August 2010
37 posts
“While it is arguably the most sacrosanct of media terrain, television is going...”
– Traditional Television in the Digital Crosshairs
A great piece of level reasoning and brilliant writing on the upcoming implosion of the TV networks and the takeover of the connected TV landscape by the web. Thanks to Diane Mermigas of Seeking Alpha.
“Apple doesn’t do boring and these upcoming iDevices — the iTV and new iPods —...”
– Check out Matt Burns’ TechCruch piece on the rumors about the upcoming Apple announcements.
It’s informed conjecture, but the idea of Facetime on a Touch with a cam enabling video conferencing via WiFi…is a winner. I’ll buy multiple units for my extended family for certain....
“Internet video will be the biggest thing to happen in the living room since the...”
– I think this is going to happen a lot faster!
Quote is from Lazard Capital Markets media analyst Barton Crockett, found in a post by my friend Richard Kastelein, publisher of AppMarket.tv.
“If Andreessen is raising money now, does that mean he sees trouble down the road...”
– Andreessen Horowitz hitting up investors for a cool $650 million: report | VentureBeat (via david-noel)
“Voice…who needs it?”
– Check out this GigaOm post.
Bit of interesting data from Om Malik, trending how we talk less, text more and rely on social networks for much of the interaction that was previously handled on a phone call.
I’ve been gravitating back to Om for common sense interpretations on trends lately.
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“Apple Looking To Slice Up Cable 99 Cents At A Time”
– A TechCrunch post today.
I continually get lambasted by friends and fellow bloggers on the social web and connected TV for being an Apple fan boy.
Certainly, Apple is not perfect, nor open, but the best way to disintermediate the TV space today is for Apple to do it. They get the intersection of...
Kudos to MET in NYC. Their featured art piece... →
“The fortunes of pay TV companies are nevertheless destined to flag, given...”
– From Craig Moffett, a cable industry analyst at Bernstein in today’s NY Times article Hooked on PayTV.
This polemic is destined to go on forever.
Connected TV is still a mess for the non-techie. And even for those of us who can navigate the boxes and wires, we still can’t get all of...
“Facebook is about sharing experiences that you’ve had,” Crowley, CEO Foursquare...”
– I don’t know whether this is completely true…but Foursquare having a huge surge of signups post Places announcements I’m sure eases their pain today.
Quote is from Mashable article @ http://mashable.com/2010/08/20/foursquare-new-users-record/
I’m a Foursquare fan and...
"It’s easy to see how one would think an Apple...
A smart quote on why Apple is who they are by Matt Burns in TechCrunch today.
I found this because I’m shopping for a large screen connected TV.
A lot of hyperbole and confusion and misrepresentation out there. Manufacturers are pushing built in apps, 3d ready, number of HDMI ports, social possibilities. I blog on social TV so I’m an overly educated consumer, but if you are a normal...
Safari broadcasts in 3D on interactiveTV
I posted some thoughts on 3D TV and Connected TV aps.
Comment below from Graham Wallington, Strategic Director at Safari TV is interesting and a great case study.
Graham’s comment:
I think that you make a very good point:
The combination of 3D and TV apps is going to benefit both ‘revolutions’.
WildEarth.tv is a LIVE wildlife broadcaster and we are now originating our...
"Garden State"--my vote for best movie sound track →
I keep coming back to this sound track as the best.
Never tire of it workout after workout after workout.
Runner up is “Adventureland”. Easy one for me as Lou Reed fan.
The lurking Facebook network
Check out this announcement from Facebook.
Couched innocently enough and maybe innocent in intent, the impact goes way beyond the words.
Facebook and Livestream now have an interactive video stream into every Facebook fan page and wall. Basically they have a live (and no reason why it couldn’t be time shifted) stream into the home pages of 500+M people. In real-time, all the time.
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Some thoughts on 3D TV and connected TV aps
I’m a believer in stereoscopic 3D and part of the early team that helped launched Chicken Little for Disney in the theaters 5 years ago with REAL D.
Current articles discussing the move from the theatre to the home have adopted the same lines of FUD… “Who needs it?” “Headaches” “Won’t wear glasses to watch a movie”
In the movie world, 3D is...
UK TV station chooses Facebook for network... →
This is significant and a first foreshadowing of what is coming.
Although a corner case example, having a UK TV content channel decide to use Facebook and Facebook tools for advertising and event management to distribute its live show is a good glimpse of the future.
Apple and Google are in the limelight of fighting for the big TV screen in the living room.
Amazon is lurking in the corner.
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Vertical ecommerce fundings respond to Groupon...
There’s been a move towards funding vertical ecommerce sites, especially in the kids and family sector as both a response to Groupon’s dominance and their proof that ecommerce when done right is working again.
UK Tagada is latest and size of funding speaks to some seriousness in carving out a niche.
I’m a believer that verticalization is the key, for groups with built in viral...
Coupon Currency
Check out the announcements from Yelp and OpenTable if you haven’t seen them.
Social commerce in the guise of group buying (aka Groupons) is a rocket that won’t slow down.
I’m a believer that Groupon is the brand horse to watch…but the playing field just got more interesting.
Yelp and OpenTable offer huge reach and unique capabilities (especially OpenTable) that will...
Seems like just the right thing.
Bill Gates Convinces 40 Billionaires to Give Away Half Their Fortunes http://bit.ly/anMAAe
