Why a-la-Carte Cable Pricing Will not Reduce your Cable Bill
Christopher Carter
Any way you look at it, your cable bill is not going down anytime soon. Get used to it, or cut the chord and watch programming over the internet.
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Next Gen TV, What's in it for Gen Next?
Christopher Carter
CE manufacturers are still enamored with developing devices based on wiz bang technology (think 3D) than user need or affordability. Its no wonder the TV businesses of several major CE Manufacturers are in dire financial positions.
Read MoreHow is Facebook "Like" your Grocery Store
Christopher Carter
We give up so much personally identifiable information in the grocery store that is used to target advertising to us. Yet people are up in arms every time Facebook changes their privacy policy so they can offer us targeted ads that correspond to our "Likes".
Read MoreTumblr-ing Dice
Christopher Carter
Tumblr just has "scant" revenue, no business model and an $800M valuation. In December of 2010 the company raised $30M at a valuation of $120M. Thus, in 8-9 months, with "scant" revenue, Tumblr's valuation increased almost 6X. How does this happen?
Read MoreFlip Flop?
Christopher Carter
Cisco's decision to announce the demise of the Flip Video Recorder served as more of a management purpose to appease analysts and shareholders than it did to solve larger performance issues within the company as markets they serve transition to next generation technologies and services.
Read More(Not So) Deep Thoughts
Christopher Carter
Cablevision, Toktumi, EpicMix, FloTV - so much to say, so little time, and space.
Read MoreLast Home Passed - FiOS puts on the Brakes
Christopher Carter
The mobile phone is becoming a true convergence device, able to not only connect but entertain a user, there is more revenue and profit in converting wireless subs to smartphones, and battling for more if the rumors of a CDMA iPhone are true, than digging up streets and expanding the FiOS network.
Read MoreU2 VUDU?
Christopher Carter
This move [focusing on integrating the platform with other CE Devices instead of building their own] puts VUDU squarely in competition with the likes of HULU, BOXEE and Netflix, among others, as an alternative source for aggregated content delivered over internet.
Read MoreWas a new 3-D TV on Your Shopping List?
Christopher Carter
The CE and Entertainment industries have invested billions of dollars in 3-D TV and are not about to turn back now. Unfortunately your flat panel TV will not be able to display entertainment in 3-D, so if you are enthusiast and must have the latest technology for your viewing pleasure, open your wallet, again.
Read MoreNot Feeling Ya FLO (TV)
Christopher Carter
Qualcomm's FLO TV service announced last week the launch of a new handheld device called the Personal TV. I understand why FLO TV launched the Personal TV device, I just don't think its a great idea for a company with limited experience in consumer products and services and in an era of converging applications onto fewer consumer devices.
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