Author: Philip
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What’s left for the Labels and Studios, Networks or Channels?
The role filled by middlemen follow an inevitable demise.
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How business can be its own worst enemy
By losing focus on the customer, they’re forced into finding alternatives – often better than what they had.
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Do I really need a TV service?
After moving, I have to wonder if I really need to subscribe to cable or satellite or even get over the air – so what’s the substitute?
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A podcast is not the same media form as a video podcast a.k.a. vlog
The nature of the experience dictates that they be considered two separate media forms, with different roles and advantages.
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Yahoo and TiVo hook up, world shakes a little
In a remarkably low key announcement we could be seeing the first solid move to television convergence.
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An industry divided
From recent announcements and manoeuvrings, it would seem like there are two content creation industries: the one that sees new forms of distribution as an opportunity to promote and extend brand, and the other that feels every new use, every feature has to be charged for – including, if the MPAA gets its way on…
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When a good format “wins” for all the wrong reasons
It seems the tide is definitively turning to Blu-ray over HD DVD but it seems to be because of the excessive DRM implemented in Blu-ray
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Broadcast Flag (again) and WIPO
Yet another grab at power by entrenched oligopolies against the personal and public interest.
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The power of disruptive technologies
A disruptive technology is one that most people do not see coming and yet, within a very short period it changes everything. A disruptive technology will become the dominant technology. Rarely are they accurately predicted because predictions are generally extrapolated from the existing understanding. For example, there’s no doubt that the invention of the motor…
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Don’t panic! Apple adopts Intel processors
Really, nothing changes now but the future is a little bit brighter. That’s all it means folks – a small change, not a dramatic turnaround.