After my recent posts about New Media and Android, and the race of other non-telecom providers to offer video services, I had a discussion with a telecom VP in network operations about the endless fight against becomming a dumb pipe yet again. The funny thing is that if you talk to the VP of operations they’re scared, if you talk to the VP of strategy they’re excited. So you wonder of course why they don’t talk to each other ;) Here the great chance the VP of strategy sees (and I share): Continue reading ‘Over-The-Top Video And Telecom’s Dumb Pipe’

In a recent entry about Google Android and New Media I explained how hardware vendors could lead a profitable video distribution service for mobile devices, and not Web2.0 mashups. Just for completion: The article was about open mobile device platforms such as Android, but you see similar trends in the fixed world: eHomeUpgrade has a nice series of reports on Online Home Video Delivery that Continue reading ‘Web2.0 vs. Consumer Electronics and New Media’

“I don’t have TV.” — “Oh.” is the answer I mostly get, together with a pitiful look, suspecting either a problem with my credit cards, a mental disorder, or even something more serious like not knowing how to get cable or dish, or not knowing how to program a TV set.

Continue reading ‘Hulu and Netflix — Good Companions’

This is an awesome blog! There are lots of interesting articles here, the latest one from March 24th 2008 is about a quick assessment methodology of User eXperience. While the actual measurements for Desirability require quite some knowledge, assumption sets, and professional experience, I like the approach of having a couple of quick rules to check any product design against.

Continue reading ‘Quick-UX. Quick Heuristics for User eXperience. « The Product Guy’

In his article “Debunking the Doomsday Scenario” from October 1, 2007, Gary Kim writes about the global telecom services revenue:

Of course, it is worth noting that just 12 companies represent $563 billion, or about 56 percent of the $1 trillion in annual global industry revenues. The next 15 companies generate $151 billion annually, or about 15 percent of total global revenue. Just 27 companies account for 71 percent of global telecom services revenue.

Now we also know that telecoms are having a hard time right now across the globe for different regional reasons, and that in North America alone there are about 2000 telecoms competing. So if 27 companies are the big head accounting for 71% of the revenues, is the long tail dying? Where are the thousands of niche providers that would - according to the long tail theory - make up at least 50% of the revenue? Continue reading ‘Death Of The Long Tail?’