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Sony’s CRACKLE making noise with free Internet TV service
While Netflix was busy battling HBO over exclusive content and providing an increasingly valid reason to cut the cable-cord, Sony’s Crackle just kept building. Adding content, signing advertisers and launching on an array of devices including Xbox 360, Roku, Sony Blu-ray players, Sony Internet-connected TVs, Android, iPhone, iPad and more. Its time out of the [...]
I Want My Web TV
MTV was like an underground movement led by rebels & rock stars. The same thing is happening now with Web TV and streaming video; Though don’t expect to see a TV campaign pushing for it. At least not yet. More than two years ago I cut cable and moved into the web TV world. What [...]
5 tech predictions for 2012
Tech2point0 and Eric’s Ad Blog introduces its first annual FIVE TECH PREDICTION FOR 2012. 5. Content producers skipping the middle man Eric’s Ad Blog called it on May 8, 2011. In a post titled My predictions for Internet TV and the future of Cable. “I’d watch for more studios and content owners to explore options for skipping [...]
The re-branding facelift, when logos go under the knife
Pepsi, tell me what you don’t like about yourself. For companies, re-branding with a new logo or fresh look provides a sort of facelift. (Really takes years off their life.) Some get over-the-top PR, other re-brands slide in under the radar. Eric’s Ad Blog has compiled a list of popular re-brands in the last four [...]
Top 5 tools for Mobile Productivity
Mobile is looking like the next Web 2.0 with the emergence of mobile devices like the iPad, Kindle and Nook; the rise in smartphone usage; and the explosion of mobile apps. It’s not just for work. Mobile is taking over our lives. Work and play. Eric’s Ad Blog has compiled the Top Five tools for [...]
Getting Started with Internet TV
Swapping pay-TV for Internet streaming services like Netflix is the latest trend for tech savvy consumers looking to cut rising cable costs in a tough economy. But for those new to Internet TV with little or no knowledge of the streaming landscape, things might look a little confusing. That’s why most haven’t taken the leap. [...]
An Apple a day
There have been countless articles written on Steve Jobs’ passing last Wednesday at the age of 56; his contributions to technology and his ability to see what we wanted before we knew we wanted it. Accounts of Jobs’ perseverance — from starting Apple in a garage with Steve Wozniak in 1976 to his exit in [...]
Ustream, the free Internet television network
Netflix gets all the hype when it comes to cable-killing Internet video, but Internet superchannel Ustream might be a better model for the next online cable network. Founded in 2007, Ustream offers an array of shows, both live and recorded, as well as Internet channels from some of our favorite brands and celebrities. The company [...]
Advertising shouldn’t be a roll of the dice
To most business owners, advertising is like gambling for the first time. You’ve heard about people winning it big. You think you know the basics. And you’re feeling lucky. So you roll your dice. But, unlike gambling, the payoff or loss isn’t always immediate and a lot of what occurs is unseen. With greater industry knowledge, [...]
On-demand is the next TiVo
TiVo revolutionized the way we watch television, allowing us to record, pause and rewind live TV broadcasts and even skip commercial content. TiVo is second nature to us now; in fact, it’s even become a verb. To the networks and advertisers, it posed a slight challenge to not only prime-time TV — by allowing users [...]
