Archive for the 'Cable' Category
Media Companies Should Stick to Their Knitting
Published by David Evans on March 24th, 2008
Filed Under:
Other, Digital Media, Cable, Publishing, Internet-Based, Auctions/Exchanges, Ad-Supported, Technology, Internet TV
Media companies are engaging in a bit of co-opetition as they form ad networks for selling advertising across member properties. (See the recent AP article Media Groups Share Content in Ad Deals.)
Sometimes competitors are getting in bed together because they figure, I guess, that they don’t want to lose the money for selling […]
News Flash? People Don’t Read Newspapers Anymore
Published by Karen Webster on March 10th, 2008 Filed Under:
Digital Media, Mobile, Cable, Publishing, Internet-Based, Ad-Supported, Newspaper Publishing, New Business Models, Technology, consumers
The latest WeMedia/Zogby poll citing that most people use the internet for their primary source of news and information is hardly a newsflash. We’ve been reading about the newspaper industry’s demise now for a couple of years as a result of fewer people reading the paper and therefore fewer advertisers using it to reach the […]
It’s Time For Amazon to Think Outside of the Unbox
Published by Karen Webster on March 10th, 2008 Filed Under:
Digital Media, Cable, Publishing, Internet-Based, Auctions/Exchanges, Newspaper Publishing, New Business Models, Technology, consumers
A recent blog post ponders the future of Amazon’s Unbox video service given its reported inability to “make a dent in Amazon’s business.” This service, which was launched nearly 18 months ago, is a movie download service that allows movies to be downloaded right to set-top boxes (thanks to a partnership with Tivo). Recently, Amazon […]
Comcast’s Got a Brand New Plan
Published by Karen Webster on January 9th, 2008 Filed Under:
Digital Media, Cable, Internet-Based, Ad-Supported, New Business Models, Technology, Internet TV, consumers, Search engines
Comcast announced today its ambitious new plan to allow on demand access to a “nearly limitless” supply of movies and TV shows via both television and the internet. Dubbed Project Infinity, the goal is to bolster Comcast’s competitive position with satellite and telcos - and it hopes its stock price in the process - […]
Internet Video on the Tube
Published by David Evans on December 11th, 2007 Filed Under:
Digital Media, Cable, Internet-Based, New Business Models, Technology, Internet TV
What’s it going to take to get people to watch Internet video on their televisions?
Today’s Wall St. Journal has an interesting article that talks about the problem and offers some suggestions based on talking to executives in the business. These range from reducing the number of boxes, keeping it simple, and making the Internet […]
The Trend Towards Microblogging
Published by David Evans on August 8th, 2007 Filed Under:
Other, Digital Media, Cable, Publishing, Ad-Supported, Newspaper Publishing, New Business Models, blogs
Steve Rubel’s recent post on Adage.com, The Case of the Incredible Shrinking Blogosphere, highlights a couple of issues I mentioned in my recent post on the economics of blogging.
Blogging takes a lot of persistance and isn’t for the faint of heart. Relatively few people who start blogs are able to keep them up […]
Content Dethroned
Published by David Evans on April 3rd, 2007 Filed Under:
Digital Media, Mobile, Cable, Internet-Based, Ad-Supported, Software
Content is king according to Tom Hazlett in an FT.com article today.
While Tom makes some interesting points, I’m not so sure I agree. Sure, a lot of the advertising-supported media platforms have built up content portfolios that are valuable these days. And there are lots more ways to distribute the content–cable is looking to […]
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