Comments on: Murdoch, WiMAX and The Two Way Web http://gigaom.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Sex, Crimes, and MySpace http://gigaom.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19619 Om Malik on Broadband : » Sex, Crimes, and MySpace Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:28:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19619 <p>[...] Robert Young is a serial entrepreneur. He was an exec at Delphi Internet Services (which he sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.), and founder/ceo of Freemark Communications. His past columns for GigaOM.com include Inherent truths and value of Community; Why Murdoch Bought MySpace and Murdoch, WiMax and the Two Way Web.. [...]</p> [...] Robert Young is a serial entrepreneur. He was an exec at Delphi Internet Services (which he sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.), and founder/ceo of Freemark Communications. His past columns for GigaOM.com include Inherent truths and value of Community; Why Murdoch Bought MySpace and Murdoch, WiMax and the Two Way Web.. [...]

]]> By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » MSN, AOL doesn’t mean 1+1=11 http://gigaom.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19618 Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » MSN, AOL doesn’t mean 1+1=11 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:13:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19618 <p>[...] Is it me or does anyone else see the irony in this? One media conglomerate aka News Corp. is buying into the Internet, and spending cash like a drunken diva let loose on Rodeo Drive with a Black AmEx. And Time Warner, looking for an out, if that is the case. The talk of MSN-AOL makes me think that 1 and 1 don’t add up to 11. With know-nothing trouble makers like Carl Icahn barracking for short term gains, who knows anything is possible. (Carl, by the way should just stick to pillaging airlines - this Internet thing is something he doesn’t get. XO anyone?) By the way, Light Reading is reporting that AOL is ready to launch a consumer VoIP offering, that doesn’t need AOL online service, or even a computer. Sort of like one more headache for Vonage. Using AOL as a sales channel, even a few hundred thousand customers should help prop up the decline in dial-up revenues. Good move! (Disclosure: I work for Business 2.0, which like AOL is owned by Time Warner.) In VoIP (the New Phone) Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 10:14 PM PT [...]</p> [...] Is it me or does anyone else see the irony in this? One media conglomerate aka News Corp. is buying into the Internet, and spending cash like a drunken diva let loose on Rodeo Drive with a Black AmEx. And Time Warner, looking for an out, if that is the case. The talk of MSN-AOL makes me think that 1 and 1 don’t add up to 11. With know-nothing trouble makers like Carl Icahn barracking for short term gains, who knows anything is possible. (Carl, by the way should just stick to pillaging airlines – this Internet thing is something he doesn’t get. XO anyone?) By the way, Light Reading is reporting that AOL is ready to launch a consumer VoIP offering, that doesn’t need AOL online service, or even a computer. Sort of like one more headache for Vonage. Using AOL as a sales channel, even a few hundred thousand customers should help prop up the decline in dial-up revenues. Good move! (Disclosure: I work for Business 2.0, which like AOL is owned by Time Warner.) In VoIP (the New Phone) Posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 10:14 PM PT [...]

]]> By: Robert Young http://gigaom.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19617 Robert Young Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:37:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19617 <p>Jesse, you're hitting on a key point re: CPE. The combination of an outdoor antenna linked to a powerful PVR is a significant advantage... particularly in the long run, as software-programmable radio emerges.</p> <p>And Tabitha, John was a dear friend and mentor. I was honored to be a speaker at his memorial service... when I had the privilege of recalling that it was he who first chacterized the web as a way to "bring the 'me' back in 'media". He's sorely missed.</p> Jesse, you’re hitting on a key point re: CPE. The combination of an outdoor antenna linked to a powerful PVR is a significant advantage… particularly in the long run, as software-programmable radio emerges.

And Tabitha, John was a dear friend and mentor. I was honored to be a speaker at his memorial service… when I had the privilege of recalling that it was he who first chacterized the web as a way to “bring the ‘me’ back in ‘media”. He’s sorely missed.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19616 Jesse Kopelman Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:20:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19616 <p>Satellite + WiMax is something I thought a lot about back before Intel got involved and all the hype made it embarassing to speculate openly about WiMax. Going after customers who have already shown willingness to let you stick equipment on their property makes good sense.</p> Satellite + WiMax is something I thought a lot about back before Intel got involved and all the hype made it embarassing to speculate openly about WiMax. Going after customers who have already shown willingness to let you stick equipment on their property makes good sense.

]]> By: Tabitha http://gigaom.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19615 Tabitha Sun, 14 Aug 2005 01:34:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/08/13/murdoch-wimax-and-the-two-way-web/#comment-19615 <p>This is kind of boring conjecture. So what if Murdoch buys a search firm? How will such strategy benefit the lives of millions of people or in some way change the world? He's not an innovator.</p> <p>Murdoch has always been afraid of technology himself and he relied on people within his camp like the late John B. Evans to help him out with tech (yes, it was John who Murdoch appointed to News Electronic Data, Inc. in the early 1990s to try and bring News Corp. into the digital world as Evans was planning a travel online service that would work with General Magic's agent-based Telescript (how's that for a history lesson?). Who does Rupert rely on inside his inner circle these days? Maybe its his young wife Wendy Deng from Hong Kong who is 35 years his junior and who is probably more tech savy than the recently resigned Lachlan.</p> <p>Bringing Fox News to my laptop via WiMax doesn't really isn't all that earth shattering. I need to catch up on my sleep now ...</p> This is kind of boring conjecture. So what if Murdoch buys a search firm? How will such strategy benefit the lives of millions of people or in some way change the world? He’s not an innovator.

Murdoch has always been afraid of technology himself and he relied on people within his camp like the late John B. Evans to help him out with tech (yes, it was John who Murdoch appointed to News Electronic Data, Inc. in the early 1990s to try and bring News Corp. into the digital world as Evans was planning a travel online service that would work with General Magic’s agent-based Telescript (how’s that for a history lesson?). Who does Rupert rely on inside his inner circle these days? Maybe its his young wife Wendy Deng from Hong Kong who is 35 years his junior and who is probably more tech savy than the recently resigned Lachlan.

Bringing Fox News to my laptop via WiMax doesn’t really isn’t all that earth shattering. I need to catch up on my sleep now …

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