TV

Netflix Steps Further Away From The DVD

by Daniel Taylor on 19 April, 2011

It’s the little things that mean a lot. Streaming audiences just don’t care which season and which disc of a TV show they’re watching. Netflix finally got rid of the vestiges of DVD meta-meta-data for streaming customers. Viewers no longer have to search for individual seasons — adding a show to the instant queue is all it takes to gain access to the entire run of a TV show.

Mobile TV – One Size Doesn’t Fit All

by Daniel Taylor on 19 October, 2009

Just because a picture is worth a thousand words, that doesn’t mean that half a picture is worth $500. And so goes the Mobile TV discussion in the vacuum of the U.S. market. “It’s big in Asia!” we hear, but what does that mean?

New Technology, Same Old Design

12 October 2009

The media industry busily applying old designs to new technologies. Kind of like when people started building bridges out of steel, but using designs optimized for wood. But just because a company made money selling print advertising in newspapers, that doesn’t mean that their next business will be Internet display advertising.

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Pony-ing Up for Amazon Video

26 August 2009

Ever since I bought it, the Roku Netflix player has been an integral part of my living room. Earlier this year, Roku added Amazon video…and now MLB.tv. But will Amazon convince people to pay for something available elsewhere for free?

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