Study: iTunes videos created "big bang"

Macworld ^ | 01/23/2006 | Peter Cohen

[Panerai]

ABI Research said Monday that Apple’s introduction of videos for sale through the iTunes Music Store last October triggered an “online video big bang.”

“While the push to online video had started well before the launch of the video iPod … the online video ‘big bang’ started with Apple’s announcement,” said the company in a statement.

That momentum was punctuated by new products and services introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this month in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“The flood of online content announcements from Google, Yahoo and others shows that after years of hesitation from the larger media players, the market for premium content online is finally beginning to take shape,” said Mike Wolf, principal analyst of broadband and multimedia with ABI Research.

ABI Research predicts 89 percent growth for the premium online video market through 2010.

“When companies such as Intel, with their new Viiv entertainment PC platform, and other large stakeholders such as Apple and Microsoft, focus their attention and resources, the combined impetus will force this market to expand, and consumers to open their wallets,” said Wolf.

[Panerai]

iTunes ping

[Caveman Lawyer]

Is the title referring to the video iPod's pornographic possibilities?

[Panerai]

No, but if you want to carry your porn around, you can load your porn yourself on a video ipod, as long as it's in the right format. A plus for the ipod is that it only required one hand to operate :)

[big'ol_freeper]

Apple leads. All others try to play catch up.

[Sundog]

i-porn.

latest word in the US Lexicon.

[UB355]

I will see the benefit of this when you can burn your own dvd and watch on your TV. At this point just being able to watch on your PC or ipod is of no use to me.

[martin_fierro]

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[SamAdams76]

I watch of the video on my video iPod. It is not bad at all. THough I still use it mostly for audio.

[Mr. Blonde]

I'm not sure if it comes with it, but you can get a cable to plug the iPod into your tv to watch downloaded content on your tv. I don't think they quality is great on the bigger screen but probably passable. And if they don't work that out in the near future I will be surprised.

[Always Right]

I'm not sure if it comes with it, but you can get a cable to plug the iPod into your tv to watch downloaded content on your tv. I don't think they quality is great on the bigger screen but probably passable. And if they don't work that out in the near future I will be surprised.

There is really no reason to. High-quality video takes up a ton of storage space. What you want are small files with suitable resolution for small displays. That way you can fit 100 videos onto an I-Pod, instead of just one.