The commercial potential of the viral qualities of Internet video is interesting, but overrated.
It’s an appealing idea – sort of like buying a lottery ticket for a $1 and making $1 million – but there are several major gaps …
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Is it bunker time for Microsoft?
One way to get your point across is to scream it.
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer is one of the great “screamers” of the computer industry.
(Historical trivia for folks interested in the intricacies of history: Ballmer’s Dad was a “neutral” …
Don’t ask “the experts”
I love collecting quotes about the future from “experts.”
Here’s what one of the most powerful men in Holywood had to say about television in its early years:
“Television won’t be able to hold onto any market it captures after …
Tapeless video cameras
I went to the ClickZ conference on online video advertising in New York last week. (I’ll be reporting on it in some detail later.)
The most interesting thing I saw on my trip to …
The latest numbers
In March of 2006, US Internet users
– Downloaded 3.7 BILLION videos…
– Watched an average of 100 minutes (up from 85 minutes in October)…
– Spent an hour of that time watching from work
Are we heading towards the …
Dealing with the devil?
Years ago, when Japanese electronics manufactures introduced the VCR, US movie studios went ballistic and tried to shut the new technology down with lawsuits.
Hollywood was afraid the VCR was going to kill its business.
As things turned out, the …