Content Revolution

Comcast VS Cable Cutters

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:16:00 -0400

Finally we have new content companies and delivery options that include big names like Apple, Netflix and YouTube to smaller names like Funny or Die and Aereo. And in the middle is the consumer. All consumers want is their television — whatever they want to watch when the want it. Also, they’d like it on multiple devices and most are happy to pay for this content either directly, through a subscription or by watching ads.

Behind the launch

Mon, 07 May 2012 12:41:22 -0400

Behind the launch:

Mashable is excited to debut Behind the Launch, our first episodic, documentary-style video series that will follow a startup behind the scenes as it gears up to make its debut. The series is presented by Internet Explorer and will run through the end of June, with new episodes premiering every Monday and Wednesday.

TV apps are changing the model

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:02:12 -0400

TV apps are changing the model:

The same consumers who delight in navigating the iPad still click frustratingly through cable channels to find a basketball game. Their complaint: Why can’t television be more like a tablet?

All That I Am - Aaron Baker + Encompass Films

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:42:07 -0400

All That I Am - Aaron Baker + Encompass Films

Content People Care About

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:21:16 -0400

Content People Care About:

Whether your goal is to galvanize public awareness around an important social issue or showcase new spring denim colors, aim to deliver relevant, sharable content for your customer across multiple touch points that connect to their life moments.

Crack the YouTube code

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:42:29 -0400

Crack the YouTube code

Brands bringing it in (RBM)House

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:44:14 -0500

Brands bringing it in (RBM)House:

But Red Bull’s biggest trick is coming next: Content isn’t considered a loss leader, and it expects Media House to turn a profit and be a business unto itself.

whYcombinator: Hollywood and SV

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:09:14 -0500

whYcombinator: Hollywood and SV:

The ideas are endless, and YC’s community is filled with brilliant execution. Let’s not give the old, dying members of Hollywood holding on to the last 10 years of their careers any more attention or motivation. They are litigious and bitter, and we can do much more by focusing on the emerging class of artists who love us and what we build

Insight on hollywood's vulnerability in content war

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:18:44 -0500

Insight on hollywood's vulnerability in content war

Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:19:37 -0500

Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations:

Internet sites on their SOPA-Strike may be conducting a blackout but Hollywood studios are conducting a boycott. I’ve learned that Hollywood studio chiefs individually and as a group are drawing a line in the sand on the piracy issue with the Obama re-election campaign and refusing to give any more donations.

The real battle of SOPA. Content vs. Tech

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:11:00 -0500

The real battle of SOPA. Content vs. Tech:

Looking around the web today, you’re going to see a few things that are a bit different. Wikipedia is going dark. WordPress is too. Google has its logo blocked out. Twitter is absolutely abuzz. It all relates to legislation known as SOPA in front of the US House of Representatives, and PIPA in front of the US Senate.

TV's Digital Age Will (Truly) Arrive In 2017

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:09:17 -0500

TV's Digital Age Will (Truly) Arrive In 2017

Important.

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:20:24 -0500

Important.:

Wielding a black Magic Marker, he charted the big bang of channel expansion and audience fragmentation that has propelled television history so far, from the age of the three networks, each with a mass audience, to the hundreds of cable channels, each serving a niche audience—twenty-four-hour news, food, sports, weather, music—and on to the dawning age of Internet video, bringing channels by the tens of thousands. “People went from broad to narrow,” he said, “and we think they will continue to go that way—spend more and more time in the niches—because now the distribution landscape allows for more narrowness.

More than meets the eyes

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:17:00 -0500

More than meets the eyes:

There’s a law in place that requires a company to get your permission before it discloses videos you’ve seen. It sounds like an obscure, niche piece of legislation, but it’s suddenly super relevant—and Netflix wants to kill it.

FLINGO

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:43:12 -0400

FLINGO:

Founded in 2008 by former BitTorrent employees Ashwin Navin and David Harrison, Flingo has slowly been building its smart TV app publishing empire for two years and the platform finally unveils itself today with some hefty partnerships.

“yuck, please stay in LA.”

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:25:36 -0400

“yuck, please stay in LA.”:

Attention young, confident professionals with big personalities in Silicon Valley: Bravo wants you. The cable network known for its dramatic reality lineup is now casting for a “Silicon Valley Reality Show.”

Hulu vs Netflix: who's gonna chicken

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:54:00 -0400

Hulu vs Netflix: who's gonna chicken:

NEW YORK - Challenging Netflix, online video service Hulu has joined the bidding war over exclusive rights to new episodes of Arrested Development, Vulture reported.

USA's "Psych" Social TV Campaign Scores With Fans

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:01:00 -0400

USA's "Psych" Social TV Campaign Scores With Fans:

USA Network launched a fun new interactive social media mystery game tie-in for its hit TV show Psych. The game is called #HashTagKiller and it takes place on the Web using Facebook’s Open Graph API. The game launched on Wednesday and will unfold online over the next seven weeks. The game use…

Facebook king of media distribution

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:21:05 -0400

Facebook king of media distribution:

By 2020 that s according to Dharmash Mistry, partner at former Bebo investor Balderton Capital. However, it’s still way to early to call with so many changes happening in content distribution, media buying, and consumer preferences. New media is still the Wild West and there are plenty of strong players in this space and many of new up and comers that aren’t even on the radar, yet. Game changers exist everywhere in times of economic distress.

New Media: New Media Buying

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:11:05 -0400

New Media: New Media Buying:

With an increase new forms of advertising, content, and devices; it was inevitable that the media buying process had to get with the times. Networked Insights is one of several start-ups in this space that is steering BILLIONS of dollars in advertising spending.