Month: November 2010

VOD Considering all the trouble the MPAA went to to get selectable output control through the FCC  — a two-year effort spanning two FCC chairs — the studios don’t seem in any hurry to actually make good on the promises the MPAA made to the commission regarding the early VOD release of movies to justify Read More …

Politics Net neutrality may not have the votes in the incoming Republican-controlled House of Representatives but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a popular topic with members. The growing number of telecom issues being tee-d up for the new Congress, including net neutrality — the fullest plate since passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act — has Read More …

As regular readers know, Concurrent Media Strategies is an affiliate of  the GigaOM Pro Analyst Network. Last week I participated in one of their town-hall style Bunker Sessions at GigaOM headquarters in San Francisco on the evolution of the TV app marketplace. I lead on panel discussion while my colleague Michael Wolf, VP of research Read More …

Over-The-Top Video Hulu president Jason Kilar made his boldest pitch yet for an IPO at the NewTeeVee Live conference Wednesday, even as he officially declined to comment on plans for an IPO. For the first time, Kilar revealed official revenue figures for the web TV portal – a projected $240 million for 2010, up from Read More …

Apps Steve Jobs must hate typing. Perhaps he never really learned touch-typing as a kid and is still sore about it. Or perhaps, like me, he has begun to develop degenerative arthritis in his hands after years at the keyboard and wishes he didn’t have to type anymore. Whatever the reason, he seems determined to Read More …