Comments on: Grid Networks Merges With Global Media Services

By: Pokie

Pokie — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:02:05 +0000

Allan Leinwand has become an Infrastructure Engineer at Zynga Games. He has got a nice carrier path.

By: Gata

Gata — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:59:22 +0000

Well do not forget that the teen's wallet is powered from their family..consoles have to multitask, it is vital for their existence

By: matt

matt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:05:59 +0000

great idea...look forward to seeing this happen because I'm a huge gamer, but I do agree with SEO Co in that targeting teens who have little money might be a problem

By: Cheap SEO Services

Cheap SEO Services — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:50:18 +0000

I am interested in Global media services and this information is very helpful for me.

By: Global Freelance Projects

Global Freelance Projects — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:01:47 +0000

Thanks or this nice information.

By: Coby Hunt

Coby Hunt — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:58:46 +0000

So when this comes out I can play smoking video games sweet.

By: Lea Charlton

Lea Charlton — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:57:44 +0000

Sounds Like a great idea I cant wait to look more into it.

By: SEO Co

SEO Co — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:36:27 +0000

It does seem that their financial model is weak. Delivering content to game consoles will definitely help build brand with teens and tweens but they don't typically have deep wallets.

By: PHP

PHP — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:10:21 +0000

Do people really plan on relying on a gaming device for video feeds? That is rediculous.

By: The real Adam

The real Adam — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:52:32 +0000

Adam Cohen is a scam artist. He does the same thing over and over again. He will suck this new enterprise dry and will move to a new prey. Good luck :)

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:51:11 +0000

@Jeff

Thanks for the extra information. Given that we have written about all your various supported platforms, I decided to focus on some of the major ones including the X-Box which is fast becoming a download/video watching device of choice for many.

Good luck with the new combined company and keep us posted on all new developments.

By: VideoEgg

VideoEgg — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:36:18 +0000

@Dan - In the email I got about this merger it said "Today, GMS currently delivers over 175 MM Streams per month of streaming video content to global consumers for top-tier media companies and leading brands such as MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, Fox Sports, Big Ten Network, Auction Network, SVEDKA Vodka, Speed TV, and Condé Nast Publications."

Seems like real customers and a lot of streams although you're right that there was no rev $$'s quoted.

By: Dan Rayburn

Dan Rayburn — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:33:27 +0000

Jeff, best of luck to you and your team on the merger but you'd be better off coming out and talking about customers, revenue or something tangible, instead of calling this the "Industry’s First Comprehensive Streaming and Media Services Platform". That's all marketing hype and not even accurate. So before Grid merged with GMS, there was no other vendor offering a streaming media services platform in the market? Come on.

How can anyone take this merger seriously when Grid's business is referred to as "overwhelming success" even though Grid was nearly out of money and needed to merge with another small company, who also has very little revenue.

Why do companies continue to think they can make noise in the industry by using a bunch of marketing terms, calling themselves the "industry's first" and think that matters? In the release Grid says it "does what no content delivery network or video-platform provider can do". Even if that is true, how has that translated into revenue for Grid Networks? Why does anyone care about being the "first" or having the "only" solution in the market when it generates no revenue? None of that matters without a business model, revenue and real customers.

Would you rather have a business that is first with something in the market but can't sustain itself, or a business that is not first, but does something well and generates enough money to survive? Trying to spin this into anything else, with a bunch of buzz words and marketing terms is simply a bad strategy.

By: Neno Brown

Neno Brown — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:53:45 +0000

The main problem with the business model and merger is licensing. You can have all the devices in the world but when content is walled, fragmentation destroys the end user experience, this merger is heavily geared to advertising, film is far to expensive to deliver on ad revs alone.

By: Jeff Payne

Jeff Payne — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:21:03 +0000

Om, you mentioned that Grid's core tech works on the Xbox, Playstation and Windows PCs. I would like to add that the GridCast product works very nicely on Macs and numerous set-top UPnP devices as well, delivering reliable streaming high-def video over conventional broadband connections to TVs & PCs of many flavors.

We're excited here in Seattle -- with the combined resources of both companies, Global Media is now positioned to provide a very strong & proven end-to-end service offering (web experience, media management, distribution, device support, and all types of monetization), that enables Internet video sites to become profitable, mainstream broadcasters exhibiting beautifully on practically any device. This is entirely unique at this point, and I hope you'll continue to watch and comment on us as we move through 2009 and beyond.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:52:49 +0000

Perhaps. However, the deal generated no meaningful return for the investors, as Grid Networks has no meaningful revenues to show..