The adoption of Kubernetes-enabled infrastructures and applications has revealed the challenge involved in enabling persistent, reliable data storage in an ephemeral compute…
Read MoreIn 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 to Netflix.…
Read MoreSpurred by some spectacular successes, and some equally spectacular failures, real-time marketing is expanding beyond its roots as brand content synced to events and spread via social media.…
Read MoreAs purchasing patterns shift, a battle is brewing over the fastest and most efficient way to get goods and services bought online into the hands of consumers.…
Read MoreOne 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 be involved.…
Read MoreNow 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 to reclassification.…
Read MoreThe 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.…
Read MoreFor several years, mobile payments in physical locations has been stalled here in the U.S. and – for the most part – around…
Read MoreThe FCC's emerging net neutrality plan appears to be closely modeled on the partial reclassification plan proposed by Mozilla.…
Read MoreInsofar as the FCC's goal is to create a level playing field, where OVDs could compete effectively with facilities-based pay-TV providers, the disparate treatment of broadcast and digital rights will make the job much harder than simply mandating carriage negotiations.…
Read MoreToday’s marketing technology landscape is a highly complex labyrinth of platforms, applications, and APIs. To fully reap the benefits, though, IT leaders need to do a better job managing their sites' marketing tech mix.…
Read MoreAs sports viewing increasingly goes over-the-top and mobile, taking the traditional broadcast audience with it, big-ticket, broadcast-only rights deals are going to grow increasingly problematic for the broadcasters.…
Read MoreUser-generated content has become mobile and more visually sophisticated thanks to an explosion of apps such as Vine and Snapchat, and the rise of the celebrity consumer.…
Read MoreWhat does Simon & Schuster have that Hachette doesn't to give it leverage with Amazon? A major U.S. broadcaster as a parent company.…
Read MoreA wide variety of companies are seeking to capitalize on the huge potential of the smart home space. Vendors and buyers must be aware of key disruptors that will shake up the market in coming years.…
Read MoreMajor players like Apple, Google and Samsung have launched platforms in a bid to create new data services in the healthcare and fitness markets.…
Read MoreUnderlying much of the debate of interconnection fees and paid prioritization is an unspoken and largely unexamined assumption that the current power dynamic between ISPs and content providers is both inevitable and immutable. It isn't.…
Read MoreLike a lot of networks these days, HBO is hungrily eyeing the fat margins cable operators are earning from their broadband business.…
Read MoreConsumers increasingly are willing and able to assemble their own, a la carte TV bundles, through a mixture of traditional and OTT channels, while eschewing pre-packaged bundles dictated by the networks.…
Read MoreThe "large opportunity" in TV for Apple is not in TV hardware, as Icahn suggests, but in figuring out how to get the kind of TV content and services consumers increasingly want onto mobile devices as seamlessly as possible.…
Read MoreThe internet of things is a tricky field to navigate. Not 10 years ago, the concept of a connected home – much…
Read MoreOnline video heated up, as traditional television players, tech stalwarts, and new startups all seek access to the $75 billion spent on U.S. TV advertising.…
Read MoreDigital content discovery has always been a matter of cutting through the clutter. That’s true whether it’s a user looking for content…
Read MoreThe shift from point solutions to an integrated smart home platform will bring benefits to both businesses and consumers.…
Read MoreUnlike the traditional movie paradigm, the value of the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" sequel to Netflix will not decline over time and has no particular time "window." It is not a depreciating asset but a long term investment in audience building, which makes it a very different animal from most movies.…
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