Archive for the 'Online TV' Category
Battlestar Galactica Razor 3 Weeks Early. Thanks NBC.
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello November 2nd, 2007 in BitTorrent, Groups Opposing the MPAA, Online TV, TV, Torrents, advertising.If your not watching the geek greatness that is Battlestar Galactica then you are missing one of the greatest male soap operas on TV. Yesterday, while perusing my favorite Bittorent sites to get caught-up on the latest episodes of Avatar, Weeds and Dexter, I saw an entry for Battlestar Galactica Razor. “This couldnt be the [...]
Research Tuesday: Research from around the web
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 28th, 2007 in Conjecture, Gadgets, Long Tail, Market Research & Intelligence, Online TV, Quantification, Research, Research Summary, SMF, Tech Musings, Technology & Entertainment, TrendSpotting, User Generated Content, Web Resources, Zune, horrible headlines, mobile, mobile phone, social ideas, trend, video.Ok, so research Tuesday became research Wednesday Thursday.
Males Love Video Long Time
It’s been a reading week for me. Lots of great stuff to mull over and help shape ones thinking about digital media. Lets start with a report by consultancy Frank N. Magid & Associates with the irresistibly tantalizing header “80% of 18 - 24 [...]
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 [...]
No more Colbert on GooTube?
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello February 2nd, 2007 in Entertainment, Google, Online TV, Technology & Entertainment, User Generated Content, YouTube, copyright, google trends, mtv, viacom, video.The good folks at Viacom have sent our friends at GooTube a cease and desist letter, demanding that the service remove 100,000 video clips of the company’s shows. As of this posting Google has desisted from ceasing.
News From the Starred Folder
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello January 31st, 2007 in Digital Music, Movie downloads, Online TV, Quantification, Research, Research Summary, drm, movie downloading.Like everyone I often mark news items and blog post that I want to follow-up on but unless I do it within 12 hours its unlikely I’ll ever get to it. Since the exception proves the rule, I offer two exceptions.
The first is a report put out by our Cannuck friends at Solutions Research tantalizingly [...]
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 [...]
