Category Archives: television

The first first draft of history

Posted on June 15, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

In journalism school, you’re taught that newspapers are the first draft of history. Today it’s common for news outlets to scoop themselves on their Web sites. But even that may not be fast enough when news breaks. Lost Remote reports … Continue reading →

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Weekly Reader – Jan. 5, 2008 – Pricing, advertising and DVRs

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

This week’s interesting reads: Some thoughts on pricing (Redeye VC) – First Round Capital’s Josh Kopelman examines pricing strategies. He starts with pricing of soda in a hotel and found a range of $1 to $4.50. The overall range is … Continue reading →

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CNN launches in HD

Posted on September 3, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

CNN is now transmitting an HD feed, making it the first American news network to broadcast in HD. Most people won’t be able to see it just yet because the cable companies aren’t carrying the HD feed. CNN’s shows from … Continue reading →

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MeCasts coming to your TV

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve written before about the fragmentation of television. With cable and satellite, programmers can reach smaller and smaller audience segments. With content delivered over broadband, those segments become even smaller. Broadband distribution ultimately enables everyone to have his or her … Continue reading →

Posted in apple tv, personalization, social networking, television, video, YouTube | 7 Comments

Revolutionizing television

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The next two years are going to bring big changes in television. Next month, the FCC is going to begin requiring cable companies to let users buy and connect their own cable boxes (instead of leasing them from the cable … Continue reading →

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Apple TV brings your media to life

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I bought an Apple TV over the weekend. It’s quite simply the most elegant, well-designed consumer electronics device I’ve used. Apple TV works with iTunes to bring music, video, movies, photos and podcasts to life on your HDTV. (In geek … Continue reading →

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NewsCorpNBCYahooMSNMySpaceAOLTube vs. GooTube

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

NBC and News Corp announced a broad-reaching partnership this week that will feature shows from NBC and Fox on AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! — all the major Internet players except Google, the owner of YouTube. The major television networks … Continue reading →

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How much is a TV show worth?

Posted on November 17, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

As I was playing with various ways of watching TV this week, I came across a number of different pricing models: Live broadcast TV – Free with lots of commericals. Broadcast TV on DVR – Free with lots of skippable … Continue reading →

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TV on the Web – almost ready for primetime

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Rakesh Agrawal

My cable was on the fritz earlier this week, which gave me the perfect opportunity to try out the Web-based TV offerings of the major networks. It’s great to see how quickly the major networks have jumped on the bandwagon … Continue reading →

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