From the monthly archives: December 2005

The magic of ring tones

By On December 9, 2005 · Leave a Comment

On an email list I participate in, the the $1.99 iTunes video pricing model was being discussed. I made some points similar to the ones in my previous blog entry on the subject to which a colleague stated, “This all makes sense to me… except how do you explain ring tones?”

Ring tones blow [...]

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Not so new TV Tuesdays

By On December 6, 2005 · Leave a Comment

Are we witnessing Apple’s first big iPod misstep? Will the analysts who have been clamoring for Apple to be more flexible with its online media pricing and offerings finally be proved right? First they said that subscription services like Napster would eat iTunes lunch. Apple needed to embrace subscriptions. While they were at [...]

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Old media, old think

By On December 5, 2005 · Leave a Comment

From “Looking for the Proceeds in TV-on-Demand” by Richard Siklos in today’s NY Times:

StartOver offers digital cable subscribers a free restart button if they join a program in progress, with about 60 broadcast and cable networks participating in the venture. While the utility of the service is initially quite limited, Mr. [Jeffrey] Bewkes and [...]

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WWJD (What Would Jakob Do?)

By On December 5, 2005 · Leave a Comment

So many clients have been struggling with web video and video podcast issues, it’s great timing that Jakob Nielsen has weighed in on the web video issue again. New media types often find Nielsen to be a bit too stodgy, bemoaning eye candy in favor of usability, but TV types will find him [...]

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