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Do Analytics Need Your Daily Attention?
Weeding your lawn every year can seem daunting, time consuming, and when not done correctly, ineffective! The same goes for analytics. With so many charts and graphs, you can get into data overload if you don't know what to monitor. Understanding the most effective ways to engage with an analytics tool will not only simplify matters, it can save you time and transform your business! Depending on what type of
And Action!! Cannes Film Festival Online Might Have ...
The 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival has arrived....and if you don't find yourself in the South of France, sipping champagne and rubbing elbows with the elite, there's still hope for you to enjoy this year's event. Daily on-demand video coverage and film trailers from this year's Cannes Film Festival to the Festival's global audience are available to the Festival's global audience at www.festival-cannes.com.As Festival organizers embrace the digital age and
Device Fragmentation & Security in a Hyperconnected ...
It's no secret that the proliferation of new devices in the marketplace and the resulting platform fragmentation, has created numerous challenges for content providers who are trying to satisfy customer demand for anytime, anywhere access to content. In the last quarter alone Apple sold 35.1 million iPhones and 11.8 million iPads, while Samsung sold 46.9 million smartphones. Throw in Android tablets, RIM devices, desktop systems and laptops, gaming consoles and
Going for the Gold - a Look at the London Games
The London Olympic Games are just around the corner. Akamai caught up with Brian Goldfarb of Microsoft Windows Azure Services to talk about the massive change since the last Olympic Games, device proliferation and consumer expectations
DASHing Into an Era of Convergence
San Francisco has a largely unknown place in the history of television. Back in 1927, on Green Street in the city, Philo Farnsworth had patented a method for showing moving pictures wirelessly. As a lone inventor, he was up against RCA, Westinghouse and Marconi. Each TV broadcaster at the time required a custom TV set to receive their signals. If you wanted to watch certain channels, you had to buy
Akamai Asks at NAB 2012 - with Will Richmond, VideoN ...
We caught up with Will Richmond of VideoNuze yesterday at NAB to talk about the latest in innovation around new business models for the broadcast industry. Will talks opportunities, challenges and what the consumer wants in terms of accessing their entertainment libraries. Hear from Will on the below video!
TV Everywhere Sees Renewed Vigor in Time for NAB 201 ...
One year ago, at NAB 2011, TV Everywhere was talked about... well... everywhere. Operators and programmers were racing to secure their strategies to stay relevant in the Media 3.0 world and take advantage of new business models; and after enjoying a few years of vigorous discussion, months went by with stalled progress, leaving many to wonder what happened. Operators want to bundle content to their throngs of paying subscribers, and
College Hoops Are Here! How Will YOU Be Watching?
Major sports brands have always led the way when it comes to leveraging technology to reach fans in more engaging and interactive ways. True fans never want to miss a moment of the action and as a direct result, the Super Bowl was streamed live for the first time last month and more than 2.1 million people watched, NBC said. Next up is the big college basketball tournament happening throughout
Another Step in The Hyperconnected Post-PC Era
I have been on my flight out to San Francisco to attend the Game Developers Conference as I write this, and have been thinking about how greatly our lives have been changed by hyperconnectivity. Do you feel like your lives have been impacted in this new era of devices? In which ways? Share your stories with us. I have been following Apple's product announcements today over my non-PC device via