The linchpin point in Media: Software Defined Network Management of Content Distribution: Amazon buys Elemental

Amazon today announced their acquisition of Elemental for a half a billion dollars. Besides making the executive team quite wealthy (along side their investor group), Amazon signals a pure play in getting in to the networks of the worlds carriers, operators and broadcasters (as a side note, it had been rumored that COMCAST was mulling…

What do we need to do for newTV

The first and foremost aspect of an improved business model in the IP space is the size of viewer/user base, their engagement level and their having content available that meets their interest…consequently consuming it. The first and foremost aspect of an improved business model in the IP space is the size of viewer/user base, their…

MWC: Mobile World Congress was HOT!

At this year’s Mobile World Congress’s Grand Show floor in Barcelona was very grand. In fact, NAB, IBC, CES will be hard pressed to hold a candle to how outstanding the booths were at this show. All the trinkets, er a phones and mobile devices easily rival all the gadgets at CES and the advances…

Aereo TV: Why it’s important

First off, Aereo TV is truly an innovative service. They have figured out how to bring local television to an internet crowd that really doesn’t want to be connected up to a cable or satellite line. Not to say that this is entirely a good thing, it’s just another option and isn’t that what we…

The Future of TV Advertising

This past month while in London I had the opportunity to attend a very compelling summit based entirely on the what if’s of the advertising industry, and the ‘real’ of reality in new business models. FutureTV Advertising discussed numerous issues and opportunities, but where it all netted out was even with all the tremendous technology…