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5 Observations on the State of Digital Media

November 9, 2007

I wrote this as the introduction to a report I presented a year ago, after attending the Forbes MEET conference, and was surprised at how relevant it still was… so I decided to share it with my blog readers.
1. Universal access to media distribution.
The traditional media outlets were used to managing an industry of scarce [...]

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New Tools for Tracking NBC vs. CBS at YouTube

June 13, 2007

TubeMogul, the awesome online video traffic analysis tool, now (finally guys! ) offers embeddable charts, as well as a number of new social features.
Here’s the latest month of YouTube data for NBC and CBS, showing NBC’s continuous lead over rival CBS.

I’ve set the chart to show data from May 13 to Jun 12, [...]

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San Francisco Updates

October 30, 2006

Just a quick update from San Francisco.
Tomorrow is my last day in San Francisco. In just a couple of days I’ve really gotten a nice feel for this town and really like it. There’s so much happening in the tech front… you could actually say they’re building the future here. Classes, conferences, companies… you name [...]

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Rethinking Ratings

October 24, 2006

An analysis of current television ratings methods, why they’re inappropriate for the timeless internet and digital video recorder era, and suggestions for improving them.

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CBS Launches YouTube Channel

October 20, 2006

CBS, one of the US leading television networks, has launched a YouTube channel. So far the content is limited to short clips from late night television, sports highlights, program promos and news items.
I’m not particularly impressed with the available content (no full length shows yet) but I really like the fact that CBS has taken [...]

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Google Buys YouTube for US$1.65 Billion in Stock

October 9, 2006

According to an MSN Messenger Alert I just received, MSNBC is reporting that Google has indeed bought YouTube for US$1.65B in stock. More details as they come in.
UPDATE: Both TechCrunch and Mashable have confirmed the story at this time.
UPDATE 2: Google has issued a press release.

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Why Google Should Buy YouTube

October 9, 2006

There’s been a lot of speculation lately about a possible Google buyout of Internet video website YouTube for US$1.6B. A lot has been said about the potential value (or lack thereof) of YouTube and its future success (or demise).
But why, exactly, would Google drop one-and-a-half billion dollars on YouTube? After all, Google already operates a [...]

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Case Study: NBC’s Heroes

October 3, 2006

Heroes offers a great many opportunities for Digital Media Integration. Is NBC taking advantage of them?

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Mark Cuban says Only a moron would buy YouTube

September 29, 2006

It seems Mark Cuban has no love for video sharing website YouTube. According to this Reuters article, Cuban told a group of advertisers in New York that “anyone who buys YouTube is a moron.”
Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for several billion dollars back in the dot com era, feels that the potential for lawsuits [...]

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Revision3 finally goes live

September 28, 2006

After several days of server errors, it seems Revision3 is finally live, sporting a brand new and very cool look. Gone is the “Sign Up” page… which is interesting, but more on that later. According to their own About page,
“Revision3 is the first media company that gets it, born from the Internet, on-demand generation. Unlike [...]

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