Media is Changing
Friday, September 25th, 2009Internet and the Digital Revolution has transformed Media... and this is just starting. If not convinced, see the clip above.
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Internet and the Digital Revolution has transformed Media... and this is just starting. If not convinced, see the clip above.
Why Is Google Acquiring On2?
Friday, August 7th, 2009Google has announced the acquisition of On2, the company that owns some of the video compression codecs widely used in online video, but that were recently losing ground in favor of h.264. Why is Google spending $106 million in purchasing the owner of decaying codecs? 1) Google has high hopes for HTML5, ...
Who said the Telcos did not know about Media?
Friday, July 31st, 2009The Chart of the day of The Business Insider a few days ago is self-explanatory. Bundling very high speed Internet Access with TV is winning the battle. Will they be able to sustain it against the coming Hulu's? This can also signal that Internet access is now perceived at home as ...
In CommunicAsia 2009: Making Mobile TV Work
Friday, July 31st, 2009It is more than one motnh ago that I was in CommunicAsia for a Mobile TV panel. Here are the main points we discussed about how to make the business case for Mobile TV work. Free-to-Air channels are a must to drive adoption of Mobile TV into the mainstream, as Japan ...
DVRs Go Mainstream, but for how long?
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009The Silicon Alley Insider Chart of the Day (above) shows the great curve of DVR (Digital Video Recorders) adoption in US, where almost one in three households already have one. This poses a threat to the advertising model of broadcast TVs, as DVRs are commonly used to fast-forward ads. DVRs are ...
I Love Music, but I Hate CDs
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009I guess that by now, all music labels have already realized that music downloads and subscriptions are the only way forward to distribute music. CDs are dead, and rightly so. Maybe because we just finished unpacking the shipment from KL in our new home in Shanghai, I just happen to realize ...
Blue-ray Won the Battle but Lost the War
Friday, January 9th, 2009It is already one year since Sony signed with the four big movie studios and knocked out Toshiba in the war for the high-definition video format. Seagate's CEO said then "Blue-ray won the battle but lost the war", referring to hard-drives as the end winners that will store HD movie ...
Online Movies 2019
Thursday, January 8th, 2009In 2019, while Music downloads are mostly free, people is ready to pay for Movie downloads. The Music industry has changed in the past ten years and artists make their work known by distributing it for free. Their revenues come from fans fees, live performances, merchandising, ad endorsements and downloads of ...
Welcome 2009!
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Year 2008 will be remembered for the financial crash but also as the year when iPhone 3G confirmed Apple's revolution of mobile phones. RIM also strengthened their corporate position with new multimedia capable models and Android saw its first handset launched, the G1. Wireless broadband became a reality, with 3G/HSDPA/EVDO ...
Online Video Gets the Headlines, IPTV the Revenue
Thursday, December 18th, 2008An interesting analysis from Telco 2.0 compares the business of YouTube versus Hulu in 2008. The table summarizes the key data used in the analysis: YouTube Hulu No of videos/day 1000+ million 3-4 million Average duration 2.75 min 27.5 min % clips with ads 3-4% 80% Average CPM $10 $15-20 2008 Revenues $118 m $52 m 2008 Loss $91 m $9 m According to Telco 2.0, YouTube ...
