In Netflix’s subscription-based on-demand world, viewership is cumulative. Measuring it at any given point in time might give you a number, but that number has little correlation with the content’s value… Read more »
One of the most puzzling aspects of the peering disputes that have arisen — principally between Netflix and a handful of the largest ISPs — is how little money appears to… Read more »
Underlying much of the debate of interconnection fees and paid prioritization is an unspoken and largely unexamined assumption that the current power dynamic between ISPs and content providers is both inevitable… Read more »
Technology organizations use percentage uptime as a key performance metric. Unfortunately, it is very technology focused in a time where business metrics are the norm. Which business metrics can IT focus… Read more »
The problem for tablet makers is that the power to implement some of the most compelling potential use cases for the devices is not in their hands. Read more »
The danger in laying down hard and fast net neutrality rules now is that they could lock in structural dynamics in the market for online content when we don’t really know… Read more »
Spotify’s payments to record companies and publishers are pegged to its gross revenue, and increase roughly in proportion to the increase in Spotify’s user base. Performance royalties paid to artists, however,… Read more »
Ebay is now using its knowledge of retailing basics to apply technology to virtualizing the inventory for its same-day service, where it can deliver far more bang for the technology buck… Read more »