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Video is the Recurring Star
There is an insatiable demand for content of the video variety. It is so great in fact that sports networks like ESPN are getting an outsized portion of your cable bill. The network in fact gets more than $5 per...
Are Pay-TV Companies Suicidal?
I don’t mean to sound an alarm bell but run for the doors – if you are a cable company or telco, just what the heck are you thinking? Let me lay out the facts. Kodak is a shell of...
TV Disruption to Happen More Slowly Than You Think
If you have any interest in understanding how the internet will or will not disrupt television broadcasting you must read this article from Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital. Bill explains in well-thought out detail that affiliate fees will block disruption for...
Is Wow Mobile Doomed Already?
Peter Radizeski of RAD-INFO thinks Wow Mobile is doomed. To be fair, Peter is cynical but then again, he is right most of the time. In this case he thinks a MLM, get-rich scheme which sells mobile service has no...
iPhone Flash Support: The Real Apple Tax
A fascinating soap opera of video format wars precedes us and one has to wonder why exactly Adobe's Flash format is not supported on the iPhone.Microsoft came out with an ad and PR campaign recently which focused on the excessive...
TMCnet in Top 500 Sites in Blogosphere
Today I sent an email to the TMC team regarding how TMCnet ranks on URLFAN, a site which tracks rankings of websites in the blogosphere. The lower the URLFAN ranking the better and I am happy to say thank you...
Cable Content Blog
Be sure to check out one of TMC's latest blogs -- Cable Content Connection written by Dave Rodriguez -- TMC VP of conferences and publications. One of Dave's entries which caught my eye was titled McCain gets better rating then...
Disney Japanese MVNO
Is Japan a better MVNO market than the US? Apparently Disney thinks it is as they are bailing from the US MVNO market while launching an MVNO in Japan with the aid of Softbank. It is a shame that...
Verizon: ESPN Mobile
By now you may have heard about how ESPN will be offering video clips on Verizon’s VCast mobile network. ESPN made a go at being an MVNO but it just didn’t work out for the company. I think the deal...
Why MVNOs Fail – The $300 Phone
Is the reason for so many MVNO failures due to the fact these companies can’t give away $300 phones? This article seems to lead one down this path.They were wrong, said ESPN executive vice president of content John Skipper during...
FCC to Cable: Offer Individual Channels
The big FCC news today is a Wall Street Journal story reporting that the commission will soon suggest that cable companies offer their channels individually. A recent FCC report says that consumers could save money if they have the ability...
