The convergence of media and technology, long predicted but not yet fulfilled, is at last showing signs of happening - with high-speed Internet access making much of it possible. With more American households going to broadband, faster Internet connections are changing the movie, music, telephone, computer and cable businesses.
The battles brought on by these changes are likely to occupy the media and technology industries in 2004:
Technology
Television Technology: A Race to Enter the Flat-Screen Business
Initial Public Offerings: Will Google Take the Plunge?
Telecommunications: A Do-It-All Attitude Among Providers
Venture Capital: A Stirring of Hope Amid Pessimism
Cellphones: An Industry Watches Japan's Experience
Software Companies: A Drive to Grow by Absorbing Rivals
Security Technology: For Global ID Systems, the Tried and True
Media
Piracy: Studios Fight Piracy With Education
Internet Advertising: More Businesses Are Turning to Paid Listings on Search Engines
Newspapers: New Focus for Publishers Is the Hispanic Reader
Music: With CD Sales Slipping, the DVD Steps In
Satellite TV: A New Murdoch in the Spotlight
Magazines: For Young Men, Shopping Handguides
Personal Video Recorders: Executives Plan Now to Deal With Popularity
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