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Apple Keynote
Apple’s “Time Flies” keynote will take place tomorrow, September 15, live from Apple Park: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/. I’ve been following Apple keynotes for many years (since at least 2005), and they often generate irrational expectations for disruptive, innovative products. Over the past few years, pundits have regularly questioned Apple’s ability to innovate while continuing to grow the […]
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Disney+ To Reset The Streaming War In Europe Amid The COVID-19 Crisis
Streaming wars take a turn, as French government and telcos ask Disney to postpone the March 24 launch of Disney+ to avoid internet overload.
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Is Great Content Enough To Survive The Coming Streampocalypse?
Until now, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video have been synonymous with streaming video. Sure, HBO GO, CBS All Access, Sony Crackle, and others are in the market, but these media moguls’ presence in streaming is modest compared to their standing in the traditional television and movie industries. All that will change between November 1, […]
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TV’s Tectonic Shift Just Happened
Did you feel the earthquake that hit the television business today? You should . . . I’ve long used the geologic concept of plate tectonics as a metaphor for the television business. Like the earth’s giant crustal plates that seem immovable in the face of enormous geophysical pressures, the television business has resisted the forces […]
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Netflix Has Become HBO
In a 2013 article in GQ, Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos laid out the then-nascent streaming company’s challenge: “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.” In yesterday’s Q4 2018 earnings interview, CEO Reed Hastings, while not referencing Sarandos’ statement, laid out facts that showed Netflix has achieved — or even […]