http://louderback.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:11:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes seminal events that change the course of history are obvious when they happen: the Obama election, for example, or the BP oil spill. Others are only obvious in retrospect. When the Beatles performed on "Ed Sullivan" and in Shea Stadium, who knew music was irreparably changed? Similarly only after ... http://louderback.com/2010/youtubes-biggest-stars-prepare-for-world-domination/ It was the best of interviews, it was the worst of interviews. It was something old, something new, something borrowed and something very blue. It was the 8th version of D:, the conference that brings together the top 1,000 650 people in media and technology, put together by The ... http://louderback.com/2010/from-apple-to-zuckerberg-what-i-learned-at-d8/ I’ve been having a blast with Foursquare, checking in to new locations, finding my friends on the go, and exploring this new type of social networking. But it changed from fun and frivolous to scary and threatening when my young son got involved. And it caused me to ... http://louderback.com/2010/location-based-social-networking-all-fun-and-games-until-your-kids-get-involved/ So next week the IAWTV board is planning on meeting in LA with its members to let them “voice (their) thoughts about recent events”. “Recent Events” being a code word for the disastrous Streamy Awards last month. From what I can tell, the meeting is designed to give ... http://louderback.com/2010/open-letter-to-the-iawtv-board/ I recently heard a top cable exec argue that the current cable TV business model is sound, robust, and primed for the future. His bullish rationale was that the dual revenue stream works great for everyone.  Content providers get carriage fees and advertising revenue, while cable double dips with ... http://louderback.com/2010/apps-or-pipes-define-the-future-of-cable/ According to the latest release from Nielsen Wire, the average American home has 2.93 TV sets, a jump from 2.86 TV sets in 2009. I'm sure glad they didn't ask me to participate in that survey, because I'm not sure how I'd answer. But to help out ... http://louderback.com/2010/what-exactly-is-a-tv/ I was lucky enough to be part of a really fun panel at last week’s Ad:Tech, focused on the funniest people on the internet.  Hosted by Kevin Nalts (Nalty), it was a rollicking hour-long look at great emerging web stars.  But to kick it off, we put together a top ... http://louderback.com/2010/top-10-reasons-why-internet-tv-wont-be-like-regular-tv/ I wanted to take a day to think about the disaster that was Sunday night’s Streamy Awards, before penning my thoughts on the dreadful event. David Samuels from KoldCastTV , iJustine, Barrett Garese, Jace Hall and many others on Twitter have already shared their thoughts on the misogynistic, ... http://louderback.com/2010/moving-on-from-the-streamy-fail/ If you’re familiar with the history of Revision3, you know that the company’s roots go back to the pioneering cable network ZDTV, through its transition to TechTV, and then out of cable network G4, which bought TechTV in early 2004. And G4 itself is owned by Comcast. Revision3 founders Kevin ... http://louderback.com/2010/i-support-web-tv-and-i-vote/ Internet video has an ethics problem. And if we don't fix it fast, the expected flood of ad dollars moving to our new medium will slow to a trickle – if not reverse pace entirely. It's called "stream fraud," and it happens when a company reports a video ... http://louderback.com/2010/forget-click-fraud-stream-fraud-is-even-worse/