Figures. Right after I go off and write a bunch (OK, two) blog posts about how Hulu could be the death knell of the cable companies and possibly even parts of iTunes, their CEO (pictured above) comes out and says they aren’t a competitor to cable companies and that people shouldn’t expect to be able [...]
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Is KSL launching a Groupon competitor? [UPDATED - Yes!] 2
I just got this email from KSL. The second paragraph is what intrigues me: What is a Group Deal? KSL.com will bring exclusive offers to our users that will save them up to 50% or more at local businesses. Sounds a lot like Groupon to me. A little poking around KSL’s website revealed no additional [...]
Categories: Business,Social Media
Response: Did Hulu Just Make Its First Tactical Error? 2
I love a good discussion. Some debate has been going on regarding Hulu’s new Plus service. Is it worth the money? Why not just do Netflix? There’s a healthy comment thread over on my original post which I’d recommend reading – good points made on all sides. This morning Zach pointed me to an article [...]
Two more reasons to hate AT&T 2
FIRST REASON TO HATE AT&T What you see in the picture above is an AT&T 3G MicroCell. It basically acts as your own personal cell phone tower in your house which routes calls over your home cable/DSL connection. A nice workaround if you, like many AT&T customers, have little or no reception in your house. [...]
Dear Movie Studios 12
Dear Movie Studios, When I can’t skip ahead, access the main menu or even hit “stop” during your stupid trailers and ads on a movie I paid to rent, you’ve gone too far. It took me literally 10 minutes to finally get to the main menu so I could start the movie – and that [...]
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