Hulu vs. YouTube = Monetization vs. Distribution (1)
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Mark Cuban recently posted a commentary comparing Hulu and YouTube, coming to the conclusion that “Hulu is kicking YouTube’s Ass”. This has certainly stirred some commentary online including the response by Mark Hopkins over on Mashable where he argues that “when it comes to YouTube’s ass, Hulu couldn’t find it with both hands”. I think both sides are [...]
Mark Cuban: My Olympics 2016 Business and Technology Predictions (1)
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If you havent read, ESPN has come out and said that they will be aggressively bidding for the retransmission rights for the next available Olympics, which will be in 2016. Notice I didnt say TV rights. The battle for the Olympics rights will be in spreadsheet projections done by ESPN, NBC and probably DirecTV (my guess, not based on any info), that will have to take in to account what revenues can be generated on ...
Email Insider: Email List Growth Doesn't Equal Revenue Growth (1)
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The behavior of most email subscribers proves that the promise of email marketing is still more appealing than the actual email marketing received. Think about it. Lots of people opt in. Not many subscribers are active. The variance in those two numbers is what I call the "optimization opportunity" for your program.
Behavioral Insider: Targeting Social Networks: Community Rules (1)
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The prospect of tapping the rich psychographic and behavioral profiles being generated by social network users has, for obvious reasons, set off a race among advertisers, ad networks and social networks themselves to find ever more clever ways to exploit these "target-rich" environments. In their haste to target, however, marketers have so far neglected to understand that advertising in an interactive community must proceed not by its own traditional rules but by the rules of ...
The Labels Should Change Their Licensing Strategy (1)
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[This was just published on GigaOm]I was talking to an executive at a major label the other day. We were talking about startups and he noted that they either sue these companies out of business or legitimize them out of business. That is not far from the truth. How many legitimate, standalone digital businesses can you name that rely on licenses from the labels for their primary business and are profitable? Let’s categorize by business ...
"Get competing term sheets" (1)
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So, you have managed to convince a VC to issue a term sheet? What next? Is it time to celebrate? Not according to VC-turned-hedge fund manager Bill Burnham, who has a post on "4 Things to Do After You Get Your First Term Sheet".Here's item 1 (emphasis mine):Get a second term sheet: It may sound flip, but this is the single most important thing you should do upon getting your 1st term sheet. Nothing loosens ...
Company Culture - By Sanjay Anandaram (1)
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This is about two companies. Or rather, about the cultures of two very successful and well known companies. As invariably happens, the culture of a company, over time, reflects the beliefs and values of the founders and impacts its performance on multiple dimensions.One company was started by a group of middle class, educated, aware, passionate individuals. The other was a traditional Indian trading company that was inherited by the foreign returned scion. Capital was scarce ...
ReputationDefender raises $2.6M to protect your good name (2)
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ReputationDefender, a company that helps people manage their reputations and privacy online, has raised around $2.6 million in a first round of institutional funding.There are a number of businesses providing identity theft protection, such as Lifelock, TrustedID and Debix, but ReputationDefender is a bit different — it doesn’t focus on protecting your finances, and instead gives you control over the information about you that’s available online. Its earliest and best-known product, MyReputation, provides a monthly ...
ReputationDefender raises $2.6M to protect your good name (3)
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ReputationDefender, a company that helps people manage their reputations and privacy online, has raised around $2.6 million in a first round of institutional funding.There are a number of businesses providing identity theft protection, such as Lifelock, TrustedID and Debix, but ReputationDefender is a bit different — it doesn’t focus on protecting your finances, and instead gives you control over the information about you that’s available online. Its earliest and best-known product, MyReputation, provides a monthly ...
JumpTV to Provide Western Kentucky University with Web Broadcasting Platform (1)
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JumpTV announced its partnership with Western Kentucky University. As part of the agreement, JumpTV will provide a web platform for WKU's college sports content as well as its One Fan Profile to enable fans to purchase related goods and services directly through the university's website. "Athletics is an important part of Western Kentucky University spirit, and our web hosting partnership with JumpTV will deliver an exciting and entertaining experience to students, alumni and other WKU ...
Live Video Firm DigiMeld Raises $2M (1)
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Company gets support for its strategy of 'grid streaming' - which is just a fancy way of saying P2P
BBC, NBC Strategies Highlight Video Content Owners' Channel Mix Dilemma (1)
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Owners of video content must determine how to balance online and TV distribution strategies
Google's YouTube To Squeeze More Money Out of Homepage (1)
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Mark Hendrickson submits: You’ll notice very few ad units while surfing YouTube, and none at all while watching videos contributed by ordinary folk like you or me. The reason? Google (GOOG) fears the legal repercussions of monetizing user generated content that may infringe on somebody else’s copyright.Complete Story »
Online Media Daily: Highwinds Implements Channel Partner Program (1)
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Continuing its efforts to establish a thriving reseller market for rich media, content distribution network Highwinds Network Group today is expected to announce new partnerships with four firms, including VirtuPoint, i5labs, One Pica and 9mmedia.
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“Slacker Uprising,” filmmaker Michael Moore’s latest documentary, will debut exclusively on the Internet for free. The documentary documents the controversial Moore as he treks through 62 cities during the 2004 U.S. presidential election to rally young voters (trailer). It will be available for download from Blip.TV for three weeks beginning Sept. 23. A DVD of the film will be released Oct. 7 through Amazon.com and Netflix. “Slacker Uprising” bypasses traditional theatrical release. In fact, Moore’s ...Shared by BTE (11) Laure (20)Contribute commentNYT > Technology (206) permalink
Hollywood writers and producers are realizing that producing Web content may be easy but profiting from it is hard.Contribute comment
