全球性技术lnternet趋向（pdf 64页）(英文)

1. 2/04 – BBC launches private demo of Internet Media Player (iMP) allowing users to watch TV shows 24 hours after their initial
scheduling date
2. 10/05 – Disney / ABC and Apple to offer episodes of popular shows like Lost and Desperate Housewives available ad-free via
iTunes for $1.99 apiece
3. 10/05 – 1MM+ videos, priced at $1.99 each, downloaded from Apple’s iTunes site in less than 20 days
4. 11/05 – Comcast / CBS and DirectTV / NBC to offer on-demand TV shows for $0.99
5. 11/05 – Cisco to acquire Scientific Atlanta for $7B to prepare for demands of online video; expecting network traffic increases of
4-6x annually, instead of 2x gains seen in US and Europe, driven by video consumption requirements
6. 11/05 – Time Warner to stream episodes for free (supported by 2-minute blocks of 15-30-second commercials) in Jan 2006.
Initial run limited to 30 series (Wonder Woman, Growing Pains, Kung Fu…) but TWX plans to expand to 100+ series and 300+
episodes per month
7. 11/05 – NBC Nightly News to air its entire broadcast on the Internet -- NBC Nightly News Netcast with Brian Williams will be
available for free beginning at 10PM EST
8. 12/05 – NBA to digitize 60+ years of footage and post on NBA.com, beginning in 2006, with a searchable database that will
include players involved and exact locations on court
9. 12/05 – CBS will offer NCAA basketball March Madness games for free in 2006, on streaming ad-supported basis
10.12/05 – CBS offers free streaming video of 2 comedy programs Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother this Yahoo!
during the week of 12/27
11.12/05 – AOL / Google to collaborate to showcase AOL’s premium video service within Google Video
12.1/06 – Google to offer for-pay video over Internet from likes of CBS and NBA
13.1/06 – DirectTV / FOX to offer on-demand TV shows for $0.99 and pre-air shows for $2.99
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