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1. Fox and Paramount “experiment” with new release sales on iTunes      2. Studios have hesitated to offer new releases for sale on iTunes due to pricing fears and the fear of Apple becoming al too powerful.

Sometimes we're so close to something that we can't see what's going on.  Videogames are now tipping the scales in the entertainment industry.

The U.S. has been drifting farther and farther behind Asia and Europe in broadband speed, and failure to innovate has been the punishment.  AT&T may have spent too much on their CapEx to make further investments, but that doesn't mean that consumers aren't ready and longing for the broadband...

The exponential rise in wealthy individuals in China is staggering.  Relatively young people are becomming billionaires in a very short space of time.  This will continue to increase as China's market accelerates at a phenomenal rate. 

A recent piece in Forbes was titled, Micro Who? Google Rules The Ad Roost. Basically the longer this goes on, the better it is for Google. while it doesn't hurt Google to see their competitive set take whacks at each other, this is the same Google who needs to find more balance in their overall offerings....

In March, Highwinds announced it had raised $55 million from General Catalyst Partners and Alta Communications. Highwinds plans to use the capital to do additional build out of their network named "RollingThunder" which includes a CDN offering.

Of all the calls I do with analysts, money managers and others tracking the content delivery market, rarely do those I speak with ask about video birates. For me, the growth of the content delivery market and the very success of the CDNs relies heavily on the trend we see developing for increased bitrates....

About six months ago, I was really convinced that P2P might start to get some traction in the new year and that we would see some content owners commit to the technology. But aside from the Pando Networks and NBC deal, as we enter Q2 not much has transpired from the end of last year. P2P networks are...

By harnessing new technologies that drive social networking such as blogging, radio is putting these social drivers to good use, to such an extent that it is fundamentally changing the way listeners engage with the brand and jocks.