Jeremy Toeman

In the case of a serious living room play, if you check out the above graphic, what stands out most about the Apple TV in its current incarnation is its lack of apps, web, and communications support. These elements are the three biggest game changers that propelled the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad beyond the impressive media foundation that marked the pre-iOS iPod. - Jeremy Toeman

Research firm Xyologic released a bunch of statistics about Google TV today.  And those statistics point squarely at the amazing lack of app installs on the platform.  Granted, these aren’t official numbers from Google or anything, but they seem quite believable (except for the whole Napster as #1 app thing, which is just bizarre, but then again, so are apps on your TV). - Jeremy Toeman

Roku is one of the cord-cutter’s favorite tools, because its devices make it easier to get video on your TV without paying for a cable subscription. But as Roku plans to more than double the current number of apps on its platform, it is putting a particular focus on cable apps — ones that will still require users to keep those cable subscriptions. - Jeremy Toeman

In the first phase of our TV Everywhere enablers mini-series, I discussed Companion TV with second screen expert,  Jeroen Elfferich , CEO & co-founder at Ex Machina and how smartphones and tablets are changing the way we create, and enjoy TV. He shared some great insight into how show formats are evolving to embrace our multi-screen lifestyle and how for the first time, the Internet is being harnessed to compliment TV, not to cannibalize it! He also admitted that he spends more time playing games on his iPad then he would have ever imagined! - Jeremy Toeman

BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen demoed his P2P live streaming protocol at the San Francisco MusicTech Summit on Monday, which he said could potentially stream live video to millions of computers with no central infrastructure. Cohen said that the protocol could potentially be used for video conferencing, live streams of video game tournaments or even live sports events. “My goal here is to kill off television,” he joked. - Jeremy Toeman

The first clue comes from Jobs’ statement that it has to be “completely easy to use.” As one who had to deal with all types of digital content and many licensing deals, Jobs clearly realized that gaining access to quality content will be key to any future Apple TV strategy. But he also knew that he would have to deal with user-generated content, video podcasts and new types of Internet TV shows as well. So I believe that his team is creating a very large database of content that includes commercial programs and all of these other Internet-accessible TV programs, and building an architecture around this content to make it elegantly organized and tied to artificial intelligence technology that makes it easy to find. - Jeremy Toeman

Adam Crozier, chief executive of Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster, raised the issue with the company when he took the job in 2010, amid expectations that Apple would follow the pattern of branding used for its iPhone and iPad when it eventually cracked television. - Jeremy Toeman

And now, I ask the question of TV viewing: are we or aren’t we cutting the cord? - Jeremy Toeman

In this three-part series, Co.Create looks at the world of social TV. In Part Two, we checked in with content creators and looked at show-specific solutions. In this third and final installment, we look at the brand perspective and the complicated job of measuring what happens on the second screen. - Jeremy Toeman

We have been following Google TV apps since August 2011. Since then 64 exclusive apps for Google TV have been added. According to our analysis, these apps have a total install base of 4,793,000. Please note that 6 of these apps – which come pre-installed at Google TVs – combine to 4,441,000 of these installs. Only 352,000 Google TV exclusive Android apps have been downloaded so far. - Jeremy Toeman

Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming. - Jeremy Toeman

If you thought television engagement was on the wane, think again. It turns out that viewers in the US spend more than 33 hours per week watching video across the screens, according to the latest Nielsen Cross-Platform Report. When one considers that 35 hours per week is legally considered a full-time job, it tells you something about where television falls in the priority queue for Americans. - Jeremy Toeman