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Netflix Spends Big in Effort to Lead Internet TV Transition

By Rob Scott
April 26, 2013

Netflix is spending billions as television evolves from a linear delivery model to a world of competing apps and new screens. CEO Reed Hastings released an 11-page paper this week on the company’s investor relations site that outlines ambitious plans for the future. While we’ve heard some of Hastings’ points in the past, the paper offers new insights regarding the transition from traditional linear TV to a new era of Internet-delivered on-demand content. Continue reading Netflix Spends Big in Effort to Lead Internet TV Transition

Forget Next Day Delivery, Retailers Test Next Hour Service

By emeadows
April 3, 2013

Just as next-day delivery becomes the norm for online shopping, next-hour delivery is rearing its head in the marketplace. Retail giants like Walmart, Amazon and eBay are testing such services now, providing customers with whatever they want nearly immediately. In order for this to work, supply chains are operating full speed, relying on highly complex algorithms and workers in distribution centers 24/7. Continue reading Forget Next Day Delivery, Retailers Test Next Hour Service

TV Execs Predict Significant Changes in Content Delivery

By Rob Scott
June 22, 2011

At the Elevate Video Advertising Summit in New York earlier this month, executives from Comcast Interactive Media, Turner, Disney and ESPN agreed that in two years 75 percent of television content will be available online and on mobile devices.
For an increasing number of consumers, the line between traditional TV content and Web video is blurring.
The immediate hurdles involve negotiating broadcast rights across platforms and addressing the threat of broadband usage caps and fees.
Regardless, it seems the concept of “TV Everywhere” is inevitable.
“It’s interesting to think of what the definition of a TV is,” said Comcast’s Matt Strauss. “My kids think an iPad is a TV. People don’t think of TV anymore, they just think of video. For us, in the broader context of what we’re doing, we’re beginning to migrate everything to Internet video.”