Greetings from Kansas City (BBQ pictured – no “scratch and sniff” available for this photo), Columbus (OH), Charlotte, and Dallas. This has been a busy travel week, and it has been difficult to reply to the myriad of responses I received to last week’s set-top box...
The FCC’s Set Top Box Kerfuffle
Greetings from Dallas. That’s right - a week without travel- a “Spring Break” of sorts from January and February’s crazy schedule. Rather than talking with many of you from airports or the car, I called from balmy Texas. I was also able to take in the Jesuit...
Aereo, Kindle Fire Phone, Google Cardboard (!) and More
End of quarter greetings from Santa Barbara (marina pictured), Austin, Dallas, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. As a reminder, the Sunday Brief will take a brief hiatus next Sunday for the Fourth of July holiday (and my 47th birthday). This week, we will...
Your Fan Mail Answered
Greetings from Charlotte and Dallas, where summer is beginning its sunset, and the never-ending parade of Facebook back to school pictures reminds me of how quickly our children grow up. Given the relative lack of events this week in the telecom world (including...
The Value of a Good Value
Greetings from soggy Atlanta, mild St. Louis, and red-hot Dallas. I took this picture Friday morning to remind us all of the value of entrepreneurship. eTrak, a PAG client, was in the process of readying a multiple hundred-site order, and had to move into the Board...
Quarter to Date Results: Wireless and Cable Show Great Gains (No Fooling)
We'll talk more about it in the week's Sunday Brief, but the first quarter was very good to the wireless and cable providers. Not as good to the remaining wireline telcos, thanks to the dividend cut and corresponding stock price hit that CenturyLink took in February....
comScore Video Rankings Feb 2013
This is a good data source for anyone looking for addressable market in video. 85% of total unique visitors hit YouTube (or another Google site). However, it's only 34% of the total videos viewed.
The FTC and Google
For computer users: sunday brief 6 Jan 2013 - map edited For mobile phone users: sunday brief 6 Jan 2013 -The FTC and Google
There’s Something For Everyone – The International CES Preview Edition
For computer users: sunday brief 30 dec For mobile phone users: sunday brief 30 dec - There's Something For Everyone - The International CES Preview Edition