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San Francisco Updates

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

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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I arrived in San Francisco today in time to attend the final round of Intel’s Entrepreneurial competition at the UC Berkeley campus. The winner was local team Aurora BioFuels, who are doing wonderful things with oil-producing algae. Keep an eye on them. Another interesting business plan - and winner of the People’s Choice award, mostly [...]

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Conference Over

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

The MEET 2006 Conference is now over. Live blogging was neither practical nor possible, but I will be posting my comments over the next few days. My laptop is acting up, so bear with me while I fix it. I had the chance to have lunch with Philip Rosedale, the creator of Second Life, as [...]

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Rethinking Ratings

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

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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Off to the MEET 2006 Forbes Conference

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

I’m off to Forbes’ MEET 2006 Conference (tomorrow and Wednesday at the Beverly Hills Hotel). The conference theme is:
Reaping Riches in the Media and Entertainment Revolution.
Check out the conference website for the agenda and list of speakers. I’m not sure what the blogging policy will be, but I’ll certainly try to post live if allowed.
After [...]

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CBS Launches YouTube Channel

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

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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Where are the Editors?

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

Fellow blogger John Allsopp (dog or higher) writes about the future of blog reading, and how we’ll go from reading blogs to reading single posts.
In my personal experience, that’s exactly how it goes. Although I subscribe to several blogs, I find myself not checking them very often, instead relying on Google, Digg or Del.icio.us to [...]

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Why Google Should Buy YouTube

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

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

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

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

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Heading to MEET 2006

by Carlos Granier-Phelps

I’ll be attending Forbes’ MEET 2006 conference (Media | Electronic Entertainment | Technology) in Beverly Hills. The theme of the October 24-25 conference will be: Reaping Riches in the Media and Entertainment Revolution.

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