"Thanks for sharing, Fred. I'm still sticking it out in the cable industry and I'm glad to see Avner and Boxee are looking to us as potential partners. Roku is really reaching out to the industry. Programming costs are driving people to our broadband solutions daily, but the big ones are still driving people to cable to see their live sports and access to on demand content that's much easier to access than online."
- Gregg Smith
newsweek: “I think she thought it was funny,” said 20-year old student and part-time truck driver Erik Smedhs, who kissed tumblr star and royal sister Pippa Middleton at the end of her FIFTY-SIX-MILE SKI RACE yesterday afternoon. [Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand, AFP / Getty Images] Lord Grantham’s gonna be pissed when he finds out Tom Branson kissed... - http://taterhead.tumblr.com/post...
"Fred: Can't reply directly to your question below, but cable MSOs don't pay retransmission fees for "non-subscribers" accessing broadcast channels via QAM."
- Gregg Smith
"We would if we could...the model is changing but it's going to take a while. For one thing, the IP network can't handle the multicast programming that RF (radio frequency i.e. cable) can. Consider 50% of the homes on your node (100 or so probably) watching 2 HD tvs with 4 ipads cranking. You'd be begging for dialup."
- Gregg Smith
"The MSOs (like us) would like nothing more than to give our subscribers more choice and quit using our bandwidth to provide a ridiculous amount of irrelevant and unwatched programming. The Disney/Fox/ComcastNBC/CBS oligopoly require us to carry all this crap. The FCC requires us to PAY to carry local broadcast stations where we provide eyeballs to that broadcasters normally wouldn't get increasing ad revenue. It's a broken model--we agree. The economics to the MSOs for video aren't nearly what you, Fred and 99% of everyone else assumes. Y'all are smarter than that."
- Gregg Smith
Fred Dub giving Memphis’ Own Big Star (MOBS) some Lovvin.
fred-wilson:
13 (Big Star cover)- Big Deal
i think Big Deal is gonna be a big deal. and this is one of my favorite songs. i love the line about Paint It Black
happy friday cover day - http://taterhead.tumblr.com/post...
"it's a pretty amazing under-the-radar garage rock fest in Memphis. I know you're a Ty Segall fan--he's a headliner (he's on the Goner label)."
- Gregg Smith
fancycwabs: They were handing out cheese samples at Publix when I went to grab a sandwich for munch. The Gouda had already been consumed at the time of this photo. (It should be noted that I don’t take all the cheese samples as a rule. The samplemaster insisted I try one of each.) WHY DON’T YOU TRY ALL THE SAMPLES? YOU SHOULD TRY ALL THE SAMPLES.... - http://taterhead.tumblr.com/post...