its channel-branded online video players for free-to-air channels Really, Yesterday and Dave.

BT Vision has added a fourth linear channel in a fortnight by signing a contract to stream FXUK, launching later in 2012.Hot on the heels of the deal to deliver three UKTV channels – Watch, Gold and Alibi – BT Vision customers will soon be able to watch FX hit shows such as zombie drama… Continue reading BT Vision adds FXUK

The ongoing speculation on whether YouView will launch in time for the Olympics continues.