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So, pretend you’re a Hollywood studio executive. You’re trying to prevent your lucrative DVD movie sales business from being overrun by disruptive forces like online piracy, online streaming services like Netflix, and other rental companies. You currently make everyone wait 28 days from the day …
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The term “digital revolution” has been used to describe the phenomenon of how improvements in technology have broken down barriers to entry for all kinds of industries. This in turn leads to the leaders in those industries losing their advantage, their “special sauce” that previously …
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Amazon to demo Kindle for the Web on Tuesday – Computerworld. It, as they say, is most assuredly on. On Monday Google launched their Google ebooks effort, a direct shot across the bow of Amazon who already has a commanding lead (and so far, a superior …
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Two interesting “media delivery” related developments this week coming out of the sleepy little town of Palo Alto: During their latest earnings report, Netflix (NFLX) announced they now serve most of their content via streaming, vs. DVD mailers. More and more people are adopting the …
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Death of a media biz icon, as reported in today’s New York Times: Blockbuster Files for Bankruptcy – NYTimes.com Nobody should be surprised by this one. Today, Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy protection. They’ll remain in operation, but they plan to close most of their stores. …