App-Rising.com covers the development and adoption of broadband applications, the deployment of and need for broadband networks, and the demands placed on policy to adapt to the revolutionary opportunities made possible by the Internet.
App-Rising.com is written by Geoff Daily, a DC-based technology journalist, broadband activist, marketing consultant, and Internet entrepreneur.
App-Rising.com is supported in part by AT&T;, however all views and opinions expressed herein are solely my own.
Big news in the content world: Viacom has made some of its shows available on Hulu.com, the joint venture between major TV networks to offer full-length TV shows online. In particular for me, two of my favorite shows are both...
Yesterday was RSS Awareness Day, a day on which bloggers across the world were asked to talk about and promote the value of RSS. But what is RSS? To start with, the acronym is most often cited as standing for...
The flood gates are officially open for content flowing onto the Internet. Sure you still can't get quite everything, and much of what you can get comes tied to dubious usage restrictions, but there's no denying the tidal shift of...
There's been a lot of buzz in recent weeks about HD-DVD shutting it down and Blu-ray coming out on top as the choice for next generation optical disc formats. To bring everyone up to speed, HD-DVD and Blu-ray use blue...
Recently my wife and I decided to forgo paying for cable TV service in order to end our penchant for wasted evenings and weekends spent channel surfing. This isn't to say we've stopped watching video. We both very much enjoy...
One of the biggest issues in telecom these past few months has been the proper role of network operators in policing the delivery of illegal content across their pipes. The MPAA has been pushing to require all universities and colleges...
One of the most lasting impressions from my trip to Vegas for CES last week was the prevalence not just of cool cameras and phones on display but those already in the hands of an attendee base heavily invested in...
It never ceases to amazes me how often the discovery of an optimistic story of the Internet comes alongside that of a pessimistic tail of failure elsewhere. Today I've had not one but two colleagues mention to me the recent...
Last week I wrote a post entitled "Learning to Live Without PEG Channels (And Loving It!)" that attempted to broadly convey a narrow point about the limitations of cable systems and the possibilities of Internet systems for the delivery of...
So much is happening in the deployment, adoption, and regulation of broadband it can be overwhelming. Here's an attempt to pull together some of the more interesting stories I've found over the last week. Jackass On the Internet Jackass is...
There's a lot of talk regarding the internet supplanting traditional TV as the primary mode of video delivery. While I'm not one to jump too far into the deep end of hype, there is some truth to this potential future...
comScore, a company that tracks information relevant to the growth and adoption of the Internet, has released its latest Video Metrix report, which provides insight into the demand for online video, in this case for the month of September 2007....
In my research for a StreamingMedia.com feature that explores the opportunities and challenges of online HD video delivery, I learned about a company called Move Networks, which powers ABC's library of full-screen first-run episodes from its most popular TV shows....
I had a sickening realization last night: my wife might be a pirate. Earlier this week I wrote about how the desire for content you can't find elsewhere can drive adoption and use of the Internet, in particular mentioning my...
After attending the Blandin Broadband conference in St. Cloud, I spent the weekend visiting friends around the Minneapolis area where I grew up. Friday night I spent with a best friend of mine that I've known since kindergarten, Jeff Valley....
WashingtonPost.com has a great article up exploring the potential impact of the TV writers' strike on interest in online video. To summarize, TV writers are now on strike, which has forced TV productions to be put on hold, meaning daily...
Last week I wrote about a marketing effort by leading content delivery network Akamai to promote their HD video capabilities. Unfortunately at the time I was limited by the bandwidth constraints of my wireless Verizon AirCard (typically between 500-750Kbps), and...
In Boston earlier this week I had the opportunity to meet the CEO of the Culinary Media Network, "the world's first all-food podcast network." While chatting about my interest in encouraging adoption and use of broadband and the Internet, she...
Don't know how I missed this but on Monday, Akamai introduced a new portal showcasing HD video called The HD Web. In talking with some folks out here at the Video on the Net conference, I learned that Akamai had...
tWriting today from Boston where I’m attending the Video on the Net conference. Wanted to share a series of thoughts and observations I had during yesterday’s New Video Summit. I got to the conference midway through a keynote presentation by...
In the latest news on Comcast’s moves to cut off service to its heaviest users, they’ve made an official, though somewhat obtuse, statement about their policy towards “excessive use." In this article, a spokesperson for Comcast defines “excessive use” as...
Fantastic article on Read/Write Web about future web trends written by Richard McManus. In it he cites ten trends he believes will be most noteworthy over the next decade. Included in these are: virtual worlds, websites as web services, and...
Saw an article go up on ars technica reporting on details that have been leaked about the first products hitting the market equipped with Windows Home Server software. While not news as the Windows Home Server initiative was announced some...
On Friday I wrote up a brief analysis of Blockbuster's move to purchase online movie retailer Movielink, highlighting how this space has more competition than it does demand. The download-to-own/rent space bore witness to another major announcement last week, namely Google's plans to disband it's paid-download online video service.
The tail end of this week bore witness to two significant announcements in the online video entertainment space. Blockbuster announced its purchase of Movielink...The partnership between NBC Universal and News Corp announced a $100 million investment.
Yesterday I attended the first full day of the Digital Hollywood Summit, and what a day it was! It started as I sat down to enjoy a blueberry bran muffin and ended up meeting a woman that manages former Playboy bunnies who make their livings in large part based on subscription websites where they upload photos and video of themselves in various states of undress, and I finished my day eating dinner at a Mexican restaurant on the Santa Monica pier with one of the forefathers of online gambling.
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