What seems to be driving this surge in IP traffic is video, and Cisco estimated that by 2013, video will count for around 90% of the total consumer IP traffic. Although a minor component right now, mobile video traffic will also make up the majority of mobile IP traffic in 2013 as well, Cisco estimating that it will reach about 64% of total mobile IP traffic.

Cisco IP Traffic Graph 2008-2013

As with all estimates, it helps to consider them with a grain of salt. However, taking into account that moving video around requires a lot of bandwidth, because of the sheer size of video files and streaming, it’s not really surprising the fact that video will eventually be the majority of IP traffic exchanged on the Internet.

However, knowing this, it will be interesting to see if there will be any disrupting technology that will somewhat revolutionize video streaming for example (and I’m thinking something beyond .flv and at HD quality, also available for mobile), much like the mp3 format revolutionized audio files and music industry.

Also, it will be interesting to see how WebTV will develop in this context, and how the large offline video production powerhouses will tap into the interactive and digital market (and we’ve already seen some steps with Hulu and Epix). It will also be interesting to watch the large mobile operators if they will manage to capitalize on the increase in mobile video traffic as well.

For more detailed information, check out the Cisco whitepaper, as well as the TechCrunch article linked below as source.

Via TechCrunch.

YouTube XL also packs in a significant WebTV experience, allowing its users to control the interface remotely, be it through a wireless keyboard or through a Gmote (a third party application that works as a remote control and is running on Android phones). The interface looks quite clean, devoid of any advertisement, at least for the moment.

With Hulu launching its Hulu Desktop application not so long ago and with both giants already dwelling into the mobile world, it is clear that both companies are leading the front edge of the interactive video industry through media convergence rather than settling for a single broadcast medium. Both YouTube and Hulu have now closed the display medium loop, being now available on all three screens of their users: PC, TV and mobile.

via TechCrunch.

Realitatea.NET is launching a new series of WebTV productions under the name of Realitatea.NET Live. Today, Letitia Zaharia, the host of the show, has invited Sorin Oprescu, the Mayor of Bucharest, to be her guest for this first edition.

You can address your questions related to Bucharest directly to its Mayor, Sorin Oprescu, in real time at www.realitatea.net/videochat.

Enjoy!

The TV set in the hotel room has moved beyond the basic TV that we’re used to handle everyday at home, at work or even in a hotel room, at least in Romania. The Madrid hotel TV is a truly interactive WebTV, controlled not only by a remote that acts as a mouse, but also by a keyboard that allows you to actually surf the web on your TV screen. In terms of digital content, the WebTV offers regular TV channels to watch (kind of a limited offer, just some Spanish, German channels and CNN), as well as pay per view TV channels (from business to sports and even adult channels) and special shows and channels that you can play, pause, rewind/fast-forward and even record.

While at FICOD2008 people are looking at the future of digital content, while also experiencing it in their everyday life, I believe that we should also move beyond just discussing future business opportunities in the digital media and start putting it to work because the technology is here already, we just need to educate the market to accept it, adopt it and pay for it.