Broadband video-to-TV trend seen roiling business models

BROADBAND VIDEO-TO-TV TREND SEEN ROILING BUSINESS MODELS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Kenneth Li]
A wave of new technologies that link home computers to televisions could threaten traditional media distribution methods as consumer interest in online video entertainment continues to grow. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, electronics manufacturers from Sony Corp. to start-ups such as Sling Media unveiled a raft of new products to allow consumers to play Internet videos, or media files stored on PCs, directly on their TV screens. Bridging that PC-to-TV gap would open up new distribution potential for media content providers, but would also challenge traditional distribution channels and strategies, such as cable TV's much-vaunted video on demand services.
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