As they say: Cable is not dead

A few interesting reports this week about the state of cable in the US. All confirming that cable is not dead and that the future of free videos on the internet is grim...
* @ the Economist: A special report on television
* @ BusinessWeek: The Revenge of the Cable Guys
* @ NYTimes: YouTube turns 5 and grows up with more and more professional content
* @ Betanews Roku adds UFC to its line-up

More on the iPad

For the curious ones or the ones who have to wait:
* @ Techcrunch

Much has been said by now on the iPad. Liking it / disliking it / breaking it with a base ball bat (yes that was painful, I could not watch it.... But this is a good geeky review about how Apple is trying to double-dip on this one with a proprietary product and a proprietary ecosystem. Quite far from the open source free world...
* Read about the iParadox @ HBR

* Most popular iPad apps @ NYT

First look at the iPad potential

Check out what a magazine using the potential of the iPad will look like - and how much it costs.... Kind of looks like TV!
- Read and watch the videos on VIV magazine at readwriteweb
- Read what Chris Anderson has to say about the WIRED iPad app. I wouldn't say it better than him: "we are entering a new era of media, where we finally have a digital platform that allows us to retain all the rich visual features of high-gloss print, from lavish design to glorious photography, while augmenting it with video, animations, additional content and full interactivity."
@ Wired

Location Based

Just starting to unnlock the potential of Location Based Services and its marketing extensions...
- On Foursquare & Fashion @ mashable

Huggers on Future Media & technology

at the Future of Media Conference. I particularly like the way his group is organized: Products, IT, R&D & Archive. Content & Technology coming together under one roof...
* Read on the BBC Blog