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Re: Netflix Taps “Matrix” Makers for New Series

PKafka — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:06:51 -0000

It's actually not a "real" Netflix series. But thanks for reminding me - I'll write about it in a bit.

Re: HuffPost Live Thrives On Tape

PKafka — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:04:38 -0000

Hey Mark. Yup, I get the theory. But I think there are a very limited number of things that lots of people want to see at the same time (as opposed to lots of things that small groups of people want to see live, which is a different equation). Basically sports and sports-like events, and a few other exceptions.

Social media can make live events a lot more fun, but I don't think it's likely to drive people to watch something in real time if they have the chance and opportunity to view it on their own time.

Like tonight, for instance, when I watch the Shark Tank I DVR'd last night.

Re: How 6 Million Cord Cutters Disappeared

PKafka — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:25:59 -0000

No. You've misread the chart. The 12 percent are people who have not had it for more than a year.

Re: Why You Can Watch “NCIS” on Your iPad, But Not “Big Bang Theory”

PKafka — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:20:51 -0000

Very perceptive on the fast-forwarding issue, Robert. More on this later.

Re: Why You Can Watch “NCIS” on Your iPad, But Not “Big Bang Theory”

PKafka — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:19:53 -0000

It's coming, the CBS guys say.

Re: Watching a Video on Your Phone? You’re Probably Using an iPhone, Not an Android.

PKafka — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:43:16 -0000

Hi James.

You're right, the two charts aren't making apples to apples comparisons. But I didn't say they did. The 2x ratio I'm talking about is solely about the first chart, which compares usage on mobile Android to usage on iPhones.

The second chart is interesting, because it shows many more Android handsets shipped last year than iPhones. But as I tried to explain above, if you wanted to make a more direct comparison, you'd have to compare the installed base for the two.

And I do think the fact that Android is much more diverse is likely a big part of the story -- I think that the video experience on different Android machines varies considerably, for several reasons. Several video industry executives have told me the same thing.

But as I said, I'm open to other explanations.

Re: Roku 3: Easier Streaming And Remote Headphones

PKafka — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:30:25 -0000

That was a weekend-long promotion.

Re: Facebook to Nick Bilton (and Everyone Else): Seriously, There’s No Pay to Play Scheme Here

PKafka — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:01:22 -0000

Thanks. I'll ask our folks.

Re: Sold! (Finally) Facebook Takes Atlas From Microsoft, So It Can Get Serious About Ads

PKafka — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:37:06 -0000

My understanding is that FB does indeed to scrap most of Atlas and rebuild it.

Re: Sony Film, Music Head Michael Lynton Dive Into Media Interview (Video) - Peter Kafka - Dive Into Media - AllThingsD

PKafka — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:38:10 -0000

They sold $1 billion worth of Skyfall tickets. So some people liked the bits and bytes, no?

Re: Sony Film, Music Head Michael Lynton Dive Into Media Interview (Video) - Peter Kafka - Dive Into Media - AllThingsD

PKafka — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:37:26 -0000

I did! About ultraviolet, at least.

Re: For the First Time Since Napster, Music Sales Are Growing

PKafka — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:46:40 -0000

Someone - I don't know who - keeps buying lots of CDs. But digital is around 50 percent for some labels now.

Re: For the First Time Since Napster, Music Sales Are Growing

PKafka — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:26:58 -0000

I have never bought the correlation between "quality" and sales. Lots of people like lots of different stuff. Main reason sales are down is because the bundle broke, not because of the content inside. Again, go back and look at the charts for the industry's peak years.

Re: Academy Awards Clips, Web Streams on Hulu, Oscars Site - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

PKafka — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:15:05 -0000

Assuming you meant to complain to Hulu/ABC/Academy, and ended up accidentally typing this here?

Re: The Academy Awards Are On at 830 On ABC, You're Welcome - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

PKafka — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:57:04 -0000

Both! AOL does it well/best though. But if you did search and clicked to next page you'd see folks like Seattle Times doing same. And again, see Raju's approval.

Re: Netflix Streams First Hour of “House of Cards” For Free

PKafka — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:23:12 -0000

correct

Re: Netflix Streams First Hour of “House of Cards” For Free

PKafka — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:21:08 -0000

That's a key question for Netflix, investors, programmers, etc. They'll be watching churn rates closely next few quarters.

Re: HBO Go Is Coming to Apple TV. Why Isn’t Everything Coming to Apple TV?

PKafka — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:25:29 -0000

Will need more words than that, since there is much more content on other OTT boxes.

Re: HBO Go Is Coming to Apple TV. Why Isn’t Everything Coming to Apple TV?

PKafka — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:24:17 -0000

Don't have DirecTV so I'll take your word for it. But at Time Warner Cable, for instance, the on-demand catalog is much smaller. And when I talk to HBO execs, they tell they made a point of offering a deeper catalog on HBO Go, as a way of differentiating the service/highlighting its value.

Re: HBO Go Is Coming to Apple TV. Why Isn’t Everything Coming to Apple TV?

PKafka — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:28:49 -0000

We don't know that Apple is taking 30 percent on Apple TV deals - much as I've tried, haven't gotten those terms out in the open yet. And in any case, they only take a piece of subscriptions sold via the platform itself: If you sign up for Netflix, or Hulu Plus, etc, outside of Apple TV, Apple doesn't participate. And in HBO's case, there will be no way to sign up for the service on Apple TV at all.

Re: Vine, Twitter’s Instagram for Video, Launching Soon – At Apple’s App Store

PKafka — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:55:23 -0000

I love it. Love some right now. Only part that got me a bit woozy was when I tried to count the number of edits in the six-second clip.

Re: “Sponsor Content” Doesn’t Fool Anyone Except Advertisers

PKafka — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:24:12 -0000

Thanks for weighing in, Denise. Appreciate your candor.

Re: Napster, the Movie

PKafka — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:01:21 -0000

You can go round and round on this one, and people still do. Obviously it's now evident that the industry's core bundle was something that consumers were happy to reject when given the chance, and they're doing that now when they pay for iTunes singles instead of albums, or pay $10 a month for unlimited music instead of 2x that for a cindle CD. But Napster was the service that showed mainstream users how get as much music as they wanted, for free. You can argue that the industry would have gone through the same problems, eventually, at the hands of another actor (or actors). But Napster's the one that kicked it off.

Re: Tinypass, Andrew Sullivan’s Favorite Paywall Operator, Gets a CEO and Some Cash

PKafka — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:58:20 -0000

Well, that's one way to promote your company. Probably not the best, though. Good luck!

Re: Time Warner Cashes Another Check From the Albanian Army

PKafka — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:14:11 -0000

Weird that you could spend all that time on those sentences when a simple Google search would tell you that you are wrong. Or one, two clicks max, starting with the link in the first paragraph of the story you're bloviating about.

Try it! It's not hard. And then you'll save time before you make yourself look like a jackass the next time around.