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Google's triple play: Radio, TV, Healthcare

What a Google week it was!At the Q3 earnings call, Google CEO Eric Schmidt promised warned of more of Google’s “impressive growth” through partnering:We believe at Google that we are more effective when we partner. Partnerships are a huge benefit, not just for Google but also for whoever the partner...

Tags: Google Inc., Radio, Content, Google Software Applications, Privacy, Television, TV, Google, Culture, Search

Blog posts 2006-12-09

Google targets every country, every operator

In “Google: YouTube won’t cannibalize TV,” last month, I cited Google’s top South East Asia exec, Richard Kimber, attempting to assuage Australian media fears of Google encroachment on their business, particularly those of the television industry, following its absorption of YouTube:We dont see it as cannibalising the TV, but more...

Tags: BSkyB, Google Software Applications, Television, TV, YouTube, Video, Google, Search, Advertising, Media

Blog posts 2006-12-07

Most popular sites for 20-something Brits: BSkyB, PayPal, Amazon, Wanadoo

Nielsen//NetRatings published its findings on top online brands for UK 20-somethings in January 2006.Where UK users 20+ hang outBrandReachAudienceBSkyB18%465PayPal13%566Amazon13%991Wanadoo12%640MSN12%2,087eBay12%1,478Google12%2,225AOL12%705Yahoo!11%1,639Microsoft11%1,973Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

Tags: Wanadoo, BSkyB, PayPal, Amazon.com Inc.

Blog posts 2006-03-13

Additional Resources

Casero Creates Customized Services for Telecom Clients Using F5 BIG-IP LTM and iRules

Casero is a Web 2.0-based application company that provides white-label solutions to telecommunication service providers in North America and Europe, including BT, Bell Canada, Eircom, BSkyB, SaskTel, Dependable Home Tech, and Cincinnati Bell. The challenge was to provide a unified, seamless user experience drawing from two separate back-end systems, avoid...

Tags: BIG-IP, F5 Networks Inc., Casero, Telephony, Web 2.0, Roi/Tco, Telecom & Utilities, Business Services, Telecommunications, Networking, Internet, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Case studies 2008-12-04

Britain moves against illegal file sharing

CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...

Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Top UK sites in December 2007

Google maintained its position as the top Web property in the UK, with nearly 29.3 mln visitors, reaching 89% of the online population, according to comScore. Microsoft ranked #2 with 27.8 mln visitors, followed by eBay with 21.7 mln visitors and Yahoo! with 21.1 mln visitors. Facebook.com broke into the...

Tags: U.K., Visitor, Channel Management, Networking, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Top 10 traditional UK media brands ranked by Web traffic

The Daily Mail had the highest proportion of international visitors, with 69% of its 7.6 mln visitors originating from outside the U.K., according to comScore. The BBC attracted 59% of its audience internationally, while the Telegraph (57%) and the Guardian Media Group (56%) also drew more than half their...

Tags: Brand, Audience, Branding, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-03

Google product hits and misses in 2006

Google proudly touts that it does “one thing really, really well”: Search, as I discuss in “Google’s ‘1 percent’.”Google is nevertheless determined to do many more things really, really well, and profitably. Google CEO Eric Schmidt underscored at the Q3 earnings call:the blizzard of new product launches, on precedent for...

Tags: SMB/SME, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-25

Yahoo calls BS on the reorg

Yahoos are starting to fight back. And why shouldnt Yahoos fight back. The reaction to Yahoos reorg was arguably overdone. The consensus: The reorg didnt go far enough. Allegedly inside accounts portray mass dysfunction. CEO Terry Semel should have gotten the boot. Yahoo is no Google (who is?) yadda yadda...

Tags: Yahoos, Yahoo! Inc., Google, Web Technology, General

Blog posts 2006-12-07

Google: The TV Sky's the limit?

In August, I announced Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s television ambitions; “Google CEO wants $74 billion TV ad market”:Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes television viewers should not have to stand for tv commercials that are “a waste of your time.” Schmidt is frustrated that “When you watch the television you see...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Software Applications, Television, TV, Google, Advertising

Blog posts 2006-12-07

TiVo's still bleeding red-so what's their fate?

TiVo's still bleeding red-so what's their fate?A really smart company.......would either buy them, or license their user interface and remote design. It's the best in the business and would give, say, a computer company trying to make their media center into a living room device, a leg up on...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, TiVo Inc., digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

Sky hit by Windows Media DRM crack

British broadcaster suspends movie downloads after arrival of new software that breaks Windows Media patch. A correction was made to this story. Read below for details. British TV network BSkyB has suspended its broadband movie download service, after a Microsoft security patch on Windows Media's digital rights...

Tags: Windows Media, Digital-rights Management, Broadband, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Patch, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Meyer

News items 2006-09-12

Don't drink the Kool Aid -- this is important

It has come to this. Blogoviating has reached new pinnacles of excess that remind me of the good old days of tech trade publications, press release journalism, and what is generally considered fatuous reporting. If you want to read a blog entry that demonstrates much of what is currently wrong...

Tags: commentator

Blog posts 2006-03-13

MS, Murdoch link on interactive TV

Microsoft signs a deal with News Corp. to build an upgraded version of its UltimateTV ...

Tags: Interactive TV, Network, Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., MSN TV, UltimateTV, E-mail, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Rebecca Buckman, Software

News items 2001-07-19

Interactive TV coming home this year

Consumers will finally have a choice of interactive TV products this fall, industry insiders say. LAS VEGAS -- Interactive TV -- long hyped as the Holy Grail of new media, and just as elusive -- seems finally ready to hit home this year, said industry insiders at the...

Tags: Interactive TV, Set-top, MSN TV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robert Lemos, Technology News

News items 1999-04-22