DivX Software Delivers Movable Media
News Already about 3 million US households swap files of movies and TV shows in file-sharing communities online such as Kazaa, according to research from The Yankee Group, which notes that a large amount of those files are encoded in DivX technology.
[January 31, 2003, 8:17]
Is There A Future For Digital Video Recorders?
News The Yankee Group's report includes standalone DVRs, along with DVR features built into cable set-top boxes, consumer-electronics devices and satellite TV set-top boxes. With (consumer electronics) makers involved, and their experience in educating...
[October 3, 2002, 8:54]
Verizon To Launch Mobile Chaperone Service
News Mobile packages designed for families have become key to growth at US operators, which currently sign up as many as 60 percent of their new subscribers via family discount plans, according to technology research firm Yankee Group.
[June 12, 2006, 10:25]
MPEG-4 On Road To Rights Management
News A technical standard for digital rights management "had been the component missing from any MPEG-4 content or individual players", said Ryan Jones, an analyst for The Yankee Group. The Mountain View, California-based nonprofit is pushing for the...
[January 29, 2003, 7:46]
RFID Gets Manufacturing Push From IBM
News In a research report published Tuesday, Boston-based Yankee Group estimated that consumer goods manufacturers will spend an average of $6.9 million (£3.8 million) on RFID in 2005. Enterprises need to identify what they can improve and how RFID can...
[September 14, 2004, 18:00]
Subscription For Content Is New Net Trend
News Subscriptions are part of the mix to figure out what the formula is for making money on providing content," said Emily Meehan, senior analyst at The Yankee Group. Steven Vonder Haar, an analyst at The Yankee Group, said that for publishers to...
[March 30, 2001, 13:48]
Home Networking Gets A Jump Start From New Tech
News People are buying them, so home networking is gaining momentum," said Yankee Group analyst Karuna Uppal. Inari declined to join the standards effort, choosing instead to support similar standards efforts in Europe and join with the Consumer...
[January 5, 2001, 9:20]
Integration Is Key For Digital Video Recorders
News There is rock-bottom consumer interest, but off-the-charts consumer satisfaction, and it comes down to education," said Aditya Kishore, an analyst with research firm The Yankee Group. The move away from DVRs as standalone boxes to integration with...
[August 23, 2002, 6:27]
Cisco Targets Data Centres With Nexus 7000
News The enterprise is Cisco's cash cow," said Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president at Yankee Group Research. The company has been bulking up its service-provider business and taking bold steps into new markets like the consumer electronics industry.
[January 28, 2008, 7:55]
Microsoft Plans Web Software Push
News Network security, virtualisation and next-generation networks should all be hot topics, with experts from Gartner, the Yankee Group and Current Analysis all scheduled to speak. MPs and academics will be examining the impact of consumer electronics...
[February 19, 2007, 15:16]
Microsoft Puts PCs Into Heart Of Home Entertainment
News But Yankee Group analyst Ryan Jones said November is too late. Then again, taking on the cost of the decoder fee would be a big expense given that 42 percent of PCs with Internet access have DVD drives, according to Yankee Group.
[July 16, 2002, 8:19]
Can Stringer Restore Sony To Its Former Glory?
News The fact that Sony now has a Westerner at the top, that's very surprising," said Michael Goodman, an analyst for research firm The Yankee Group. Sony Music didn't want those players supporting something they viewed as the format of pirates," said...
[March 8, 2005, 17:05]
Google Sees Profit In Product Images
News This is a new direction for Google; they are clearly looking to get new revenues," said Rob Lancaster, Internet analyst at The Yankee Group. Shoppers can search for products ranging from toys and electronics to apparel, calling up print-catalogue...
[December 19, 2001, 12:49]
CES: Name Change And First Product For Rearden Steel
News The high cost of set-top boxes is one of the main reasons why cable companies have been slow to adopt any type of interactive solution," Yankee Group analyst Aditya Kishore said. The downside though is that, even though the average US household has...
[January 7, 2002, 15:27]
