Archive for the 'IPTV' Category
Is it Time to Quit Cable?
2 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 6th, 2007 in IPTV, Market Research & Intelligence, Online TV, TV, Zoombie Industries, cable, futute tv, joost.Cable TV service sucks! Most Americans get more satisfaction from waiting in line at the bank, visiting the post office and conversations with their insurance company then they do from their Satellite or cable provider.
According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, Cable and Satellite TV companies perpetually scrape the bottom of the barrel when it [...]
Good News/Bad News: Joost Gets $45 Million, Networks get Fewer Viewers
4 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello May 11th, 2007 in ABC, Broadband, Broadband-Wagon, CBS, CNN, Conjecture, Digital downloading, Funding, GooTube, IPTV, NBC, Online TV, TV, Technology & Entertainment, TrendSpotting, deals, futute tv, hot betas, joost, social media.Good news: Today Joost announced they raised $45 million bucks with power VC firm’s from around the globe and a YouTube hating media giant. The deal brings together Index Ventures of the EU, Sequoia Capital of Silicon Valley fame, and the Li Ka-shing foundation run by Hong Kong based billionaire, Li Ka-shing. The international focus [...]
Joost Signs Deal with CBS
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello April 12th, 2007 in BitTorrent, Broadband, Broadband-Wagon, CBS, Entertainment, IPTV, Online TV, deals, hot betas, hot invites, joost, viacom, video.CBS just put out a press release announcing that they have cut a deal with Joost to show “first run and other premium content”. They are slated to launch content through the application in the spring and say that it will come from a bunch of the CBS divisions. The release says that they will [...]
YouTube Up TV Down
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello November 27th, 2006 in IPTV, Online TV, Quantification, Research, Research Summary, Tech 2.0, TrendSpotting, Web Stats, YouTube, bbc, trend.Great post over at Mashable on this BBC report claiming that 43% of Brits who watch video via the net or mobile devices watch less TV. Now thats a big scary number but the fine print is that this group represents only 9% of the British population. Of course thats the only bit of good [...]
