Here’s an Executive Summary of a white paper just published by Fierce Online Video. VOD’s Vicious Cycle The OTT market is exploding; the associated ad market is not. And, may never! Challenges? (1) Ad-blocking (2) Ad-fraud (3) Measurement Premium AVOD (ad-based VOD) is caught a vicious cycle: >> Viewers love Netflix-style content – expensive! >> […]
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Apple Music, Apple Watch … What’s next? When it comes to TV, #iMissSteveJobs.
July 21, 2015 
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For a year or two after Steve’s death, analysts talked about a ‘lack of innovation’ as a risk for Cook’s Apple. At that time, I felt the criticism was unwarranted. My argument? The iPhone was enough innovation for a decade – and Cook’s steady execution refining existing products would provide ample room to harvest Jobs’ […]
Continue readingPANEL: The Long-tail of Live Sports: Coming to #DigitalHollywood! This Wed 4/29 at 1045am at Ritz Carlton Marina Del Rey
April 26, 2015 0 Comments
Digital Hollywood Sports Next http://www.digitalhollywood.com/sportsnext.html Date: Wednesday April 29th Time: 10:45am – Noon Title: The Long-tail of Live Sports – How to make it great; How to cultivate an audience; How to pay for it Abstract: We’ll talk about (1) great live sports production at a fraction of the cost of broadcast (2) traditional and […]
Continue reading Periscope and Selfie Streaming: Cams going mainstream, Opportunity to get this right
April 12, 2015 1 Comment
Hi all. It’s a packed day at NAB Show #NAB2015! First – the #SocialTV Index volume 2 is out! The free report is truly worth a peek. John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable picked it up, as has at least one other outlet. The headline? Twitter seems to be losing ground to Facebook – fast. Declined 25% vis-a-vis August 2014. If the numbers […]
Continue reading 7 Reasons #NABShow beats #CES and #SXSW
March 24, 2015 4 Comments
In “The Purpose of Silicon Valley,” MIT Tech Review author Michael Malone talks of a geeky debate happening in the Valley these days. The question? Are we losing our purpose? Social networking apps are fun, the argument goes, but global hunger isn’t yet solved – and tech startups need to be involved in those problems. […]
Continue readingMeerkan’t: Why Meerkat won’t be the app that defines Now-casting
March 17, 2015 2 Comments
Edited: Title changed – Fail was too strong a word – congrats to you guys Meerkat! But here’s why I think you won’t be worth bajillions. I love live streaming. I love selfies. And I love social networks. But Meerkat? That’s not a name that’s going to stick. Let me qualify: Social selfie streaming […]
Continue readingDraper honors Dale Dougherty, Founder CEO of Maker Faire, which started in San Mateo – (like YouTube and many others)
May 12, 2014 0 Comments
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Continue readingSoftware encoding wins – a PR analysis from NAB
April 18, 2014 0 Comments
Software encoding wins – a PR analysis from NAB A quick post – I spent 5 years at Ericsson AB in the software division – we battled (intellectually, mind you – not physically) with our hardware product brethren Based on the PR I’ve I’m an expert at the latest trend on show at NAB Show 2014 […]
Continue readingHarris to become the new leader in cloud-based broadcast tech?
March 26, 2014 0 Comments
Maybe! Recently, it was announced that Harris Broadcast would split into two companies – one of them called Imagine Communications. Imagine has wasted no time to launch a vision for cloud TV infrastructure & coined a new buzzword, as you’ll read below. The link is here: http://sportsvideo.org/main/blog/2014/03/harris-broadcast-to-split-company-into-imagine-communications-gatesair/ Steve Reynolds will be Imagine Communications’ CTO. Recently, he unveiled two new flagship […]
Continue readingVariety: “Big TV Killed the DVR”
January 17, 2014 0 Comments
http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/big-media-hopes-to-kill-the-ad-zapping-dvr-with-video-on-demand-1201061036/ Great article — including the sad truth that industry forces are partly to blame for the stagnation of DVR technology. (Witness TiVo’s current experience with the Comcast Xfinity Cable Card — it’s awful — e.g. watching VOD forces me to cancel in-process DVR recordings.) I’ve been in the TV technology business for many years […]
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