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IPTV, Next-Gen Television: The Box

Posted on Thursday, Oct 4th

By Mitch Berman, Guest Author Previous Posts: * IPTV: Next-Gen Television? * IPTV, Next-Gen Television: The Operators It’s the Chinese Wall, the troll under the bridge, the fallen tree blocking the road. It’s been the anathema of consumer-delivered payTV services around the world. It’s… the Set Top Box! We already have TV boxes from cable

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Sep 28th

Conclusion Gannett realizes that consumers are changing the way they access content every day, and advertisers are working hard to find the best ways to reach them. The Company is looking at enhancing its core assets and building digital businesses, designed to provide solutions for both consumers and advertisers. The building of the various digital

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It’s About Place (Part 8)

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 25th

by Cal McElroy, Guest Author When I started this discussion on PlaceSmart Search and PlaceID back in May, there was a list of topics and issues I wanted to cover, but no clear vision on how to finish the series. As a start, here is a quick recap of the discussion: Paid local search, while

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Web 3.0 & Gannett (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Sep 24th

Introduction Gannett (GCI) publishes 85 daily newspapers, nearly 1,000 non-daily publications and 23 television stations in the US. In the UK, Gannett publishes 17 daily newspapers and around 300 non-daily publications. Gannett’s popular newspaper USA TODAY with a circulation of 7.3 million is the US’s largest-selling newspaper. USA WEEKEND is a weekly newspaper with a

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Web 3.0 & Online Sports (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 27th

Overview So, you thought Sports was all about watching games and cheering your favorite team? Think again. It is big business on the Internet and is all set to win the game with live streaming, match highlights, scores, bulletin boards, fan blogs, social networks and fantasy sports services. According to MediaPost, more than 35% of

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Web 3.0 & Online Health (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Aug 23rd

Web 3.0 formula discussion (4C, P, VS) Context Online health portals are targeted at meeting specific user needs. HealthGrades for example provides ratings and profiles of hospitals, nursing homes and physicians to consumers, thereby, aiding the consumer to select the best physician and treatment. In most health sites, the context is split-up between men, women

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Web 3.0 & Online Health (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Aug 20th

Overview Online Health is definitely attracting eyeballs and the recent data released by comScore proves it. On an average, 31% of the total U.S. Internet users or 55.3 million U.S. Internet audience visited health information sites each month during the first quarter of 2007. The online health segment grew by 12% in 2006. These sites

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MTV CTO Articulates CDN Open Problems

Posted on Friday, Aug 3rd

As we discuss Web 3.0 and Online Music, I have also been pondering some of the issues that large media companies are facing today. I had an interesting chat with Nick Rockwell, CTO of MTV Networks, focusing on MTVN’s digital businesses, including some of the internet’s most popular and recognizable brands: MTV.com, VH1.com, Nick.com, and

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