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Re: The Basics of Web Video File Formats and Video Containers

preetam — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:04:28 -0000

Pretty darned good summary, Lorraine!

And Silvia: very good clarifications from you, as well.

-preetam

Re: Online Video Gets Serious in 2010, and it's only the Beginning

preetam — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:06:37 -0000

Appreciate the mention, Larry.
We'll coordinate over e-mail.

-p

Re: Online Video Gets Serious in 2010, and it's only the Beginning

preetam — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:55:12 -0000

Bloody comprehensive summary and coverage, Larry!
Will be in your neck of the woods in 2 weeks. We should meet if you have breathing room.

Re: iPad – Demo and Early Reviews

preetam — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:12:17 -0000

it's a clear cut case of the emperor's new clothes

Re: The IPad and Video - I Want Some of What Apple Is Smoking

preetam — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:11:08 -0000

Ah...the non-techy wives part makes sense now, what with the product being called the iPad and all. An under-served market, I'm sure.
I guess I need to keep reminding myself that there WERE a few takers for the bridge to nowhere.

Re: Professional White-Label Video Publishing Platforms: Guide To The Best Services

preetam — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:43:34 -0000

Yes, back in July, the meat was still marinating, so to speak. :)

thanks,
preetam

Disclosure: I'm border-line vegetarian, myself.

Re: Professional White-Label Video Publishing Platforms: Guide To The Best Services

preetam — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:17:02 -0000

Wow. That's one helluva diagram and summary, Robin.

May I request the addition of marcellus on that list, please?
We are: http://www.marcellus.tv

Thank you.
-preetam

Preetam Mukherjee
Co-Founder and CEO
marcellus.tv

Re: Viewers Don't Tolerate Slow Video Delivery Load Times

preetam — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:09:04 -0000

It's a toss up between "instant-on" vs. "re-buffering" for progressive downloads.
YouTube goes the "instant-on" route, which often causes buffering a little later into the video.

At Marcellus, we try to create a little bit of initial pre-buffering to minimize the chance of buffering during playback.
Another interesting scenario is the pre-roll video advertisement...if folks don't have the patience to wait for a video to load, then it's unlikely that they'd have the patience to wait for the pre-roll before the video to load either.

Nonetheless, an interesting problem.

Re: Marcellus.tv - Created For Content Publishers | Visit marcellus.tv

preetam — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:00:25 -0000

Meredith,
You can get started with marcellus using a combination of our BASIC plan ($5/month) and the 10 GB infrastructure plan($20/month), for a total of $25 per month.

If you haven't already done so, I'd recommend signing up for the 30-day evaluation: http://marcellus.tv/start

Good luck!
preetam

Re: Online Video Continues Ridiculous Trajectory

preetam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:28:17 -0000

what's ridiculous about it?

unprecedented, yes...ridiculous...no way! ;)

Re: NYT reviews FREE again, this time with feeling

preetam — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:02:34 -0000

Chris, hope you're well, and sounds like you are.
Thanks for the pointer to this review- it was awesome and I penned down some thoughts of my own on this: http://life.marcellus.tv/po...

Which reminds me, I gotta go look up our local bookstand here in India to see if I can find "FREE".

Re: marcellus: Preview [Hi I am here]

preetam — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:02:07 -0000

Re: Truth

preetam — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:59:03 -0000

In Hindu religion, truth is also looked upon as relative...there are no absolutes, and I think Hinduism does a damn good job of discussing "Truth"...I'm barely scratching the surface here but:

Lord Krishna/Vishnu are typically depicted as being blue in color, but the theory is that as you get closer to these deities, the blue color fades out and you'll find them in natural complexion.
Kinda like the ocean.

Re: Content Matters

preetam — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:54:23 -0000

Fred, somewhat irrelevant but a friend just sent this..have you read? http://bits.blogs.nytimes.c...

