Comments on: 5 Trends and Themes for the Year Ahead http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Flypaper.tv » Blog Archive » Meet Raghav Gupta, VP Partnerships @ Brightcove http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-871954 Flypaper.tv » Blog Archive » Meet Raghav Gupta, VP Partnerships @ Brightcove Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:45:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-871954 <p>[...] biggest driver of web 2.0 innovation?  The user! Biggest trend for 2008   Check out my article on GigaOm on this topic…   Favourite industry blog/website?  Paidcontent, GigaOm, NMA (for UK), [...]</p> [...] biggest driver of web 2.0 innovation?  The user! Biggest trend for 2008   Check out my article on GigaOm on this topic…   Favourite industry blog/website?  Paidcontent, GigaOm, NMA (for UK), [...]

]]> By: IPTV Predictions For 2008 | A Pivotal Year For Internet and Mobile Video Technologies » Web TV Wire http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-856933 IPTV Predictions For 2008 | A Pivotal Year For Internet and Mobile Video Technologies » Web TV Wire Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:44:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-856933 <p>[...] has already came out with their list of online video predictions for 2008 and GigaOm has their list of the top five trends for the forthcoming [...]</p> [...] has already came out with their list of online video predictions for 2008 and GigaOm has their list of the top five trends for the forthcoming [...]

]]> By: Jango and Seeqpod Hope to Monetize Music - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-839652 Jango and Seeqpod Hope to Monetize Music - GigaOM Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:00:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-839652 <p>[...] a dime a dozen, but they still continue to launch. For those watching this phenomenon and wondering why new startups keep entering a crowded — and relatively unprofitable — market, look no [...]</p> [...] a dime a dozen, but they still continue to launch. For those watching this phenomenon and wondering why new startups keep entering a crowded — and relatively unprofitable — market, look no [...]

]]> By: MD http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-838181 MD Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:10:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-838181 <p>The UGV equation just simply does not work economically, and already there are MANY of the small UGV-only video companies who are looking for buyers every week. More professional content and a focused audience composition seems to be whats truly required to begin to grow meaningful revenues.</p> The UGV equation just simply does not work economically, and already there are MANY of the small UGV-only video companies who are looking for buyers every week. More professional content and a focused audience composition seems to be whats truly required to begin to grow meaningful revenues.

]]> By: brookstalley http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-837298 brookstalley Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:39:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-837298 <p>UGV will work fine and many, many people will have success with it. It's basically cable all over again: ventures that focus on a niche and do a good job within that niche will attract highly targeted viewers who will justify a higher ad rates. There are only a couple of NBC's and CBS's out there, broadcasters who try to appeal to everyone and who have no overall theme to their programming. But how many Hunting Channels and Food Networks are there? Many of them quite profitable.</p> UGV will work fine and many, many people will have success with it. It’s basically cable all over again: ventures that focus on a niche and do a good job within that niche will attract highly targeted viewers who will justify a higher ad rates. There are only a couple of NBC’s and CBS’s out there, broadcasters who try to appeal to everyone and who have no overall theme to their programming. But how many Hunting Channels and Food Networks are there? Many of them quite profitable.

]]> By: Which trend is for you in ‘08? « FoundRead http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-837082 Which trend is for you in ‘08? « FoundRead Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:34:45 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-837082 <p>[...] Gupta, a partner at Brightcove, and a Gigaom contributor, put up a thoughtful post Sunday called 5 Trends & Themes for the Year Ahead. It’s nice that Rags moves beyond a few super-exposed stories (clean tech and the 700 [...]</p> [...] Gupta, a partner at Brightcove, and a Gigaom contributor, put up a thoughtful post Sunday called 5 Trends & Themes for the Year Ahead. It’s nice that Rags moves beyond a few super-exposed stories (clean tech and the 700 [...]

]]> By: GeraldZ http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-834379 GeraldZ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:34:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-834379 <p>I think that UGC can work on a macro-scale. Take YouTube for example. It's no secret that the more you stream, the lower your bandwidth cost per GB. I'd venture to say that YouTube is streaming videos for less than $.05 per hour. The question is how much revenue can they generate per hour?</p> <p>http://rsslivetv.com</p> I think that UGC can work on a macro-scale. Take YouTube for example. It’s no secret that the more you stream, the lower your bandwidth cost per GB. I’d venture to say that YouTube is streaming videos for less than $.05 per hour. The question is how much revenue can they generate per hour?

http://rsslivetv.com

]]> By: zeroinfluencer http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-831362 zeroinfluencer Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:33:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-831362 <p>1-4 will converge with Branded Utilities as Entertainment and save the ecconomy from point 5.</p> 1-4 will converge with Branded Utilities as Entertainment and save the ecconomy from point 5.

]]> By: Carolyn Pritchard http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-831228 Carolyn Pritchard Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:25:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-831228 <p>Eideard-</p> <p>Thanks for pointing that out. It was a coding error, but it's been fixed now.</p> <p>Carolyn</p> Eideard-

Thanks for pointing that out. It was a coding error, but it’s been fixed now.

Carolyn

]]> By: Eideard http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-831132 Eideard Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:15:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-831132 <p>"5 Trends..." uh, numbered 1 through 4?</p> “5 Trends…” uh, numbered 1 through 4?

]]> By: John Voelcker http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-830934 John Voelcker Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:26:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-830934 <p>In regard to the first question: Magnify.net. The only really smart way I've seen to monetize UGV beyond scary bulk run-of-site inventory.</p> In regard to the first question: Magnify.net. The only really smart way I’ve seen to monetize UGV beyond scary bulk run-of-site inventory.

]]> By: nhickmarin http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-830476 nhickmarin Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:20:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/06/5-trends-and-themes-for-the-year-ahead/#comment-830476 <p>Keep us posted with these things OM!</p> <p>Nhick http://www.itrush.com</p> Keep us posted with these things OM!

Nhick
http://www.itrush.com

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