Verizon’s net neutrality chickens come home to roost
The FCC's emerging net neutrality plan appears to be closely modeled on the partial reclassification plan proposed by Mozilla.
View ArticleTV networks getting that sinking feeling
The networks generally insist that marketers are simply being cautious and that ad spending will ultimately pick up, but investors and analysts are clearly growing skeptical.
View ArticleNeutral no more
Now that Barack Obama has put his clear personal stamp on net neutrality, even Republicans who wouldn't know Title II from the Tidal Basin, will be utterly, eternally and vocally opposed…
View ArticleRegulating peering
One of the most puzzling aspects of the peering disputes that have arisen -- principally between Netflix and a handful of the largest ISPs -- is how little money appears to…
View ArticleThe mis-measure of Netflix
In Netflix's subscription-based on-demand world, viewership is cumulative. Measuring it at any given point in time might give you a number, but that number has little correlation with the content's value…
View ArticleAs linear TV viewing falls, NBC tries some pixie dust
Live sports rights are increasingly expensive, and there are only so many compelling awards shows and specials to go around. That's left networks and advertisers looking for other solutions.
View ArticleFCC moving closer to Title II?
It's clear from his responses to Verizon and AT&T, however, that Wheeler is skeptical of their apocalyptic warnings about the dire impact on future broadband investment that would ensue from...
View ArticlePreparing for TV’s mobile-first future
As other types of publishers have before them, the TV industry's digital strategy increasingly will need to incorporate the mobile-first principle.
View ArticleOutlook: Media and consumer tech in 2015
In 2015 expect the payoff for video ad tech to begin, sharp growth for OTT, and more legal battles for net neutrality.
View ArticleCustomer Targeting: Beyond Demographics and “Likes”
Real-time data analytics and programmatic ad buying and selling are becoming more critical to brand marketers as they refocus more of their efforts from traditional TV channels to digital platforms.
View ArticleA model for Facebook: Less Google, more Apple
Shares of Facebook started trading Friday, at a price that valued the company at $100 billion give or take a billion, the most valuable technology-related initial public offering in history. Not bad...
View ArticleToday in Connected Consumer
No company likes to be on the receiving end of an antitrust suit by the Department of Justice, but Apple is having trouble hiding its contempt for the government’s case against it over an alleged...
View ArticleNo third act likely in Viacom vs. YouTube drama
Five years after the case began, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday handed Viacom a tactical victory in its copyright infringement case against YouTube. In a 39-page opinion, the...
View ArticleToday in Connected Consumer
Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn abruptly resigned on Tuesday as the once-dominant electronics retailer struggles to cope with onslaught of digital competition from Amazon and other e-commerce sites. The...
View ArticleToday in Connected Consumer
There are a lot of odd things about the Justice Department’s antitrust investigation of Apple over e-book pricing, starting with the fact that Apple is not the dominant player in the e-book market,...
View ArticleToday in Connected Consumer
There’s no escaping the Apple antitrust story today. I’ll have more about it in tomorrow’s Weekly Update, but for now I’ll just note that there seems to be a fair amount of skepticism about the...
View ArticleWhich way OTA?
The Federal Communications Commission released its 15th annual report on video competition last week, which concluded, among other things, that the number of U.S. households relying exclusively on...
View ArticleShotgun wedding on the set-top
Over-the-top video platforms and traditional pay-TV distributors are realizing they need each other after all. And they can thank consumer electronics companies for playing match maker. This week,...
View ArticleMicrosoft remembers it’s in the games business
The Xbox One is an impressive piece of hardware, designed to position Microsoft for life beyond the expiration date of the console gaming business. This week, though, Microsoft remembered that it’s...
View ArticleCourt in Aereo case blesses Sling
The Second Circuit’s ruling in the Aereo case yesterday was obviously bad news for broadcasters, but it was particularly bad for Fox. In its separate lawsuit against Dish Network, Fox recently asked a...
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