All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Internet

While no official announcement was put out by Akamai recently about their P2P offering, in late November in Munich Germany, Akamai showcased some of it's P2P offering for a very small select group of clients and partners. Based on what some of those customers have told me, Akamai stated that P2P traffic...

In September, NBC announced that come this fall they would launch a new service, named NBC Direct, that would enable viewers to watch some of NBC's top TV shows as ad-supported downloads. While NBC plans to use many platforms to make their content available including iTunes, the move by NBC is essentially...

A few weeks ago, VeriSign held they annual analyst day where they unveiled new details about the company's strategic direction for 2008. Their newly announced strategy is to sell a number of businesses in the company's portfolio, such as communications, billing and commerce and focus instead on their...

While Adobe has gotten a lot of traction in the market with their Flash video platform, many content companies have not adopted Flash streaming due to the server license costs or the license fee that CDNs are required to charge for Flash streaming. With today's announcement by Adobe of Flash Media Server...

Last week, Adobe quietly launched two new HD websites that showcases content in HD quality using the Flash platform. The launch of the sites also coincided with the launch of a new product section at the top of the main Adobe.com website. Different images and products are highlighted each time you load...

I’ve seen numerous reports lately by some in the financial community talking to “bursting” overages by CDN providers. Many of these references talk to overages incorrectly and some analysts might benefit from better understanding the two different ways CDNs charge for their services and exactly how...

With all the talk in the market about the"pricing wars" taking place in the CDN industry, each quarter I review what the average going rate is and how it compares to pricing in the previous quarter. (Q3 pricing details here) The pricing data below is from my presentation last week at the Streaming Media...

If there are fake items on eBay, who is responsible?

With his recent apologies, Mr. Zuckerberg had proven two things: 1) Facebook is incredibly successful and beyond expectations 2) Its advertising business model is unstable yet.

Japan's online auction market reportedly nears US$ 4 billion annually. eBay has a better system for dealing with the failures that are Yahoo Japan's weak underbelly: nonpayment, fake items, shifty sellers and shill bids. Until eBay also brings PayPal to Japan, and alters its feedback and dispute-resolution...