Data Center Knowledge (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Dan Rayburn has a Q&A with Level 3 CEO James Crowe about the company's content delivery network and strategy, in which he talks about the company's plans for CDN infrastructure. An excerpt:We continue to make significant investments in our platform. We have expanded into Asia and continue to make... Read more at our web site
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) has been under investigation since May 2006 for his ties to contractors in the Duke Cunningham corruption scandal. Formerly the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Lewis “earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts” for clients of his longtime friend, former congressman Bill Lowery. Lewis has a [...]
Beet.TV (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
PALO ALTO -- The cost of Flash servers, Adobe's proprietary software which publishers use to stream the majority of video around the globe, has dropped in cost by some 90 percent as Adobe moves to maximize its marketshare, says Jim...
NewTeeVee (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Hey guys, I just signed on to moderate a panel at Dan Rayburn’s excellent Streaming Media West conference in September. Now we need to fill it with some interesting and relevant panelists. Dan just posted a call for speakers on his blog, and I’m reprinting it here. Note that he’s offering a free all-access conference [...]
Zatz Not Funny! (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008 | Other
Silicon Alley Insider noted an interesting tidbit this morning in Disney’s earnings. Apparently Internet revenue helped offset lower broadcast ad revenues last quarter for ABC, lending credence to the reasons behind the writers’ strike last season. From the SEC filing: Broadcasting revenues increased $7 million reflecting higher internet revenues, partially offset by lower advertising revenues at [...]...
Data Center Knowledge (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Dan Rayburn has an interesting item that looks at recent trends in top-dollar content delivery deals, in which Limelight Networks (LLNW) has fared quite well. Limelight's biggest win has been the deal to be the primary CDN for NBC's online Olympics video at NBCOlympics.com. Significantly, these... Read more at our web site
Gadgetell (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008 | Business
Section: Video , Content , Video Providers , Gadgets / Other , Household According to recent reports it looks like the Netflix player from Roku has almost hit the 100,000 unit sold milestone. The Netflix player was originally launched back in May of 2008 and was quickly sold out . Overall not a bad set of numbers, especially considering that Apple has sold just 400,000 AppleTV units in two full years....
IPTV EVANGELIST: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
In the beginning of July, Roku sent us their Netflix settop box in which we did a comprehensive evaluation. Originally thinking I might keep for myself, I have decided instead to give it away to one of our readers....
Hacking NetFlix (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Dan Rayburn on The Business of Online Video reports that Roku has sold almost 100,000 Netflix Players. Since publication of the article, I've now learned that the accurate number of units sold is closer to 100,000. While it surprised me the number was that high, it does seem possible, as that would equal about 1% of Netflix's 8.2 million customers. Considering the price point ($99) and the fact that...
Comments for edroso - HaloScan.com (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
So it's official: too much time in an orgone box does have an effect. Just not the one promised. And with all due reverence to the victims of Red Channels, Orson Bean was a teenager when the Blacklist began. It didn't rob him of an established career so much as limit his theoretical advancement (and push him into television, whose residuals pay for those extended family vacations), wh
