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.
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