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Is Apple TV a 21st century Newton?

By On September 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’m beginning to think so. While I love my Apple TV hardware and the software that powers it, it’s beginning to feel like a dead end product. The business model just isn’t there. The economics of buying or renting movies and TV shows on iTunes doesn’t make sense – $2.99 – $4.99 for a 24-hour [...]

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Next generation DVRs

By On September 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

FierceIPTV is reporting that Cablevision is planning to go ahead with deployment of its RS-DVR as early as next month. The major studios and other large content owners sued for copyright infringement and lost, but the case may still be appealed to the Supreme Court.

The idea of remote storage for DVRs allows a [...]

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Of social networks and cable TV

By On March 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment

This week’s Economist features a brief analysis of the social networking boom and where it all might lead. Some interesting parallels were brought to the fore. Among them:

AOL’s acquisition of Bebo is much like Microsoft’s acquisition of Hotmail a decade ago. And that the network effect still holds.

Social networks as they [...]

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How Comcast blew it

By On February 26, 2008 · 1 Comment

Earlier this week I wrote at PVC of my belief that 2009 can be a big year for independent video producers. Two things have to happen for my dream to come true.

The transition to DTV has to be completed on time, and the auction of the 700 MHz bandwidth has to be open [...]

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Apple TV, Open Television Network, and the independent

By On February 4, 2008 · 1 Comment

As a consumer device, Apple TV is a typical first generation technology endeavor. Basically Apple took the iPod formula and applied it to IPTV — create a basic, no frills piece of hardware in an elegant wrapper, but give it a best in class UI.

This approach worked for the iPod because an easy to [...]

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