In April, 2006, I wrote: “Google is also making inroads into the set-top box business, hoping to bring television media straight into your television (whether it’s in your living room or your mobile phone).” Today, Google is finally announcing Google TV.
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…
Now that you’ve got yourself a digital camera, what can you do with all those wonderful photos? Here’s a list to get you started: Organize and share them: These services allow you to upload your photos, share them with friends and family, tag them, make slideshows and send them out for printing: Flickr – Owned…
Google’s GMail now offers users the ability to see PowerPoint slideshows online.
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…
This may not work for everyone, but it worked for me… so I’m sharing it with a “your-mileage-may-vary” license. Google recently updated the interface for Google Analytics. As usual, not everyone gets the upgraded interface at the same time, as Google likes to roll put their upgrades incrementally. I track three different accounts through Google…
The first Forbes MEET Conference was a blast. The panels were great and the people attending were even better.
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.
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…
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…