KDDI Research released a report (Japanese-language; PDF download here) I authored on The State of TV in America (English abstract). This is part 1 of 2, and focuses on the traditional broadcast TV and cable industries, and the advent of “three screen viewing”, to paraphrase Nielsen’s term. Part 2 looks forward, and will focus further on multi-device viewing, and innovations in the video viewing and distribution fields.

Quick post with my Rosum hat on. Today Rosum announced (pdf link) the launch of its Alloy chip, which utilizes broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing and location information for mobile devices and femtocells. Alloy was developed in partnership with Siano Mobile Silicon, which provides Mobile Digital TV receiver chips, for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices.

Speaking as a long-time Rosum contributor, this is a proud day.

KDDI Research Institute published a report (Japanese-language) I did on white space communications, i.e., unlicensed communications over TV spectrum.

Last week Nielsen released the results of its latest DTV readiness survey, stating that 3.6M households, or about 3.1% of households, are still “completely unready”, i.e., with no DTV-capable TV sets. (”Partially ready” means at least one set is ready.) This is a vast improvement from December and January, figures which gave grounding to the Obama Administration’s push to delay the transition by four months, to June 12th. All told, 641 stations (out of about 1600) have shut off analog already.

The FCC’s website provides estimated coverage maps, which show where there can be a difference between current analog and digital coverage.