Sector expected to be worth $17bn by 2012.

Handset giant buys into MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding compression systems.

ABI Research predicts huge potential for white-label video providers.

Online video rental set to explode.

Device can decompress full high-definition video at 1,920 dots x 1,080 lines in real time.

Device can decompress full high-definition video at 1,920 dots x 1,080 lines in real time.

Video fingerprinting technology to protect content.

Move Networks claims 100,000 new streaming users a day.

Tough questions facing cable operators.

Porn house risks Sony's wrath with Blu-ray release.

Hybrid set-top boxes allow satellite operators to enter the fray.

But only just.

Killer mobile entertainment application, says analyst.

Players found to have lower levels of stress-hormone, cortisol.

Vertical integration key to internet/TV convergence, says analyst.

But compatible handset supply remains a problem.

Software giant promises to 'democratise video game development'.

Content to be distributed on Universal Media Disc.

2008 the year of broadband video and web advertising.

New HDR-TG1 Handycam weighs in at 280 grams - or less than two iPod Classics. Add a titanium body and 10x optical zoom and we're drooling.