UK consumers do not mind online ads!!!

An interesting article was in the FT this morning which has got me thinking about the power of Freecomincs and the viability of FREE as a business model for online content. According to a survey by KPMG about 60 per cent of people polled said they would rather watch advertising on the internet in return [...]

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Blockbuster teams up with TiVo

Blockbuster has joined forces with TiVo to deliver its OnDemand library of digital movie titles directly to the television set. This is an interesting move for Blockbuster and will make it much easier for all broadband-connected TiVo subscribers to download the Blockbuster library. TiVo considers its DVR a shopping mall with video and music downloads [...]

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Bye Bye Blockbuster….

Whilst studying in the US back in 2004, my good friend Brad Twohig (Venture Capitalist at Insight Venture Partners) and I, predicted the demise of Blockbuster. Blockbuster is a great example of how innovative changes in the distribution of content can floor traditional bricks and mortar business models. At the time Brad and I noticed that Blockbuster was taking [...]

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