I want my TV Everywhere NOW

Good blog post on why TV Everywhere, Over The Top or Authentication all need to happen.
* read @ Blogmaverick.com

Hoping to Reverse the Online Video (Cash) Flow

More on the online video macro business model... my favorite topic!
* Read @ Broadcasting & Cable

Sluggish 2009 US Upfront

The ad dollars are not abundant this year, for one thing, and the online ad dollars either. In a market where people spend less, buyers are not eager to change their marketing mix and are still on a reach and frequency strategy (TV) more than on an efficiency one (online).
Still online video keeps steady growth compared to overall online ad $$ or TV ad $$ (see chart from emarketer)
* More at paidcontent.org

Manage abundance and not scarcity

Just read a great article in WIRED giving another perspective on the digital business model issue and around the theme of Chris Anderson's latest book 'Free: the future of a radical price'.
Made me want to read the whole book and also the part about the allocation of memory for WIRED' staff mailbox made me smile and cringe at the same time.
Anderson goes from nature wasting life to how YouTube makes sense in a word where production and distribution costs literally close to 0.

Read it for yourself @ WIRED

Another doom and gloom article on the future of the cable business

Pretty well summarized tho'. Definitely worth a read for the parallel between newspapers and TV and for the how what happens now will change the role of TV/cable/mobile companies tomorrow. It's all about disnitermediation guys...
@ Silicon Alley Insider

Pay is the new black + top 10 under 20 + Digital Darwinism

* Pay is the new black
Words of wisdom from Jonathan Miller @ THR event. Pay is back. Eventually in bundles. Well, well, well.... Interesting comments to this article anyhow.
@ THR

* After Bill Gates and his friends 20-somethings, the 10-somethings.
Top 10 under 20 tech entrepreneurs list. Fascinating.
@ Econaffinity

* Digital Darwinism. Great article about how digital is changing marketing, organizations, businesses, etc.
@ strategy+business

Loads of Hopes & Contradictions on the International Digital Landscape

After last week's NYT article I blogged about on the difficulty to monetize video traffic outside of the US, two statements this week are highlighting that non US media is a growing opportunity that US companies should tackle asap.
~ Download a great free white-paper from Global Internet Advisors on America's shrinking presence on the Global Internet and learn that US internet traffic used to be 50% of the global traffic 10 years ago and is now a mere 15% .
~ Read on recent moves from numerous US cable companies to tap into more international tv and digital growth potential.
@ Broadcasting & Cable