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Web 3.0 & Viacom (Part 5)

Posted on Friday, Oct 19th

Conclusion Viacom is a formidable force in the youth entertainment segment, especially in music and gaming, particularly focused on teens and young adults. Its kids focused offerings are also significant, although perhaps not quite at the level of Disney. Viacom has entered in an agreement with Yahoo! for a multi-year sponsored search and contextual ads

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Web 3.0 & Viacom (Part 4)

Posted on Thursday, Oct 18th

Acquisition Targets In the past one year, Viacom has acquired Quizilla, Harmonix Music Systems, Atom Entertainment, Xfire, and Y2M: Youth Media & Marketing Networks. These acquisitions are strategic and fit well into the Company’s overall theme of youth focused entertainment. Viacom, through its Nick brand, is popular among the kids. Presumably, the Company would acquire

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Web 3.0 & Viacom (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Oct 17th

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Below is a quick overview of the Web 3.0 framework for the Viacom sites. We have not gone into the details of all the properties, but you can review the Web 3.0 section of this site for detailed discussions on some of the vertical categories, especially Online Music, a Viacom mainstay.

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Web 3.0 & NYT (Part 3)

Posted on Wednesday, Oct 10th

Web 3.0 Framework discussion Context Some NYT sites have very good contextual nuances. If you want to know how much calories you are taking in when you are having your favorite chocolate ice-cream or how much calories you have burned by jogging for 15 minutes in the morning or if you are looking for some

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Web 3.0 & NYT (Part 1)

Posted on Monday, Oct 8th

Introduction The New York Times Company is a leading media company that publishes popular newspapers The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe and 15 other daily newspapers. NYT owns approximately 30 websites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s revenues for 2006 were $3.3 billion. The Company has sold off its

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Hello, News!

Posted on Sunday, Oct 7th

By Richard Laermer, Guest Author It’s a cool world when people can talk to each other with some semblance of knowledge. Every now and then (never at cocktail parties) I find myself in a semi-cultured conversation about, no, not the latest Seinfeld-cursed-TV gig (poor Julia isn’t even on the schedule, some “big hit,” huh?), but

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IPTV, Next-Gen Television: InternetTV

Posted on Friday, Oct 5th

By Mitch Berman, Guest Author Previous Posts: * IPTV: Next-Gen Television? * IPTV, Next-Gen Television: The Operators * IPTV, Next-Gen Television: The Box YouTube, Joost, Veoh, Babelgum, Azureus, BitTorrent… according to the San Jose Mercury, there are 247 different companies calling themselves “InternetTV”. All of them deliver video online to the PC or to mobile

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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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