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Sony's Day-And-Date Strategy Is Expensive

Starting on December 8, Sony plans to make the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs available for streaming, at 720p, a month ahead of the retail release, to those who have broadband-enabled Sony (SNE) TVs and Blu-ray players. The catch? It will ...

From DAN RAYBURN, Seeking Alpha,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Apple, Inc.

Netflix's Sony PS3 Streaming Is Slow and Painful

Last week, Netflix (NFLX) started mailing out the discs that Sony PS3 users must insert in their console each time they want to stream a movie. While the disc is a temporary measure until there is a dedicated Netflix app for the PS3, the solution is ...

From DAN RAYBURN, Seeking Alpha,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  Microsoft Corporation

Netflix Streaming Is Slow And Painful On The Playstation

Last week, Netflix started mailing out the discs that PS3 users must insert in their console each time they want to stream a movie. While the disc is a temporary measure until there is a dedicated Netflix app for the PS3, the solution is very slow and ...

From DAN RAYBURN, Silicon Alley Insider,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: TiVo Inc.,  Sony

The Movie Industry Needs To Stop Whining About Piracy And Embrace Digital

Sunday on 60 Minutes, members of the film industry and the MPAA were interviewed for a story about movie piracy. As usual, they were complaining about how much money they are losing, saying they can't do anything about it and how piracy prevents them ...

From DAN RAYBURN, Silicon Alley Insider,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart

Netflix to Offer Streaming-Only Package, But Profitability Will Be Hard to Come By

On Netflix's (NFLX) Q3 earnings call, CEO Reed Hastings announced plans to take Netflix's digital offering international, sometime in the second half of 2010. Reed said Netflix plans to roll out a streaming only offering by starting small in one market, ...

From DAN RAYBURN, Seeking Alpha,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Reed Hastings

Akamai Acknowledges It's Not Delivering HD Video to the iPhone

Earlier in the month, during Akamai's (AKAM) webcast about their HD network, Tim Siglin pointed out on his blog that Akamai's claim that they could deliver HD video to the iPhone (AAPL) wasn't accurate. Tim had a lot of back and forth emails with ...

From DAN RAYBURN, Seeking Alpha,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Apple, Inc.

Is Hulu Waiting For Subscription Service Before Launching iPhone App?

While the iPhone does not support Flash video today, one of the sources I spoke with said Hulu has already converted some of their content over to H.264 for playback on the iPhone. However, they didn't know how much of Hulu's content had been converted ...

From DAN RAYBURN, Seeking Alpha,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: AT&T Inc.,  Apple, Inc.

Cisco Has No Plans To Build Service-Based CDN For Video Delivery

Back in April, I reported that two colocation companies had contacted me to say that Cisco (CSCO) was acquiring colocation space in various third party data centers in the U.S. for what Cisco was calling a new content delivery network. While I don't ...

From DAN RAYBURN, ETF Investor,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Cisco Systems, Inc.

Does Limelight's New XD Platform Threaten Akamai's High-Margin Business?

On Monday, Limelight Networks (LLNW) made two related announcements; a new global content delivery platform, called the XD platform, and two new services based on that platform, called LimelightCONTROL XD and LimelightDELIVER XD. I’ve been getting a ...

From DAN RAYBURN, ETF Investor,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Overstock.com, Inc.,  Netflix

Explaining Adobe's Weird Omniture Acquisition

Yesterday Adobe announced they had reached a deal to acquire Omniture for $1.8 billion, with Adobe expecting the deal to close in the fourth quarter. While on the surface it may seem odd that Adobe would buy a company and get into the Web analytics ...

From DAN RAYBURN, The Business Insider,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Omniture, Inc.

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