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A&E Television Networks Chooses NeuStar's UltraDNS Services to Support Its Growing Media Portfolio

Arts & Entertainment Television Networks AETN is a joint venture of The Hearst Corporation, ABC Inc., and NBC Universal, and offers consumers a diverse communications environment ranging from television programming to home videos/DVDs and music CDs to websites; the company also supports nationwide educational initiatives. AETN is comprised of some...

Tags: UltraDNS, NeuStar Inc., A&E Television Networks, AETN, Development Tools, Channel Management, Managed Hosting, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing

Case studies 2008-06-05

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Organic Social Networks, the Yankees and....Wha'? (UPDATE: WE WON OUR 27TH WORLD SERIES!)

Needless to say, being a Yankees fan of the entirely driven and committed sort, I'm biting every nail on my hands off and frankly, if I could reach my feet, would go at those nails too (Ugh.). I do that every time that the Yankees are in the playoffs or...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Twitter Inc., CRM, Games, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-04

HTC Imagio (Verizon Wireless)

Verizon Wireless' V Cast video and music service bundle has long been a staple feature of its high-profile feature phones, like the LG enV Touch and the Samsung Rogue for example. But it is typically lacking in Verizon's smartphone offerings, so as not to detract from the smartphone's more business-friendly...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, Smart phones, Cellular phones, screen real estate, Verizon Wireless, HTC Imagio, High Tech Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-10-06

Oxygen.next 1 (Windows)

The free web service Oxygen.next allows to implement digital signage networks of any size, e.g. for instore TV (television in stores, restaurants, fitness centers etc.). Upon his registration the user downloads the required software and installs it on a computer of his choice. The TV program is then created via...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, TV Program, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-09-02

10 bits of tech the back-to-school student should avoid

As the countdown to the academic season starts about now, the race to get the best deals and offers at your local tech stores is on. You'll need to start working out what you didn't have before which could have made your life a lot easier at university, and what...

Tags: Online Backup, Backup, Wireless, Home Server, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-10

A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it

It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-05

Nine worst social media fails of 2009... thus far

Social media has taken the marketing world by storm. Major agencies and internal divisions are hosting think tank sessions to try and come up with witty ideas to market their products and drive customer loyalty. Some of the ideas they come up with  are great. But others, let's face it,...

Tags: Pizza Hut, Brand, Stunt, Social Media, Twitter, Motrin, Nannerpuss, Jack, Skittles Home Page, Ashton Kutcher, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Zucker on NBC: First and foremost, we're a cable network company

Putting aside the question of whether he will ever want to take on Jon Stewart on Comedy Central on behalf of NBC, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker also had these comments to make on the state of its broadcasting, cable and online businesses at the 2009 Business Week Media Summit...

Tags: Cable, Cable Network, NBC Universal Inc., Network, Network Technology, Networking, Personal Technology, Telecommunications, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Tv & Home Theater

Blog posts 2009-03-18

VOD chief: Comcast will survive in face of TV.com, Hulu

This week, Comcast announced its OnDemand Online service, promising anywhere online access to Comcast programming (broadcast, basic and premium channels, etc.) for its customers. I sat down with Doug Sylvester, President and COO of TVN Entertainment, to talk about how Comcast's entry into the broadband video on-demand...

Tags: VoD, Comcast Corp., Cable Company, TV, Cable, Programming, Hulu, TVN Entertainment, ZD, DS, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Stop bashing social networks

Stop bashing social networksWhy the commotion?The guy was on BBC 2's Newsnight and it was pretty obvious to me, that he's one of those types who would demonise computer games as the catalyst for violent behaviour.Although it was pointed out to him by another guest, that his evidence didn't reveal...

Tags: social networking, Stop Bashing, network

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Greentechies smiling a little brighter today

Courtesy: Foundation Capital. One immediate effects of the Obama Administration's economic plans: it has stimulated optimism among greentech firms and investors. I spoke yesterday with Steve Vassallo, principal at Foundation Capital. They have a range of greentech investments in their VC portfolio. Steve walked...

Tags: Window, Grid, Ozone, EnerNOC, Vassallo, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-18

eBooks get social, pose further threat to traditional publishers

When most industry observers examine the impact of social media on traditional media industries, the focus inevitability turns to easily digitized media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, television and music. But what about books, and more specifically eBooks? To get a sense of where eBooks are...

Tags: Author, Publisher, Amazon Kindle, Cost Problem, E-books, Personal Technology, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Amazon: EC2 is production ready; Will enterprises bite?

Amazon Web Services EC2 Elastic Compute Cloud service has dropped the beta tag, added a service level agreement and launched Windows and SQL betas and plans a management console. Add it up and it appears that Amazon is giving prospective enterprise customers most of the things they...

Tags: SLA, Amazon.com Inc., EC2, Windows Instance, Service Level Management, Microsoft Windows, It Operations, It service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-23

Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal wave

Stallman vs. the cloud computing tidal waveStallman sounds panicIf FOSS folks believe they can compete with proprietary software, why not build their own FOSS cloud and then take the battle right to the other proprietary cloud platforms?Ever been in a restaurant kitchen ?How old is the food ? Where have...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, OPEN SOURCE, Stallman, cloud computing, tidal wave, TV

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

The role of media in the Internet age

The role of media in the Internet ageThe problem is simple and will never be correctedPrint media is dying because they are not much more than democrat-party house organs and people are tired of listening to "America sucks" stories that constitute their constant non-stop drivel.They'll never fix the problem because...

Tags: Investment, Advertising & Promotion, stock price, stock, problem-I, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

The role of media in the Internet age

Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, a fake news show that has acquired a huge following a group among whom I include myself, is attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. As a result, he had the chance to meet with members of...

Tags: Newspaper, Internet, Media, News, Jon Stewart, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Google set to make Google TV Ads public

Google has been testing out TV ads for a while now, and is about to open it up to the general public sometime within the next few weeks. The service lets advertisers put spots on popular television networks like A&E, Bravo, CNBC, CNN, Discovery, ESPN, Fox News and MTV....

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-04-13

Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit

The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...

Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Government endorsement of technology standards

As reported yesterday on ZDNet, the European Commission is considering whether to officially back DVB-H as the "preferred" European Union standard for mobile television. This has been percolating for quite awhile (from at least July of last year, as gleaned through a quick Google search), so it's not exactly "new"...

Tags: Phone, European Commission, Mobile, DVB-H, Verizon Communications Inc., Europe, Cell Phone, Standards, GSM, Cellular Phones, Government, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Should ISPs block P2P?

Should ISPs block P2P?Blocking P2P or any other protocol would mean they are no ISPISP provide acces o Internet. They do not provide acces to Http protocol to acces internet, or http+pop. they provide acces to all of it, that is an IP adress, and support for the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Peer to peer (P2P), P2P, Internet Service Provider, bandwidth, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-11-23