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Yahoo Says Our Biggest Competitor is TV? No Kidding?!?

September 29th, 2010

Well, Carol Bartz got one thing right when she told a crowd recently that their biggest competition was TV. But that hardly seems like a revelation. There has never been a question, as far as I can tell, that the big competition for ad dollars was TV.But I have to disagree with the reason why [...]

Google TV. Meh.

June 2nd, 2010

Let me be the first to say that I believe video advertising, in whatever form it eventually takes, is going to be a huge deal. I am a firm believer that addressable video on our televisions and interactive video on our PCs and handheld devices are the coming wave, and that advertisers who can figure [...]

Will Content and Commercials Merge?

March 23rd, 2010

AdAge recently ran an article which highlighted the “intrusion” of a commercial message into the 30 Rock program.  The article notes that we might be reaching a time when the line between ad and show will blur significantly.

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There are a few interesting things about the article.  One is that the article delineated between ads [...]

Making Online Video Pop Requires Non-TV Thinkers

December 6th, 2009

For the 7th year in a row, “next year” will be the year that online video explodes. Incidentally, for the 5th year in a row, “next year” will also be the year that mobile advertising explodes.

Ok, so we’ve heard it time and time again that online video is the next great frontier for digital [...]

Will TV Ever Be Interactive?

September 18th, 2009

The one thing I know about TV is that the less I have to use the remote control, the more I like it.  The sooner I can put the remote down and leave it - because I am watching a truly enjoyable program - the better.
When do we normally turn to grab the remote?  When [...]

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