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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The formation of Hulu was defensive – designed to stop another YouTube or Napster from emerging and causing disruption to the TV industry. Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. So it is quite lofty to compare hulu with OPEC.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

The platform allows users to sync content and commands across all four screens — the smartphone, tablet/pad, computer and TV. And…they have opened up their API for all of you clever developers to create the amazing interactive second screen apps of the future. It is essentially a super large screen pad. What does that mean?

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. This is where the digital media puck is going. Michael Ovitz , the co-founder of CAA will be the keynote speaker. The device itself will have no storage.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

” while watching the screen and registering nothing. And this in a nutshell, is what our lives as media consumers has turned into: a constant stream of impatience and auto-pilot interactions with ads. Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Facebook has created a simple “Allow” button on a splash screen listing off permissions that you haven’t even read, you just close the window and discontinue your desire to commit. All you have to do is want something like Hulu on your Facebook so you can watch “Lie to Me” and a slurry of other amazing shows and hit movies.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

I recently invested in a company in the media & entertainment sector (this will be announced in a couple of months) so I’ve been thinking a lot about how the industry works, why the structure has evolved the way it did, why the company I invested in has had so much success and what this all implies for the future. If so, why?

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