Technology

Content Providers Shifting Business Model

by Donald McMichael

Chris Van Noy the Chief Media and Enter­tain­ment Strate­gist at Aka­mai talks about the future of down­load­able enter­tain­ment, in par­tic­u­lar the busi­ness mod­els of Apple and Google and what it means for con­tent providers and the con­sumer elec­tron­ics industry.

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The Video Evolution will be Televised… and ‘Over the Top’

by Donald McMichael
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photo via skip­pyjon   Does it seem that every year you make New Year’s res­o­lu­tions that are log­i­cal but never pan-out because of real­ity? I know that at times I do. It seems that this year I’ve noticed sev­eral arti­cles focused on how many want to jet­ti­son their cable provider (or at least the TV […]

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5 Fav Business and Strategy Post #17

by Donald McMichael
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photo by Sarah Sampsel   While I never going into depth about the finds, I do encour­age you check them out if they sound inter­est­ing.   Monaco Media Forum 2010 — “Media Unbound” Who rules the new game? MMF 2010 round­table dis­cus­sion that inves­ti­gates the impact new screens, new soft­ware, and new plat­forms are hav­ing on […]

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5 Fav Business and Strategy Post #14

by Donald McMichael
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While I never going into depth about the finds, I do encour­age you check them out if they sound inter­est­ing. Accel Partner’s Ping Li: Biggest Video Oppor­tu­nity is Around Mobile The big oppor­tu­nity around video is mobile; the iPad will lead to the emer­gence of new sorts of video pro­gram­ming say Peter Li of Accel […]

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The Revolution of Content — Sponsored by Mobile Devices

by Donald McMichael
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There is an inter­est­ing arti­cle on the Huff­in­g­ton Post site by Ramon Nuez that does a good job of lay­ing out the case dis­rup­tion in the con­tent arena will only inten­sify. The cat­a­lyst, in his opin­ion, that super­charges this rev­o­lu­tion is mobile. In par­tic­u­lar video snip­pets that will be con­sumed on the run. Let’s exam­ine this […]

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Business Model: The Walled Garden of Ads… Apps

by Donald McMichael
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Beet.TV caught up with Marc Ruxin, Chief Inno­va­tion Offi­cer of Uni­ver­sal McCann, to get the inside scoop on Madi­son Avenue’s take on the cur­rent state of dig­i­tal adver­tis­ing. In this video Marc out­lined the three main chal­lenges with regards to the App market.

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