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TV, Web, iPhone and Android App Use All Peak At Night - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

erikschwartz — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:03:04 -0400

TV, Web, iPhone and Android App Use All Peak At Night - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

Inside Akamai and the scary future of streaming video

erikschwartz — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:19:24 -0400

Inside Akamai and the scary future of streaming video

My Netflix Blog Post

erikschwartz — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:10:31 -0400

My Netflix Blog Post:

There have been a ton of comments online about the Netflix price changes. Many of these comments are along the lines of “the postage costs are hurting Netflix”. I’m going to take a different view and point more at the streaming business. We’ll break this into two sections, delivery costs and content acquisition costs.

Miso's Nico Taing on why graduates should give startups a shot

erikschwartz — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:45:07 -0400

Miso's Nico Taing on why graduates should give startups a shot:

misotv:

“…in startups you have to assume many roles, but it’s necessary, it teaches you to think globally and not be focused on only your code.”

Second Screen Apps Take Off

erikschwartz — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:44:07 -0400

Second Screen Apps Take Off:

A year ago the first half of my pitch was explaining how the second screen is an interesting place to be. The market is moving towards us fast.

One third of time spent with tablets is while the user is watching TV

erikschwartz — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:59:12 -0400

One third of time spent with tablets is while the user is watching TV:

I love it when our competitors pay a lot of money for market research.

Synchronize.TV on GigaOm

erikschwartz — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:50:21 -0400

Synchronize.TV on GigaOm

Here comes some backlash against audio synch

erikschwartz — Mon, 02 May 2011 23:45:36 -0400

Here comes some backlash against audio synch

This is a simple mash up of GetGlue’s widgets and the...

erikschwartz — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:27:42 -0400

This is a simple mash up of GetGlue’s widgets and the Synchronize.TV recognition API. Basically it creates a GetGlue widget that checks you into whatever your TV is tuned to without having to go through a menuing system.

The "Dongle" Play

erikschwartz — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:36:30 -0400

The "Dongle" Play:

Will the inexpensive dongle be an important transitional bridge as TV changes? I wrestle with this question too.

Boxee, Roku, Tivo

erikschwartz — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:24:00 -0400

Boxee, Roku, Tivo:

IMHO:

Roku can’t become a video network because they don’t own distribution. Now imagine if Akamai bought Roku, that would be really disruptive.

Tivo has got great products but it seems like they are hampered by legacy issues.

Boxee has not yet realized that owning the “user experience” is going to happen on the second screen, not the first screen. TV widgets are not going to be important.

THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

erikschwartz — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:39:48 -0400

THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD :

You’ve either started a company or you haven’t. ”Started” doesn’t mean joining as an early employee, or investing or advising or helping out. It means starting with no money, no help, no one who believes in you (except perhaps your closest friends and family), and building an organization from a borrowed cubicle with credit card debt and nowhere to sleep except the office.

Netflix vs DirectTV or Comcast

erikschwartz — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:46:00 -0400

Why do digital pundits insist on comparing Netflix (which is at it’s core primarily a content licensing play) with Comcast and DirectTV who are licensing AND delivery plays. Unless Netflix starts owning delivery channels they’re really not comparable.

Yahoo! Acquires IntoNow

erikschwartz — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:10:09 -0400

Yahoo! Acquires IntoNow

Hello World

erikschwartz — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:55:43 -0400