Author Archives: Tim Hermes

Taking a World View

Can it be True? Well, can it? A press release hit my in-box March 1 where UK-based STB provider PACE announced it was now the second largest set-top provider in the world. Wow. I woulda never guessed it because in my usual way of thinking, if its not used primarily in a US system it [...]
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V+V+D =$

There’s gotta be a formula. Somewhere some big-brain types are hunched over statistical software crunching numbers on the Big Question – and one that I, frankly, probably have wrong. If I understand correctly cable operators get their revenue in two key ways – subscriber revenue through monthly service fees, and local and online ad revenue [...]
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3DTV and Me (and you, and whoever else has it)

Car keys. That's what I think about when I think of 3DTV. Go with me on this. I can NEVER find my car keys (or phone, or wallet, or sunglasses) when i need them. It's a source of constant embarrassment for me. How can a silly little piece of metal ruin my day so often?...
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OK, There IS a Difference

The winter blues. Never had em so bad after the winter we have had here in DC. So last weekend I grabbed the wife, kid and pot-roast-with toenails we call our bulldog London and headed south to our little beach place that we had used our son’s college savings to afford. ANYTHING and I mean [...]
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Super Bowl – I Won’t Get Fooled Again

Ouch. As a music lover, sometimes its hard to admit when a band needs to pack it in. But following the show by half of the Who that is still alive during the Super Bowl halftime (congrats Saints,) I ALMOST wanted to throw the remote through the TV. Now THAT would have been a cool [...]
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Just Why Are Those Trucks Rolling?

Sitting here in the office looking out at the street in my little Northern Virginia town – despite being three miles from the nations capital and all the attendant hubbub – not a heck of a lot happens here. In fact the most exciting thing I’ve ever witnessed from my home-office window is the time [...]
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    • Taking a World View Tim Hermes, BGR CEO

      Can it be True? Well, can it?
      A press release hit my in-box March 1 where UK-based STB provider PACE announced it was now the second largest set-top provider in the world. Wow. I woulda never guessed it because in my usual way of thinking, if its not used primarily in a US system it [...]