Re: Putting The Band Back Together

preetam — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:58:18 -0000

i must add, though...the market provides excellent benchmarks, nonetheless.

Re: Putting The Band Back Together

preetam — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:55:03 -0000

Nicely timed post. We're been doing exactly that(bringing back old band members), and I have to second your take on the equity issue. Ultimately, it's been a matter of acknowledging the worth of the relationship and the worth of the individual, NOT from the market's perspective.

Re: The Markets, Politics and Change

preetam — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:34:04 -0000

Most of this is awesome(the rest...I don't understand too well), but I always love your closing lines.

In this case, "Everybody needs help these days. Even if things feel really bad and scary, we've got to help each other. Continue to look outward. Friends, family, friends-of-friends. Emotional support. Commisseration. Networking assistance. Whatever. Be there for others."

Even if they might never be there for you.

Re: Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States

preetam — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:48:37 -0000

both...do u need me to clarify why it was meant to be both??

Re: Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States

preetam — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:53:51 -0000

hahaha......it was meant to be rhetorical...metaphorical....:)

Re: Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States

preetam — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:09:23 -0000

Hi Fred,
Thank you for articulating these reasonably universal sentiments so well.
I'd some similar thoughts, albeit differently phrased, which I'd jotted down yesterday(pre-election) on our blog.
(http://blog.marcellus.tv/20....

I don't think that all will be fixed either, under Obama. First, he's not god, and second, there's way too much baggage(er..damage.). But I do believe that we will, under him, lay the foundation for a renewed sense of vigor in the world, starting with America.

He's going to be the king we see in him.

Cheers.

Re: Twitter: Monetize the Apps, not the Platform

preetam — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:33:41 -0000

I'm not sure that "apps" alone make the platform. There has to be a deeper understanding of what Twitter really means, before we can talk about what it could become.

Using the Google analogy: it's not about what sits on top of the google search technology. it's about how google organizes and presents data. (ads, email, docs, maps, i-goog, news).

So Twitter: it's about micro-messaging. one to many. i tweet and ya'll that choose to follow me, will listen.
where's the juice there?
+ discovery.....following someone on Twitter is an implicit acknowledgment of shared interest(s). discovery becomes relevant.
+ personalization...if i could set topical filters, i'd find twitter to be very useful. irrespective of who tweets, i could read my tweets filtered by "politics", "economics", "scandals" and "Alaskan pit bull".
+ speed....i'm sure there are better examples of this, but today there were bomb blasts in india, and i heard about them first on twitter. this has happened before to me. and to many others, i'm sure. the speed of information flow in a micro-messaging platform like this is bizarrely powerful.

So if data organization/presentation was a derivative of search, what could be potential derivatives of efficient communication?

Re: Arrington Heats Up Twitter

preetam — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:25:37 -0000

Hahahha! Awesome that you caught all of that...it's almost like it's on film.
I like how Arrington talks about others twisting facts to suit their arguments. =) I find it funny because I just posted a simple chart on his blog about how TC page views were taking a nose dive on Alexa, and he deleted my account.

He also ended up deleting the track-back from my blog post about the same topic..

I figured...either he doesn't like me(99% probability), or that he doesn't want people seeing the difference between the rosy 967K Feedburner subscribers, and the not so rosy graphs on Alexa.

Oh and if anyone cares, to read, the post is here: http://blog.marcellus.tv/20...

Re: Untitled Document

preetam — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:37:46 -0000

cool vdide

Re: Thanks for the Interest - I'm Getting There

preetam — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:22:42 -0000

It was, actually, an awesome (and positive) post.
I really appreciated the fact that you wrote: "Startup Depression? Nah." and instead of letting that be that, followed it up with some hard benchmarks and rules of engagement.

Until later...

Re: marcellus: Preview [iPhone Ad]

preetam — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:28:12 -0000

http://www.marcellus.tv

site went live yesterday. Let me know what u think...and if it helps answer your questions..