Netflix is Taking Over
How much do you pay for cable? Exactly. Diane Mermigas, over at MediaPost, wrote on the factors that have created a perfect storm that is allowing Netflix to take an increasing share of business from subscription-based services and other traditional content distributors. Among the circumstances contributing to Netflix’ growth:
Slowing growth of pay t.v.–from 11% in [...]
Americans Set New Media Policy Agenda
You can almost sense the collective eyes of the nation glaze over when anyone so much as utters the words “telecommunications policy.” It’s just not as sexy as “FBI investigation” or “CIA intelligence.” But, after taking office on January 20th, if President Obama can inspire the American people to take as active a role in [...]
The World in 2025
The National Intelligence Council and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have released a report, entitled “Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World,” focusing on global trends that they “judge probably will have a disproportionate influence on future events and possibilities” through the year 2025. Some of the “relative certainties” the report cites include:
Wealth and relative economic [...]
