According to a new report from Rider Research, the number of U.S. pay-TV subscribers grew by 362,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008. These numbers show a flight by traditional cable subscribers to new fiber offerings from Verizon FiOS and AT&T. From the release: As a group, the telephone companie...

Tech guru Paul Graham has a pretty good following, for the most part I’ve appreciated his point of view as an expert, but his latest post, “Why TV Lost” is way off base. Graham argues that all content will be viewed on computers - in a sense they already are, set-top boxes connecte...

Last year at OnMedia, VC Tim Draper got up on stage and imitating Mad as Hell speech from Network, declared New Media’s victory over Old Media monopolies. This year, with the economic crisis at the forefront, he was a little more restrained, but no less bullish on the opportunities that exist ...

Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback offered his thoughts on where we’re going in online video at ROFLcon in New York today, the key points a shakeout is coming, but there is money to be made. Revision3 is doing this by placing their focus on a very specific audience (18-34 year old tech-savvy males) ...

Tonight at 8PM Eastern YouTube will kick off their first live streaming event. There will be no shortage of online coverage, speculation already abounds as to if and who their partner will be since moving into live streaming as a business model would complicate YouTube’s already cloudy prospec...

Nokia is selling a Bruce Lee version of their N96 phone in China, the phone which normally sells for $800 comes with an action figure, bluetooth headset, and a phone strap with nuchucks and will run about $1300. Unfortunately the phone is only available in China, but the viral ad that accompanies it...

Ah, the blogosphere, where analysis and wild speculation go hand in hand. Remember the late 90s when analysts pumped up worthless internet stocks for brokerage firms? Now those guys have a new home. If I was one of the many recently laid-off investment professionals out there, a blog would be one of...

ABC and Move Networks released their May streaming numbers today, reporting 37 million videos served during the month, a total of 815 million minutes. 400 million streame have been served since ABC launched their full episode player in 2006. Meanwhile, a commenter over on Lost Remote claiming to be ...

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