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Am I living the Google lifestyle?

Mark Cuban — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:59:14 -0800

Google TV has a long way to go, but Google is right there

As I installed my Logitech Google TV box, I checked my email, I mean Gmail, on my G2 Slide. Someone needed some info, so I pulled up the information from a file stored on Google Docs using my browser of choice, Chrome. Then it occurred to me. I’m surrounded by Google and for the most part, I like it. It ... [Read more]

The end of location-based apps?

Mark Cuban — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0700

Location check-in is so 2010

I just invested in a company that takes video of an area and can tell you exactly how many people are in the capture area at any given time. It’s great for traffic patterns, security, and much more. We are posting cameras in certain environments where anonymity is required, and we don’t and won’t capture faces or anything that could ... [Read more]

What newspapers can learn from Facebook

Mark Cuban — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:58:00 -0700

and mobile... and how Google was the big loser in the Facebook privacy debate

I’ve written multiple times about the value of independence from Google to Newspapers. Of course, each generated responses from many who disagreed with me. I just wanted to point out that Facebook, arguably the largest and most important Web site in the world has most of its content walled off from Google. In fact, the biggest loser in the Facebook ... [Read more]

The future of the entertainment business

Mark Cuban — Mon, 31 May 2010 07:02:00 -0700

.... and why Netflix is a big part of it, explains CEO Reed Hastings in his strategy deck

I’m a big fan of Reed Hastings. Not just of his vision, but his honesty as well. Reed posted his strategy deck on Slideshare.com . While we agree and disagree on a few items here and there, he does a great job identifying the risks created by Cable/satellite/telco (CST) . The key quote on this slide ( page 26) – ... [Read more]

The future of Google TV is...

Mark Cuban — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:15:00 -0700

The success will come down to one thing - PageRank; Imagine the SEO battles

Google TV is going to be very interesting. It is far from a certainty that it will be more than Apple TV in terms of consumer sales. From a first glance the marketplace is the most important and interesting element of the announcement. As a development platform, Android creates the potential for untold unique and interesting applications that could capture ... [Read more]

The future of TV is... TV

Mark Cuban — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:15:15 -0700

Why do media pundits think people want to turn their HDTVs into PC monitors? It's a hassle

There is an old saying that tends to work today and I expect will work for years to come: ”Follow the money." In particular, follow where consumers spend their money on new products. It is the ultimate definition of consumer choice. In the word of consumer electronics, consumers have been, and continue to spend their money on brand spanking new ... [Read more]

Why Sen. Franken is wrong about online media

Mark Cuban — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:00 -0800

His request to put all TV shows online for free is idiotic and he's wrong about the future of media

“In written questions to Comcast and NBC Universal regarding their $30 billion proposed marriage, Sen. Franken — who has been one of the harshest critics of the deal — wants Comcast and NBC Universal to promise that it will put all its television shows online. He also wants assurances that shows that the companies put online be made available to ... [Read more]

Why Internet people lost touch with reality

Mark Cuban — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:21:00 -0800

Your relationships with Google, Mahalo, Icerocket may need to be different than they were in 2006

Sometimes it's hard to tell if people are trying to be funny, mean, interesting, provocative or are just plain stupid or completely out of touch with reality. I know I get accused of being all of the above all the time. The other day in New York I gave a speech at the AlwaysOn Conference which AdWeek summarized nicely here. ... [Read more]

Think the Internet will replace cable?

Mark Cuban — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:57:00 -0800

It's cheaper to reach a big audience using traditional cable distribution vs the Web

As is the normal way on the Internet, people love to read headlines. Of course, they rarely read the substance of the article behind the headline. They take the headline and run with it as gospel. This is particularly true of internet video and the presumption by many that the internet will be so vast and powerful that its a ... [Read more]

Should the FCC reclaim broadcast spectrum?

Mark Cuban — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:30:00 -0800

No one has really taken a contrary view on how that spectrum could be used in the future.

The premise is very simple. Over the air broadcasters, the people who bring you TV that you can get with rabbit ears, pay nothing to the government for the allocated digital spectrum over which TV is delivered. Not only do they pay nothing to the government for that spectrum, they are no longer only using it exclusively to deliver a ... [Read more]

Bing trying to get exclusive on Fox…smart

Mark Cuban — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:37:00 -0800

Why Bing paying Fox to de-list from Google can be a significant first step and can work

Ok, I am getting bored talking about Fox and Google. But as things pop up, like news in the media saying that Microsoft is trying to entice Fox to “de-list” from Google, I can't pass up posting on it. Particularly when it makes so much sense.Here is why Bing paying Fox to de-list from Google can be a significant first ... [Read more]

Rupert Murdoch to block Google

Mark Cuban — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:53:46 -0800

Equals smart equals Twitter has changed it all

Rupert Murdoch has said that his Newscorp sites are going to block Google indexes. Of course, all the netizens freak out when this happens. Which I love.I love to tweak all the Internet information must be free bigots. They get so damn religious about information on the net that they lose what little objectivity and awareness of the real world ... [Read more]

Sports ratings records...

Mark Cuban — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:58:00 -0800

...and what it tells us about the Internet

Have you seen sports ratings lately? Just this week: The NBA on TNT had its highest ratings in 20 years. Versus had its highest rated regular season NHL game ever. The first game of the World Series was the highest rated in five years. The NFL was setting records on cable and achieving viewing levels not seen in 20 years! ... [Read more]

The DVR vs Internet video

Mark Cuban — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:37:00 -0700

The DVR is what every Internet-based TV delivery device or service aims to be when they grow up

The “conventional wisdom” of Internet intellectuals is that it's a foregone conclusion that the future of content delivery is via the Internet. Furthermore, the same Internet panel populaters seem to be of the mindset that traditional entertainment and content companies, “just don't get it”. History has written that if it can be gotten for free, it should be gotten for ... [Read more]

Google shows Amazon the way...

Mark Cuban — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:54:35 -0700

...to save the content business by offering media bundles on the Kindle

Just read a great article at the Neiman Journalism Lab site about Google’s plans to help the content industry. In a nutshell, the concept is to utilize Google’s Checkout, their payment system, to enable publishers of news and other premium content to both sell their content as part of subscriptions and/or via micropayments. What caught my interest was the concept ... [Read more]