I have seen a lot of attempts to combine social networking and live television - recently a trial in the UK was a disaster, however it looks like the Philo people actually have a clue about marketing :-) (via The Wall Street Journal, and thanks to Carlos Kirchner for recommending) http://tinyurl.com/3xge7fr Philo Media Tunes Into New Funding For TV Check-Ins By Ty McMahan You can check in at your local coffee shop. You can check in at your favorite music venue. Now, with Philo, you can check into “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Philo Media Corp., which just raised its first round of venture funding, is taking the check-in trend popularized by Foursquare Inc. to television. The company says it is a social television platform, giving fans a new way to watch and interact with their favorite shows.
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Another very interesting turn of events. After discussions that QCOM is more or less abandoning FloTV in the US (and elsewhere) for lack of customers, it looks like the lobbying in Japan for nextgen mobile tv is ... led by Qualcomm ! Mobile TV in Japan (and elsewhere) is not making money. How is the experiment going to last ?
(Via GSMA) Japanese publication Nikkei.com said that the country’s Communications Ministry has postponed a decision on which company and technology will win the licence for a new mobile broadcast network in the country, asking the Radio Regulatory Council to advise it on its decision. Operators NTT DoCoMo and KDDI are both leading groups supporting different technology standards – an evolution of the existing ISDB-T digital television standard and Qualcomm’s MediaFLO, respectively. The decision making process, which was due to be completed by mid-August 2010, has been further delayed by a suggestion the companies work together to create a joint deployment – although, conversely, some observers suggested that both should be licensed, to encourage competition. The network was expected to be launched for commercial services by 2012. The delay to the decision comes at a time when there are question-marks over the commercial viability of stand-alone mobile broadcast networks worldwide. A recent report by Juniper Research found “disappointing” adoption levels for existing services, leading to “growing disillusionment within the industry”, although it did identify opportunities in markets including Japan, where networks may also be used to support a range of mobile data services. Qualcomm has already admitted to poor performances for MediaFLO powered services in the US, and it has been suggested that it will look to offload the business. The Wall Street Journal said that KDDI had argued the US status of MediaFLO services and the capabilities of the technology platform are different issues, and that it will launch services with a business model suited to the Japanese market. DoCoMo’s preferred ISDB-Tmm has the advantage of being a member of the ISDB family which is already used in Japan, but which has seen limited adoption elsewhere. Neither operator is supporting the DVB-H or DMB standards, which have been promoted in other markets – but with little notable success. I did do a field trip at the AT&T wireless store recently and yes. The torch is not so hot actually. I am reproducing this article via GSMA that says it all. I am also wondering why all the top-tiers seem to be so intent on designing iPhone mee-toos. Tear down info on my Facebook Pro Page and Twitter http://www.facebook.com/pages/Philippe-Mora/133775246653157?ref=sgm Mixed reports on BlackBerry Torch launch There are mixed reports as to how well Research In Motion’s (RIM) latest flagship device, BlackBerry Torch, has been received by the market, with the Wall Street Journal quoting analyst feedback ranging from “underwhelming” and “tepid,” through “steady," to “healthy” and “going well." Certainly the device has not sparked the level of first-day interest of Apple’s iPhone or even Motorola’s DROID X, although with availability currently confined to one operator, AT&T, in one country, the US, there is the potential to build momentum when it becomes more widely available. At the time of its launch, the market was largely underwhelmed with BlackBerry Torch, which, while providing an upgrade for BlackBerry users, is not deemed to have outclassed products from rival smartphone vendors – and it has now been suggested that most purchasers are indeed upgrading BlackBerry owners, rather than new converts to the fold. Worringly, reports also state that Amazon is already slashing the price of the Torch down to US$99 with a new two-year contract, down more than 50 percent from the phone's launch price of US$199 (just five days ago). In separate news, Reuters reports that India, which has threatened to block some BlackBerry services over security worries, has formally asked mobile operators to ensure a monitoring system is in place by August 31. The news agency claims at least three Indian mobile operators have confirmed they have received letters from the Department of Telecommunications giving them a deadline to put in place a monitoring capability for BlackBerry Messenger and secured Enterprise email services. India is the latest country to step up pressure on RIM, which has built the BlackBerry's reputation around confidentiality. Jonah Lehrer in the Wall Street Journal this weekend has got a really great article about unethical behaviour being a byproduct of power. With my 15 year Silicon Valley experience in perspective, this is a really great article that I'd like to share. Reproduced via: Wall Street Journal http://tinyurl.com/2doz28n Full article posted on my Facebook Pro page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Philippe-Mora/133775246653157?ref=sgm The Power Trip Contrary to the Machiavellian cliché, nice people are more likely to rise to power. Then something strange happens: Authority atrophies the very talents that got them there. By JONAH LEHRER When CEO Mark Hurd resigned from Hewlett-Packard last week in light of ethics violations, many people expressed surprise. Mr. Hurd, after all, was known as an unusually effective and straight-laced executive. But the public shouldn't have been so shocked. From prostitution scandals to corruption allegations to the steady drumbeat of charges against corporate executives and world-class athletes, it seems that the headlines are filled with the latest misstep of someone in a position of power. This isn't just anecdotal: Surveys of organizations find that the vast majority of rude and inappropriate behaviors, such as the shouting of profanities, come from the offices of those with the most authority. |
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