The Future of Broadband 2000: Trendsetters, Technology & the Impact on Content

May 1, 2000
300 Pages - Pub ID: CU1074733
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About The Authors
Executive Summary
Chapter 1 - The Need For Speed And Those Driving The Pace Cars
  • So, How Fast Is Fast?
  • The Coax Connection
  • Investment Extravaganza
  • SLAMing Out Broadband (Number Two Tries Harder)
  • CLECs And ILECs: Playing For Keeps
  • Look, Ma, No Wires
  • 'Beam Me Down, Scotty'
  • Bumpy Ride Along The Last Mile
  • Broadband Battlefield Gets Bloody: Consumer Wins War

Chapter 2 - What's On-And Who's Watching?

  • Always-On Fosters 'Snacking' Behavior
  • Splitting The Screen @Home
  • Chance Favors The Prepared Portal
  • New Wine Calls For New Wineskins
  • Barter For Broadcast
  • Changing The Media Mix
  • Pushing The Envelope
  • Cleveland Live
  • Getting A Leg Up
  • MSNBC.com
  • FOXSports.com
  • ABC.com
  • BET.com
  • MTVi
  • AOL
  • AOLTV
  • On The Cutting Room Floor
  • Streamers Venture Farther, Stay Longer
  • Parting Shots
  • SIDEBAR-Don't Fight The Medium: Lessons From A Usability Guru

Chapter 3 - Walled Gardens And Open Access-Who's Calling The Shots?

  • Keeping The Internet Safe For Innovation
  • IM-Browser Of The Future?
  • Too Important To Risk
  • Leveling The Playing Field
  • Changing The Rules Of The Game
  • You Want A Piece 'O Me?
  • The Rabbit Wins

Chapter 4 - Monetizing The Medium: Broadband's Effect On Advertising And Other Revenue Models

  • Turning Browsers Into Buyers
  • A Few Self-Serving Statistics
  • Still, Uptake Lags
  • SMAAC Down
  • Pay-Per-View And Other Subscription Models
  • Video Magazine Rack, Or The Market Of One
  • Brooding About Broadband Advertising
  • Games: Serious Money
  • Pour On The Juice

Chapter 5 - From Maitland To Massillon, Or Why Interactive TV Finally Matters

  • The Cable Landscape
  • The Upstarts
  • A 'Win' For TV Over PC?
  • Too Early To Call
  • When You Want It Now
  • Next Up? Games
  • Changing The Television Habit
  • A Lesson From Massillon
  • Building A Better Box
  • Motorola
  • Scientific Atlanta
  • Philips
  • Echostar Communications' Dish Network
  • Pioneer New Media Technologies
  • Samsung
  • Pace Micro Technology Ltd.

Chapter 6 - Enabling The Revolution: Surprise, It's Still All About The User

  • Fast-Not Just Throughput, But The Digital Home
  • Always-On
  • Everywhere
  • Intelligent
  • Natural, Easy
  • Trusted
  • SHOW GALLERY
  • NETg
  • New Horizons Computer Learning Centers
  • Oracle Education
  • Productivity Point International
  • SmartForce
  • Wave Technologies

Chapter 7 - Europe: Plugged In And Overpowering

  • The Players
  • DSL
  • Cable
  • Powerline Telecommunications (PLT)
  • Fixed Wireless Access
  • UMTS
  • Satellite
  • Fiber-To-The-Home
  • European Outlook
  • SIDEBAR-Industry Leader Interview
  • What The Euros Watch
  • All Big Brother, All The Time
  • Content Owners
  • SIDEBAR-Big Brother: A Case Study In The Economics Of Broadband In Europe
  • Content Formats
  • Multi Access Portals (MAP)

Chapter 8: Company Profiles

  • Akamai Technologies Inc.
  • At Home Corp.
  • AT&T Broadband
  • Bertelsmann AG
  • BET.com
  • Cidera Inc.
  • Clear Channel Communications Inc.
  • The FeedRoom
  • Gemstar-TV Guide
  • Liberate Technologies
  • MP3.com
  • Real Networks
  • ReplayTV Inc.
  • TiVo
  • Tribune Interactive
  • Unicast
  • United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC)
  • Vivendi
  • WebTV Networks Inc.
  • Wink Communications
  • WorldGate

Appendix: Broadband Connectivity Access Services In The Top 50 U.S. Markets

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