Tweet How are you spending the day? We are enjoying the free live stream of the US Open. Click the image to launch the player.    

TweetOver the last few months we have been reading numerous stories all leading to two big conclusions: 1. Eventually Cable will go all OTT (over the top). 2. Eventually,  some day, Cable will go a la carte. Here are some…

TweetSome time ago I wrote how Aereo might be the next Napster. I compared Aereo to Napster because I didn’t think Aereo wold survive legal challenges. Installing a mini-antenna for each subscriber seemed like legal trickery that would lose in…

TweetSome time ago I posted about The Streamys, an organization  promoting some pretty entertaining web only content. A look at the website, however, indicates that the Streamys have fizzled. Screen capture from Y! “Burning Love” None the less I see…

TweetI’ve been thinking about the cord cutter’s dilemma from the highest level, that is in terms of megatrends. One of my favorite words is “disintermediation”, a term spell checkers still don’t like, but which means the removal of intermediaries. The internet…

TweetThe recent Q4 2012 report from Comcast is interesting. The country’s largest Cable MSO picked up 341,000 cable modem subscribers, and lost 7000 basic video subscribers. This is a lot better for Comcast compared to previous quarters of large basic…

TweetIt appears that this year’s Grammy’s WON’T be live streamed. Not the official broadcast anyway. Again we’ll have  supplementary online content. This includes content  from the  Pre-show and the red carpet. The official website for Grammy’s content is http://www.grammy.com/live . Note that…

TweetUpdate 2-4-12: A pleasant surprise. Reports say Alicia did NOT lip sync. Wow if true that was incredible live singing. ======================== I haven’t worried too much about the cord cutting angle on this year’s Superbowl. It doesn’t take much work…

TweetI came across this story on Yahoo the other day and it occurred to me how quickly the video rental store, and specifically Blockbuster Video, came and went. I remember how popular it was in the 80′s to stay home…